Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 1. Gypsy
2. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 2. Mood
3. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 3. Prelude to a Song
4. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 4. Death of the Moon
5. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 5. Dirge
6. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 6. For a Reminder
7. Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble: 7. Sequel
8. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 1. Segnali
9. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 2. Buccina
10. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 3. Punti
11. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 4. Scoccobrino
12. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 5. Canto
13. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 6. Dialogo
14. Buccina, suite for horn & piano: 7. Allontanamento
15. Lamentazione, for solo viola

Disc 2:

1. A Winter's Tale, for voice & ensemble
2. Horn Trio, for violin, horn & piano
3. Horn Trio Continued, for violin, horn & piano
4. A Song to the Lute in Musicke, for voice & piano
5. Christes Crosse, for voice & piano

Disc 3:

1. Music for string quartet & percussion: 1. The Wrath of Other Winds
2. Music for string quartet & percussion: 2. The Dark Wind of Melancholy
3. Music for string quartet & percussion: 3. The Winds of Evanescence
4. Music for string quartet & percussion: 4. The Winds of Memory
5. Sonata for solo viola, Op. 92/3: 1. Allegro moderato, energico
6. Sonata for solo viola, Op. 92/3: 2. Adagio
7. Sonata for solo viola, Op. 92/3: 3. Scherzo: Vivace
8. Sonata for solo viola, Op. 92/3: 4. Chaconne: Allegro con vigore
9. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 1. The Sun-raven
10. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 2. The Lunar-hare
11. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 3. The Seven-star Constellation
12. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 4. Mountains
13. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 5. The Dragon
14. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 6. The Pheasant
15. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 7. The "Fu" Pattern
16. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 8. The Axe
17. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 9. Two Sacrificial Bowls
18. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 10. Pond-weed
19. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 11. Flames
20. Settings for Twelve Chinese Symbols, for viola, horn & piano: 12. Millet
21. Evening Voluntaries, for horn

Disc 4:

1. Five Objects Darkly, quintet for bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola & piano: 1. Ennui
2. Five Objects Darkly, quintet for bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola & piano: 2. Duets in the form of a Sonatine
3. Five Objects Darkly, quintet for bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola & piano: 3. Con molto espressione
4. Five Objects Darkly, quintet for bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola & piano: 4. Notturno / Burlesque
5. Five Objects Darkly, quintet for bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola & piano: 5. Dance Finale
6. Of Challenge and of Love, song cycle for soprano & piano: 1. High on Our Tower
7. Of Challenge and of Love, song cycle for soprano & piano: 2. Under the Dome
8. Of Challenge and of Love, song cycle for soprano & piano: 3. Am Klavier
9. Of Challenge and of Love, song cycle for soprano & piano: 4. Quatrains from Harp Lake
10. Of Challenge and of Love, song cycle for soprano & piano: 5. End of a Chapter
11. Quintet for piano & winds: [Movement 1]
12. Quintet for piano & winds: [Movement 2]
13. Quintet for piano & winds: [Movement 3]
14. Quintet for piano & winds: [Movement 4]
15. Quintet for piano & winds: [Movement 5]

Disc 5:

1. Quintet for flute, string trio & piano
2. Duo for horn & piano: 1. Allegro energico
3. Duo for horn & piano: 2. Adagio espressivo
4. Duo for horn & piano: 3. Vivace
5. Soliloquy, for solo horn

Disc 6:

1. Atlas Eclipticalis, for orchestra (parts for 86 musicians)

Disc 7:

1. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 1. First Movement
2. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 2. Estampie
3. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 3. Air
4. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 4. Jhala I
5. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 5. Jhala II
6. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 6. Jhala III
7. Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee): 7. Chaconne
8. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 1. Today I am a Man
9. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 2. Gentlemen
10. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 3. Considered Pretty
11. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 4. A Very Good Idea
12. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 5. Possible Rides
13. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 6. Jesus was God in the Flesh
14. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 7. You Lucky Women
15. Barstow (from 'The Wayward'), for two voices, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo: 8. Why in Hell did you Come?
16. Lecture on the Weather, for 12 speaker-vocalists or instrumentalists & tape: 1. Preface
17. Lecture on the Weather, for 12 speaker-vocalists or instrumentalists & tape: 2. Lecture

Disc 8:

1. Psychotropics for piccolo, flute, bass flute, oboe, english horn, horn, viola & piano
2. String Quartet
3. Rupuze for flute & guitar: I
4. Rupuze for flute & guitar: II
5. Rupuze for flute & guitar: III
6. God Metot Enob(s) for piano
7. Darling for solo double bass

Disc 9:

1. Haiku Setting for soprano & piano: 1. Oh you bawdy breeze
2. Haiku Setting for soprano & piano: 2. Icy the moonshine
3. Haiku Setting for soprano & piano: 3. In all this cool
4. Haiku Setting for soprano & piano: 4. There is no stir
5. Prayer Settings (2) for tenor, oboe, violin, viola & cello: 1. Oh, fainter now
6. Prayer Settings (2) for tenor, oboe, violin, viola & cello: 2. My world, my only
7. Settings, for soprano & chamber ensemble: 1. Adjectives
8. Settings, for soprano & chamber ensemble: 2. Lines from Joyce
9. Settings, for soprano & chamber ensemble: 3. Lines from Milton
10. Settings, for soprano & chamber ensemble: 4. Fragments of a Chinese Lyric
11. Settings, for soprano & chamber ensemble: 5. Lines from Euripides
12. Little Companion Pieces for soprano & string quartet: 1. Night Song Invocations
13. Little Companion Pieces for soprano & string quartet: 2. Lines from William Carlos Williams
14. Little Companion Pieces for soprano & string quartet: 3. A Tamil Love Poem
15. Little Companion Pieces for soprano & string quartet: 4. Lines from Baudelaire's "Meditation"
16. Little Companion Pieces for soprano & string quartet: 5. A Seri Whale-song
17. Little Companion Pieces for soprano & string quartet: 6. O cool is the valley now
18. Strand Settings, 'Darker' for soprano & electronics: 1. Dance
19. Strand Settings, 'Darker' for soprano & electronics: 2. The One Song
20. Strand Settings, 'Darker' for soprano & electronics: 3. Letter
21. Strand Settings, 'Darker' for soprano & electronics: 4. Tomorrow
22. Strand Settings, 'Darker' for soprano & electronics: 5. From a Litany
23. Strand Settings, 'Darker' for soprano & electronics: 6. Seven Poems
24. Die Violine
25. Levertov Breviary, for soprano & piano
26. Letter to a Young Composer, for soprano (voice)

Disc 10:

1. Grand Oak Trees at Dawn, for flute
2. String Quartet No. 1
3. String Quartet No. 3 'Black Church'
4. Bardsdale for Solo Guitar: 1. Evening: Dusk, Luminous Streaks of Magenta Blues
5. Bardsdale for Solo Guitar: 2. Early Morning: A Deep Rain in a Diamond-Laden Valley
6. Bardsdale for Solo Guitar: 3. Mid-day: The Heat That's in the Sunrays

Disc 11:

1. Divertimento for oboe/english horn, 2 horns & strings: 1. Allegro
2. Divertimento for oboe/english horn, 2 horns & strings: 2. Lento
3. Divertimento for oboe/english horn, 2 horns & strings: 3. Allegretto
4. Divertimento for oboe/english horn, 2 horns & strings: 4. Adagio
5. Divertimento for oboe/english horn, 2 horns & strings: 5. Presto
6. Sir Blue Slips a Trend, 5 fugues for string quartet: 1. Slip-Fugue
7. Sir Blue Slips a Trend, 5 fugues for string quartet: 2. Re-Fugue
8. Sir Blue Slips a Trend, 5 fugues for string quartet: 3. Blue-Fugue
9. Sir Blue Slips a Trend, 5 fugues for string quartet: 4. Trans-Fugue
10. Sir Blue Slips a Trend, 5 fugues for string quartet: 5. IDS Fugue
11. Doubles, for viola & horn
12. Duo for horn & piano

Disc 12:

1. Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona, for string quartet & CD Rom: [Part 1]
2. Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona, for string quartet & CD Rom: [Part 2]
3. Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona, for string quartet & CD Rom: [Part 3]
4. A Fluttering of Wings, for string quartet & ghost box electronics: [Part 1]
5. A Fluttering of Wings, for string quartet & ghost box electronics: [Part 2]
6. A Fluttering of Wings, for string quartet & ghost box electronics: [Part 3]
7. A Fluttering of Wings, for string quartet & ghost box electronics: [Part 4]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #139173 in Music
• Released on: 2000-10-24
• Number of discs: 12
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: 2.71 pounds

Customer Reviews

A must for modern music lovers
A monumental collection of some of the most important chamber works of the late 20th century, impeccably performed and recorded.