 | Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 and 4 by Carter
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $8.11 This is Part 2 of the Pacifica Quartet's new Carter Cycle of string quartets with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quartets. (Naxos)
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 | Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.62 This is Part 1 of a new string quartet cycle by the Pacifica Quartet from Naxos. String Quartet 5 has only been recorded once before, by the Arditti Quartet on Naive/Montaigne.
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 | Elliott Carter: 100th Anniversary Release - Mosaic, Dialogues, Enchanted Preludes, Scrivo In Vento (CD + DVD) by New Music Concerts Ensemble
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $5.25 Here's a 100th Anniversary chamber music set.
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 | Happy Birthday Elliott Carter/New Chamber Works by Elliott Carter
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $17.13 Heinz Holliger (oboe) and the Swiss Chamber Soloists present the first recording of "Mosaic" (2004) for quintet and several short pieces, including solos for oboe and viola. The set also includes new recordings of the "Oboe Quartet" and "Tempo e tempi." (Neos)
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 | Oppens Plays Carter
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $10.17 Finally, another Carter release in time for the Centenary -- Ursula Oppens performs all of Carter's music for piano!
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 | The Music of Elliott Carter Vol. 7; Boston Concerto, Cello Concerto, ASKO Concerto, Dialogues
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.44 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) #7 in the Bridge series -- first recordings of 4 new compositions, including the Boston Concerto & Cello Concerto with Oliver Knussen & the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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 | Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos.1-4 / Elegy by Elliott Carter
Buy used from: $39.99 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) The Arditti Quartet's 1988 recordings of the first 4 quartets, now on one slimline disc.
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 | Elliott Carter: The Four String Quartets / Duo for Violin & Piano - The Juilliard String Quartet / Christopher Oldfather by Robert Mann
Buy used from: $16.00 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) This great out of print Sony set is now available as an ArkivDisc from Arkiv Music, complete with liner notes, in time for the Carter Centenary!
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 | Carter: Chamber Music (5th String Quartet, 90+, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Figment for Cello Alone, Duo for Violin and Piano, Fragment for String Quartet) by Elliott Carter
Buy used from: $49.99 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) This set of chamber music contains the original recording of Carter's 5th String Quartet, and features the Arditti Quartet and Ursula Oppens.
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 | Juxtapositions: Elliott Carter - A Labyrinth of Time
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $19.71 2006) excellent new video on Carter that's been shown repeatedly now on the Ovation arts channel
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 | Carter: Oboe Concerto, Esprit Rude - Esprit Doux, a Mirror on Which to Dwell by Trouttet
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $32.74 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) This Apex reissue came out in the U.K. in 2001, but only just now appeared on Amazon USA, and includes the fantastic "Oboe Concerto" with Heinz Holliger
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 | Elliott Carter: Oboe Concerto, etc.
Buy used from: $35.75 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) The Oboe Concerto, with Holliger, is especially great (this is the original 1990 release, now unavailable)
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 | Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Carter: Night Fantasies; Two Diversions; 90+
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.94 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Carter's piano sonata "Night Fantasies," along with a Ravel sonata
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 | Elliot Carter: What Next?
Buy used from: $19.62 4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) The premiere 2000 live recording of Carter's first opera, "What Next?", first performed in 1999, along with the "Asko Concerto." Carter's on a roll at 95!
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 | Elliott Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei (1993-96) / Clarinet Concerto (1996) (20/21 series) - Oliver Knussen by Elliott Carter
Buy used from: $33.96 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) two fantastic recordings of fantastic compositions from Carter, who is now over 95!
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 | Carter: Concerto for orchestra; Three Occasions
Buy used from: $2.57 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) This might well be Carter's orchestral masterpiece, and this is the best recording. Arkiv Music has now made this disc available as a CDR in its reprint series.
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 | Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Violin Concerto; Three Occasions for Orchestra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.46 This is a new (2008) reissue of the Virgin disc above in an EMI American Music series, so no longer any need to hunt for a used copy.
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 | Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra; Three Occasions
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $4.80 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) 2005 reissue of the Arte Nova disc with Gielen and Oppens. The best "Piano Concerto" and a good alternative "Concerto for Orchestra."
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 | Elliott Carter: A Symphony of Three Orchestras; Varèse: Deserts; Ecuatorial; Hyperprism
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $5.56 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a short but powerful Symphony commissioned by Pierre Boulez & the NY Philharmonic for the Bicentennial in 1976
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 | Lauds and Lamentations: Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun - 2 CD BOXED SET
Buy new: $36.98 / Used from: $13.82 4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Carter's Oboe Quartet and other chamber works performed by Heinz Holliger
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 | Elliott Carter: Quintets and Voices
Buy used from: $49.99 4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Mode's 95th birthday present for Carter -- the Arditti Quartet, Ursula Oppens & others with chamber works -- also on DVD
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 | Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $5.95 4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) "Variations for Orchestra" from 1954-5 is the reason to hear this disc, not a perfect recording but the only one readily available. The Arte Nova "Piano Concerto" is better.
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 | Elliott Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord; Sonata for Cello & Piano; Double Concerto for Harpsichor
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.94 Three pieces including the Cello Sonata and the Double Concerto -- my esteemed colleague Edward Wright recommends this as a good intro to Carter's music.
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 | The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 6
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $3.87 #6 in the Bridge series -- featuring a new recording (just the second) of the "Violin Concerto" -- the original is on the Virgin disc with "Concerto for Orchestra"
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 | The Music of Elliott Carter, Volume Five - Nine Compositions (1994-2002)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.99 #5 in the Bridge series -- yet more chamber works
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 | The Music of Elliott Carter, Volume Four
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $14.69 #4 in the Bridge series -- more chamber works
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 | Elliott Carter: The Complete music for Piano
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $15.38 #3 in the Bridge series -- works for piano
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 | Elliott Carter: Eight Compositions
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.99 #2 in the Bridge series -- chamber works
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 | The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 1: Vocal Works (1975-1981)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $9.89 #1 in the Bridge series -- vocal works
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 | Carter: Clarinet Concerto, Triple Duo, Enchanted Preludes, Con leggerezza pensosa, Gra, Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, 90+, Esprit rude/Esprit doux I and II by Elliott Carter
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $7.34 Another recent set of Carter's chamber music, from Le Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne.
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 | Elliott Carter: Homages & Dedications by Elliot Carter
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $9.94 Yet another set of Carter's chamber music on the French Naive label
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 | Documents of the Munich Years, Vol. 2
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $39.36 Live disc with Levine leading the Munich Philharmonic in Carter's "Variations for Orchestra" + works by Sessions & Wuorinen. Polygram's disc with Levine/CSO "Variations" (+ Cage & Babbit) is OOP.
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 | Elliott Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937-1995 by Elliott Carter
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $19.05 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Carter on the "orchestral dinosaur" and other fascinating reflections on modern music...
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