B.P.R.D. - 02/07/2010
Found a wonderful LP of modern compositions by Arthur Berger and Richard Donovan at the local used shop. It’s performed by a chamber group with Gunther Schuller conducting, sometime around 1966-67. I’ve interspersed the 4 pieces from that LP with selections from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s excellent 1994 CD “A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives.” Funny bit of synchronicity - pianist Gilbert Kalish appears on both recordings, which I didn’t realize until I was half-done recording this week’s show. The five Elizabethan lyrics, by the way, include great 17th-century lines like “If single love be such a curse, to marry is to make it ten times worse.” Hope you enjoy.
| Time | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2pm | 3 Pieces for 2 Pianos | Arthur Berger/Paul Jacobs & Gilbert Kalish | W.W. Naumburg Foundation American Composition Awards: First Recordings |
| The See'r | Charles Ives/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives | |
| Chamber Music for 13 Players | Arthur Berger/Gunther Schuller conducting the Columbia Chamber Ensemble | W.W. Naumburg Foundation American Composition Awards: First Recordings | |
| The Ruined River | Charles Ives/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives | |
| Music for 6 | Richard Donovan/Gunther Schuller conducting the Columbia Chamber Ensemble | W.W. Naumburg Foundation American Composition Awards: First Recordings | |
| In the Inn | Charles Ives/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives | |
| 5 Elizabethan Lyrics for Soprano and String Quartet | Richard Donovan/Adele Addison with the Galimir String Quartet | W.W. Naumburg Foundation American Composition Awards: First Recordings | |
| Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut | Charles Ives/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives |