Notes and Editorial Reviews
Bridge is pleased to be re-releasing the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s spectacular recording of John Harbison’s poignant setting of Eugenio Montale poems of memory and loss, Due Libri dei Mottetti di Montale. Originally released on the Archetype label, this work and Harbison’s virtuosic Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings, will now be restored to the active catalog. One astute critic referred to the Concerto as "scenes from a marriage." This metaphorical marriage between solo winds and strings contains quarrels, precarious balances, comic relief, misunderstandings and eventual unanimity. Combined with Harbison’s Sonata No. 1 and his masterful and popular Mirabai Songs, as sung by Georgine Resick in the version with piano, this disc
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presents the first in an ongoing series of recordings dedicated to John Harbison’s music. The Piano Sonata No. 1 was written for Robert Shannon, Ursula Oppens, and Alan Feinberg on a consortium commission from the National Endowment for the Arts. It bears the inscription “Roger Sessions In Memoriam.” Dedicatee Robert Shannon gives the score a brilliant and transparent reading.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings by John Harbison
Performer:
Jo-Ann Sternberg (Clarinet),
Peggy Pearson (Oboe)
Conductor:
Scott Yoo
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1985; USA
Date of Recording: 02/08/1998
Venue: Jordan Hall, New England Consevatory
Length: 14 Minutes 2 Secs.
2.
Sonata for Piano no 1 "Roger Sessions in Memoriam" by John Harbison
Performer:
Robert Shannon (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1985; USA
Date of Recording: 06/19/1990
Venue: American Academy of Arts and Letters,NYC
Length: 16 Minutes 40 Secs.
3.
Mirabai Songs by John Harbison
Performer:
Warren Jones (Piano),
Georgine Resick (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1982; USA
Date of Recording: 01/1997
Venue: S.U.N.Y. Purcahse Recital Hall, NY
Length: 18 Minutes 19 Secs.
4.
Due Libri dei Motetti di Montale by John Harbison
Performer:
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Greenleaf Chamber Players
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1989; USA
Venue: S.U.N.Y. Purcahse Recital Hall, NY
Length: 22 Minutes 38 Secs.
Notes: S.U.N.Y. Purcahse Recital Hall, NY (09/29/1997 - 09/30/1997)
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