Vocal and Chamber Music
Suite for Five Wind Instruments and Piano
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1925-26)
Two Ricercari (1932)
Diaphonic Suite No. 1 for Flute (1930)
Diaphonic Suite No. 2 for Bassoon and Cello (1930)
Three Songs (1930,1932)
Continuum (Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, Directors)
Recorded 1991/92 [56:30]
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
Présages for solo oboe, Op 53 (1963)
Motet (Excerpta Tractati Logico-Philosophici), Op 27 (1953)
Wind Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon, Op 52 (1963)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1966)
String Trio, Op 57 (1964)
Fantasie Trio for flute, clarinet and piano, Op 55 (1963)
The Country of the Stars, Op 50 (1963)
Exaudi (James Weeks, director)
Endymion
Recorded 2006 [77:30]
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)
Vocal and Chamber Music
Continuum (Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, Directors)
Suite for Five Wind Instruments and Piano
(1927; revised 1929) 9:45
[01] Adagio religioso/Giocoso - Allegro non troppo 3:57
[02] Andante tristo 2:52
[03] Allegro con brio 2:56
Jayn Rosenfeld, Flute
Marsha Heller, Oboe
John Craig Barker, Clarinet
Daniel Grabois, French horn
Cynde Iverson, Bassoon
Cheryl Seltzer, Piano
Joel Sachs, Conductor
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1925-26) 14:21
[04] Vibrante, agitato 5:09
[05] Buoyant 3:14
[06] Mistico, intenso; Allegro 5:58
Mia Wu, Violin
Cheryl Seltzer, Piano
Two Ricercari (1932) 8:16
(Poems of H.T. Tsiang)
[07] Sacco, Vanzetti 5:05
[08] Chinaman, Laundryman 3:11
Nan Hughes, Mezzo-Soprano
Joel Sachs, Piano
[09] Prelude No. 1 - Andante (1924) 1:14
[10] Prelude No. 9 - Tranquillo (1928) 2:54
[11] Study in Mixed Accents (1930) 1:31
Cheryl Seltzer, Piano
Diaphonic Suite No. 1 for Flute (1930) 5:06
[12] Scherzando 0:48
[13] Andante 2:20
[14] Allegro 1:06
[15] Moderato, ritmico 0:51
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Diaphonic Suite No. 2
for Bassoon and Cello (1930) 4:17
[16] Freely 1:25
[17] Andante cantando 1:50
[18] Con brio 1:03
Susan Heineman, Bassoon
Maria Kitsopoulos, Cello
Three Songs (1930,1932) 9:05
(Poems of Carl Sandburg)
[19] Rat Riddles 3:16
[20] Prayers of Steel 1:54
[21] In Tall Grass 3:54
Van Hughes, Mezzo-Soprano
Marsha Heller, Oboe
Erik Charlston, Percussion
Cheryl Seltzer, Piano
Orchestral Ostinato:
Joel Sachs, Conductor
Nathan Williams, Clarinet
Kristin Wolfe, Bassoon
Daniel Grabois, French horn
Richard Kelley, Trumpet
Benjamin Herrington, Trombone
Renée Jolles, Violin, Principal
Mark Steinberg, Violin
Maria Schleuning, Violin
Mari Kimura, Violin
Rachel Evans, Viola
David Bursack, Viola
Maria Kitsopoulos, Cello
Victor Kioulaphides, Double Bass
Playing Time: 56:30
Recorded in January 1991 and October 1992 at the American
Academy and Institue of Arts and Letters, New York City.
Produced by Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs
Engineer and editor: Dr Frederick J. Bashour
Cover photo: Ruth Crawford Seeger, ca. 1949-50, by John Anderson
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Elisabeth Lutyens
(1906-1983)
Présages for solo oboe, Op 53 (1963) 10'35
(1) Recitativo: Lento 1'40
(2) Variation I: Allegro 0'59
(3) Variation II: Moderato 1'05
(4) Variation III: Allegro 0'54
(5) Variation IV: Adagio 1'39
(6) Variation V 0'56
(7) Variation VI: Allegro 0'47
(8) Variation VII: Liberamente 1'14
(9) Coda 1'21
(10) Motet (Excerpta Tractati Logico-Philosophici), Op 27 (1953) 9'46
Text from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wind Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon, Op 52 (1963) 9'52
(11) Improvisation I: Moderato 1'14
(12) Interlude I: Andante 0'41
(13) Improvisation II: Allegro 1'22
(14) Interlude II: Lento 0'36
(15) Improvisation III: Molto Allegro 1'47
(16) Interlude III: Adagio 0'45
(17) Improvisation IV: Commodo 1'14
(18) Interlude IV: Moderato 0'34
(19) Improvisation V: Alla breve 1'39
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1966) 7'41
To the choir of Coventry Cathedral
(20) Magnificat 5'01
(21) Nunc Dimittis 2'40
String Trio, Op 57 (1964) 12'24
(22) I Molto moderato - Poco allegro - Meno mosso 3'13
(23) II Lento 1'37
(24) III Poco presto 1'56
(25) IV Allegretto 1'21
(26) V Recit.: Lento - Introd.: L'istesso tempo - Molto allegro -
Poco meno mosso - Molto allegro 4'17
(27) Verses of Love (1970) 6'07
Words by Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
Fantasie Trio for flute, clarinet and piano, Op 55 (1963) 11'50
(28) I 4'15
(29) II 4'01
(30) III 3'34
(31) The Country of the Stars, Op 50 (1963) 8'23
Words by Boethius, translated by Chaucer
Total timing 77'30
EXAUDI
James Weeks, director
SOPRANO:
Juliet Fraser*
Julia Doyle+ (except 20-21)
Amanda Morrison (20-21 only)
ALTO
Ruth Massey+
Tom Williams*
TENOR
Jonathan Bungard*
Stephen Jeffes+
BASS
Jonathan Saunders+
Jimmy Holliday*
* solo in Motet
+ solo in The Country of the Stars
ENDYMION
Helen Keen, flute
Melinda Maxwell, oboe
Mark van de Wiel, clarinet
Michael Dussek, piano
Krysia Osostowicz, violin
James Sleigh, viola
Jane Salmon, cello
Recorded at St.Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London - the choral works
on 4-5 May 2006, and the instrumental on 8 and 12 May 2006.
For Exaudi:
Engineer: Andrew Post. Producer: Andrew Griffiths
For Endymion:
Engineer: Andrew Post. Producer: David Leveber. Co-Producer: Bayan Northcott
Executive Producer: Colin Matthews
(P)+(C) 2006 NMC Recordings Ltd. www.nmcrec.co.uk
NMC D124
