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Robert Erickson: Chamber Works (1984)

by Arch Ensemble

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The Idea of Order at Key West 11:10
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Pacific Sirens 13:36
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|| Burn-on-demand CDs of this CRi reissue are available on our website: www.newworldrecords.org/products/robert-erickson-chamber-works ||

In an unpublished memoir called Remembered Sounds Robert Erickson (b 1917, Marquette, Michigan) reveals the vivid sonic landscape that surrounded his early years in Michigan where he was raised and educated. He writes about the “clank and thud” of his uncle's upright piano, of his aunt’s zither virtuosity; he remembers the “water sounds” of summer, the “neat and precise” crackle of winter, the trains, and scratchy old records.

“When you come right down to it,” Erickson told me on a radio interview a couple of years ago, “every composer really composes his environment. I don’t listen to music; I listen to sounds. And when I compose, I compose sounds.” Sound Structure in Music (Univ. of Calif. Press; 1975) is Erickson’s ultimate disquisition on the primacy of timbre as a central musical concept; it ought to be required reading for anyone—composer, listener, or both—who cares about the ear and what goes into it.
—Alan Rich

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released January 1, 1984

Arch Ensemble: Carol Plantamura, mezzo-soprano; Nathan Rubin, viola; Ami Radunskaya, cello; Mel Graves, bass; J. Karla Lemon, bass; Patrice Hambelton, flute; William Wohlmacher, E-flat clarinet; Larry London, B-flat clarinet; William Wohlmacher, bass clarinet; David Burkhart, trumpet; George Mealy, horn; Dan Livesay, trombone; Ward Spangler, percussion; Norman Peck, percussion; Robert Hughes, Conductor; Gregory Barber, Conductor

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CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.) was founded in 1954 by Otto Luening, Douglas Moore and Oliver Daniel. CRI was dedicated to the promotion of new music by American composers, releasing over 600 recordings on LP, cassette and CD over its 49 year history, New World Records assumed ownership of CRI in 2006, since which time its entire catalog has been digitized for streaming, download & CD-R purchase. ... more

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