Chamber Music by ELLIOTT CARTER - Figments and Fragments - JOHANNES MARTENS ENSEMBLE CD so the old star contributes

so the old star contributes to the giving of new life

We chose to record the String Quartet 1956 including its incredibly atmospheric final Largo in honour of one of Norway's greatest composer

2L-152-SACD EAN13

Death is as natural as love

The present recording is a successor of 2L's Grammy-nominated release from 2009

Chamber Music by ELLIOTT CARTER - Figments and Fragments - JOHANNES MARTENS ENSEMBLE CD so the old star contributesFor this album of music by Elliott Carter cellist Johannes Martens has assembled some of Norway's foremost young musicians. Tracing Carter's development through some of his most creative periods, these works from the beautiful 1946 Elegy and the celebrated Cello Sonata from 1948 through to newer pieces for solo instruments, duo, trio and string quartet constitute nearly a cross section of musical evolution in the 20th century's second half. Elliott