a r t i s t : VA t i t l e : New Music For 1, 2 & 3 Pianos d a t e : 1991 l a b e l : Mode g e n r e : Classical r l s. d a t e : Jul/2006 t r a c k s : 11 b i t r a t e : VBRkbps s i z e : 66,6 MB _______________________________________________________________________ Piano Duo Degenhardt-Kent Play New Music for 1, 2 & 3 Pianos by: GEORGE CRUMB (b.1929) 1. Zeitgeist (1988, revised 1989) 30:18 First recording. Six Tableau for Two Amplified Pianos, Book 1. Written for Degengardt-Kent 2. Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) (1979) 21:45 Cosmic Dances for piano 4-hands EARLE BROWN (b.1926) 3. Corroboree (1964) 11:34 First recording on CD Peter Degenhardt, Fuat Kent & Jovita ZΣhl, pianos The German piano duo of Degenhardt-Kent are among George Crumb's preferred pianists. Here they had the unique opportunity to work with both Crumb and Brown on this composer supervised disc., awarded four stars in France's prestigious Le Monde de la Musique. The works range from piano 4-hands (expanded to 6-hands in some movements!) for Celestial Mechanics, to 2 pianos (Zeitgeist) and on to 3 spatially distributed pianos for Corroboree. Released 1991. http://moderecords.com/catalog/019degen.html enjoi _______________________________________________________________________ 01-George Crumb - Celestial Mechanics I: Alpha Centauri [03:37] 02-George Crumb - Celestial Mechanics II: Beta Cygni [04:05] 03-George Crumb - Celestial Mechanics III: Gamma Draconis [06:00] 04-George Crumb - Celestial Mechanics IV: Delta Orionis [08:22] 05-Earle Brown - Corroboree [11:35] 06-George Crumb - Zeitgeist I: Portent [07:17] 07-George Crumb - Zeitgeist II: Two Harlequins [03:49] 08-George Crumb - Zeitgeist III: Monochord [04:52] 09-George Crumb - Zeitgeist IV: Day of the Comet [02:50] 10-George Crumb - Zeitgeist V: The realm of Morpheus [04:03] ('... the inner eye of dreams ') 11-George Crumb - Zeitgeist VI: Reverberations [06:12] ------- 62:42 min