THE SEASONS: VERMONT
Malcolm GOLDSTEIN
- Ref. UG4151
- XI RECORDS, 1998. Enregistrement 1983-1997.
For magnetic tape collage and instrumental ensemble. "The Seasons: Vermont" is a soundscape of Vermont as charted through the changes of its yearly soundings. It is a composition in four parts (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring) for magnetic tape collage with an unspecified live instrumental/vocal ensemble. The tape collage for each season consists of sounds recorded in Vermont and edited to create a structure apropriate to each season. "Summer" consists of cycles of sound textures (of air, water, metal and earth) repeating in abundant variety. "Autumn" consists of sounds that are transformed gradually and whose qualities are expressed as timbre modulations... [...]" "It is not intended that the instrumentalists try to imitate the recorded environmental sounds, but rather that they create eve
Interprètes
- Malcolm GOLDSTEIN : Compositeur, Violon
- Robert BLACK : Contrebasse
- Mark Steven BROOKS : Wood flute, Percussion, Guitare
- Joseph CELLI : English horn, ocarina, Oboe
- Tom GURALNICK : Saxophone ténor, Vaccuphone, Saxophone basse, Saxophone soprano
- Brian JOHNSON : Percussion, Vibraphone
- Kenneth KARPOWICZ : Accordéon, Voix
- [solo]
Pistes
- 1 Summer
- 2 Autumn
- 3 Winter
- 4 Spring
- 5 Soundings for solo violin