Elliott Carter's centennial celebration continues this Tuesday with the release of a four-disc retrospective of the composer's Nonesuch recordings. The Observer says that "with performances from the 1970s and 1980s by some of his best interpreters," this Carter collection is "covetable and historic." The Guardian gives the set four stars, saying this collection, with "a whole clutch of outstanding performances" that first expanded the composer's reach in the UK, "is a must for all Carter admirers."
Elliott Carter celebrated his 100th birthday last December by unveiling a new work for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by James Levine, and pianist Daniel Barenboim, at Carnegie Hall. This Tuesday, Nonesuch continues the centennial celebration with the release of a four-disc retrospective of the recordings the composer made with the label.
The Observer says that "with performances from the 1970s and 1980s by some of his best interpreters," this Carter collection is "covetable and historic."
The Guardian gives the set four stars. Reviewer Andrew Clements says it was this series of Nonesuch recordings on their original release that first broadened the interest in Carter's works in the UK. Today, this collection of those works "is a must for all Carter admirers."
Clements says the Nonesuch retrospective contains "a whole clutch of outstanding performances," like the Piano Sonata from 1946, "played wonderfully by Paul Jacobs," and the First String Quartet, given an "epic sweep" by the Composers Quartet.
Read the reviews at guardian.co.uk.
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