The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles, by Carl Ruggles

The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles

by Carl Ruggles

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tomato-sauce I had the oportunity to see Michael Tilson Thomas conduct Angels live, and I feel that this recording captures the atmosphere perfectly. Carl Ruggles is one of my favorite contemporary American composers, and I think this album does him justice Favorite track: Angels (Trumpet/Trombone Version).

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1.	Toys (for Voice and Piano) 01:39	buy track
2.	Vôx Clamans in Deserto: I - Parting at Morning 01:14	buy track
3.	Vôx Clamans in Deserto: II - Son of Mine 01:36	buy track
4.	Vôx Clamans in Deserto: III - A Clear Midnight 03:27	buy track
5.	Men 02:21	buy track
6.	Angels (Original Trumpet Version) 02:56	buy track
7.	Men and Mountains: I - Men 02:45	buy track
8.	Men and Mountains: II - Lilacs 03:02	buy track
9.	Men and Mountains: III - Marching Mountains 04:32	buy track
10.	Angels (Trumpet/Trombone Version) 03:23	buy track
11.	Sun-Treader 16:32	buy track
12.	Portals (for String Orchestra) 06:45	buy track
13.	Evocations (Original Piano Version): I - Largo 01:57	buy track
14.	Evocations (Original Piano Version): II - Andante Can Fantasia 02:54	buy track
15.	Evocations (Original Piano Version): III - Moderato Appassionato 01:42	buy track
16.	Evocations (Original Piano Version): IV - Adagio Sostenuto 03:06	buy track
17.	Evocations (Orchestral Version): I - Largo 02:33	buy track
18.	Evocations (Orchestral Version): II - Andante Con Fantasia 03:42	buy track
19.	Evocations (Orchestral Version): III - Moderato Appassionato 01:44	buy track
20.	Evocations (Orchestral Version): IV - Adagio Sostenuto 03:57	buy track
21.	Organum 06:22	buy track
22.	Exaltation (for Brass, Chorus and Organ) 06:16	buy track

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Reissued from the historic 1980 CBS Masterworks LP. This 2CD set Includes original liner notes plus a rare critical essay by composer Lou Harrison. Carl Ruggles (1876–1971) was an innovative American composer who used “dissonant counterpoint” to fashion a body of work both finely crafted and wrought with emotional power. This reissue includes world-renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the original liner notes plus a rare essay on Ruggles by Lou Harrison and historic photos of the composer.

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released April 24, 2012

1. Toys (for Voice and Piano)
Judith Blegen, Soprano
Michael Tilson Thomas, Piano

Vôx Clamans in Deserto
(for Chamber Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano)
2. I - Parting at Morning
3. II - Son of Mine
4. III - A Clear Midnight
Beverly Morgan, Mezzo-Soprano
Speculum Musicae

5. Men
Buffalo Philharmonic

6. Angels (Original Trumpet Version)
Brass Ensemble, Gerard Schwarz, Leader

Men and Mountains
7. I - Men
8. II - Lilacs
9. III - Marching Mountains
Buffalo Philharmonic

10. Angels (Trumpet/Trombone Version)
Brass Ensemble, Gerard Schwarz, Leader

11. Sun-Treader

12. Portals (for String Orchestra)
Buffalo Philharmonic

Evocations (Original Piano Version)
13. I - Largo
14. II - Andante Con Fantasia
15. III - Moderato Appassionato
16. IV - Adagio Sostenuto

John Kirkpatrick, piano

Evocations (Orchestral Version)
17. I - Largo
18. II - Andante Con Fantasia
19. III - Moderato Appassionato
20. IV - Adagio Sostenuto
Buffalo Philharmonic

21. Organum
Buffalo Philharmonic

22. Exaltation (for Brass, Chorus and Organ)
Brass Ensemble, Gerard Schwarz, Leader
Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, Director
Leonard Raver, Organ

All tracks except Toys and Evocations (Piano Version) conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

Originally released on LP, CBS Masterworks M2 34591 in 1980, with design by Henrietta Condak and Janet Perr.

Produced by Steven Epstein

Engineering by Bud Graham, Milt Cherin, Don Puluse

All compositions ASCAP

This Release:

Cover: Thomas Hart Benton, American (1889-1975). The Sun Treader (Portrait of Carl Ruggles), ca. 1934. Tempera with oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 45 x 38 inches (114.3 x 96.5 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of the Friends of Art, 36-4. Photo: Jamison Miller © T.H. and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Executive Producers: Charles Amirkhanian & Adam Fong

Design: Wayne Smith

Funded in part through a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

Special Thanks to: Allan Cronin, Peter Garland, Charles Hansen, Michael Tilson Thomas and Josua Robison, Traci Werbel

℗© 2012 Other Minds, under license from the SONY Music Custom Marketing Group, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. All rights reserved.

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