George Crumb (1929-2022)
Makrokosmos, Volume II (1973)
twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac, for amplified piano
electronic work
- General information
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Composition date:
1973
- Duration: 33 mn
- Publisher: Peters, nº P66539b
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Composition date:
1973
- Type
- Solo (excluding voice) [Solo piano]
- piano
Premiere information
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Date:
12 November 1974
Location:États-Unis, New York, Alice Tully Hall
Performers:Robert Miller.
Création des volumes I et II le 4 février 1975 à Wichita, Kansas par David Burge.
Création complète du cycle Makrokosmos le 12 juin 1980 à Buffalo, New York par Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen et Frieda Manes : pianos, Jan Williams et Lynn Harbold : percussion.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: amplification
Observations
Laurie Hudicek, 1 cd Furious Artisans FACD 6805, 2002 ; Jo Boatright, 1 cd Music & Arts, 1999 Bojan Gorisek, 1 cd Audiophile Classics 103301, 1997 ; Christiane Mathe, 1 cd Koch Schwann 364092-2, 1997 ; Emmy Henz-Diemand, 1 cd Musiques Suisses 6091-2, 1994 ; Robert Nasveld, Attacca Babel 9371/2, 1993 ; Jeffrey Jacob, 1 cd Centaur 2080, 1991.
Table of contents
Part One
- Morning Music (Genesis II) Cancer [J. DeG. W.]
- The Mystic Chord Sagittarius [R.M.]
- Rain-Death Variations Pisces [F.C.]
- Twin Suns (Doppelgänger aus der Ewigkeit) [SYMBOL] Gemini [E.A.C.]
Part Two
- Ghost-Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II) Virgo [A.B.]
- Gargoyles Taurus [P.P.]
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) Scorpio [L.K.]
- A Prophecy of Nostradamus [SYMBOL] Aries [H.W.]
Part Three
- Cosmic Wind Libra [S.B.]
- Voices from "Corona Borealis" Aquarius [E.M.C.]
- Litany of the Galactic Bells Leo [R.V.]
- Agnus Dei [SYMBOL] Capricorn [R.W.]