Harbison: Four Songs of Solitude / Variations / Twilight Music
11/11/2003, 24 Tracks, 53:23
Featuring
Daniel Blumenthal
Janine Jansen
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer
Bernhard Krug
Spectrum Concerts Berlin
John Harbison
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Album & Artwork
The album's cover painting, Winter Twilight Near Albany by George Henry Boughton, is part of the Bridgeman Art Collection and housed at the New-York Historical Society.
Composition History
Harbison's Twilight Music, for violin, horn, and piano, was partly a reaction to the larger orchestral works he had recently composed.
Composer Biography
John Harbison, born in 1938, is an American composer who has achieved distinction in many aspects of music.
Recording & Production
Four Songs of Solitude was recorded in the Teldec Studio Berlin on September 17th, 2002.
Recording & Production
The pieces Variations and Twilight Music on this album were recorded live in the Mosaikhalle at Siemens in Berlin on May 30th, 2000.
Composition History
The work Variations by John Harbison draws its inspiration from a statue depicting a Canaanite fertility goddess dancing.
Composition History
John Harbison wrote his Four Songs of Solitude for his wife, violinist Rose Mary Harbison, intending them to be essentially songs.
