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Feldman, Morton (1926-87) Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet (1961) – No 1 Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet (1961) – No 2 Clarinet & String Quartet (1983) Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet (1961) – No 1 [Version 2] Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet (1961) – No 2 [Version 2] Remastered January 2010 by Peter Pfister This CD brings together two compositions by Morton Feldman for clarinet and string quartet: Clarinet and String Quartet from 1983 and the 1961 work Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet, the latter in two different versions “It may come as a surprise, but I find that Clarinet and String Quartet and the epicritical, aleatoric and 23 years earlier Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet (hence the two different versions recorded here) have much in common. Both are intimate, inward-looking, transparent and precise, and despite the delicacy and brevity of the earlier work, they differ only in appearance, not in content and certainly not in feeling. Though their means of presentation are different, they illuminate key themes of Feldman’s music: commitment, integrity, and wonderment that transforms fear into discovery and feeling into art.” Art Lange |
