Soundings for piano and orchestra (2005) | Compositions | Elliott Carter, composer

Instrumentation: 2(=picc).picc.2.corA.2(I=Ebcl,II=bcl).dbcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2):I=xyl/tpl.bl/bongos/2susp.cym/cowbell/low conga drums/2 tom-t/BD; II=claves/4wdbl/2SD/2susp.cym/log dr/2 low tom-t-pft-strings
Dedication: For Daniel Barenboim
Buy Score: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung

Premiere: Oct 6, 2005/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim/ Symphony Center, Chicago, IL

News

New Recording of Elliott Carter Late Works

July 5, 2017
Elliott Carter Late Works: "Constant surprises and explosive energy" (review)

August 2, 2017
Elliott Carter Late Works is "Recording of the Month" on MusicWeb International (review)

October 13, 2017
Carter Late Works recording nominated for 2018 ICMA Award

December 5, 2017
Carter Late Works is Presto Recordings of the Year 2017 finalist

December 5, 2017
Carter Late Works is Gramophone Critic's Choice

December 18, 2017
Elliott Carter Late Works wins BBC Music Magazine's 2018 Premiere Jury Award

April 5, 2018
L’energia pura dell’ultimo Carter

July 11, 2018
Ondine recording of Carter Late Works shortlisted for the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Awards

August 2, 2018

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Soundings celebrates the conductor/ pianist Daniel Barenboim, whose Chicago Symphony Orchestra commissioned this score which was written in New York City in 2005.
It presents “soundings” of the conductor-pianist and of many instrumental groups or soloists within the orchestra and presents them with good humor.

– Elliott Carter

Recordings (1)

Elliott Carter Late Works
Ondine ODE 1296-2 (2017)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Oliver Knussen, conductor | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group | Colin Currie, percussion | Isabelle Faust, violin | Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello