Elliott Carter (classical composer)

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Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American composer who was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, then returned to the United States. After an early neoclassical phase, his style shifted to an emphasis on atonal and rhythmic complexity. His compositions are known and performed throughout the world; they include orchestral, chamber music, solo instrumental, and vocal works.

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Discography

Album

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1975 String Quartets 1 & 2 (Composers Quartet) Elliott Carter 1
1989 The Vocal Works (1975-1981) (Speculum Musicae) Elliott Carter 1
1991 The Four String Quartets / Duo for Violin & Piano (Juilliard String Quartet) Elliott Carter 1
1992 Piano Concerto / Variations for Orchestra Elliott Carter 1
1994 Eight Compositions (Group for Contemporary Music) Elliott Carter 1
1995 Carter: A Symphony of Three Orchestras / Varèse: Deserts; Ecuatorial; Hyperprism Elliott Carter / Edgard Varèse 1
1997 The Complete Music for Piano (piano: Charles Rosen) Elliott Carter 1
1998 Ives: The Unanswered Question / Holidays (Symphony) / Central Park in the Dark / Carter: Concerto for Orchestra Charles Ives, Elliott Carter; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein 1
1998 Chamber Music (Arditti String Quartet feat. piano: Ursula Oppens) Elliott Carter 1
1999 Early Chamber Music (Chicago Pro Musica) Elliott Carter 1
1999 Clarinet Concerto, Symphonia: Sum Fluxai Pretium Spei (London Symphonietta feat. clarinet Michael Collins, BBC Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor Oliver Knussen) Elliott Carter 1
2001 Concerto for Orchestra, etc. (London Sinfonietta feat. conductor: Oliver Knussen) Elliott Carter 1
2003 Lauds and Lamentations: Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun (feat. oboe, horn: Heinz Holliger, violin: Thomas Zehetmair, viola: Ruth Killius, cello: Thomas Demenga) Elliott Carter, Isang Yun 2
2004 Symphony no. 1 / Piano Concerto Elliott Carter; Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Mark Wait 1
2004 Music for String Quartet Vol. 2 (Arditti String Quartet) Elliott Carter 1
2005 Dialogues / Boston Concerto / Cello Concerto / ASKO Concerto Elliott Carter; Nicolas Hodges, Fred Sherry, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Asko Ensemble, Oliver Knussen 1
2008 Elliot Carter: 100th Anniversary Release Elliott Carter 1
— Piano Works (Choi) Elliott Carter 1

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Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1992 Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord / Cello Sonata / Double Concerto Compilation Elliott Carter; Joel Krosnick, Paul Jacobs, Gilbert Kalish, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg 1
2009 A Nonesuch Retrospective Compilation Elliott Carter 1
— Music of Elliott Carter Compilation Elliott Carter 1

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Year Title Artist Rating Releases
— String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 Pacifica Quartet Elliott Carter 1

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