Carter/ Swiss Chamber Soloists - La Musique Format:CD with sharp turns in the

with sharp turns in the comic tone and magnificent sentimental passages

Kenneth Peacock (1922-2000) always considered singing to be one of his private vices

That's Not How the World Works 5

but an anecdotal social commentary on their lives and observations which are the subject of many of the songs

only available previously as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Gerald's sophomore 1994 set

Carter/ Swiss Chamber Soloists - La Musique Format:CD with sharp turns in theIt is often said that Elliott Carter is the most European of all American composers. Without a doubt, the New York born composer is one of the most interesting personalities of the New Music scene in the USA. His wide ranging compositional output is complex, filled with philosophical and poetic allusions that range from orchestral and chamber music, solo instrumental and vocal pieces to his first opera, which he first wrote at the age of 90. He wrote