Meeting Places
Arthur Kreiger (electronics), Jean Kopperud (clarinet), Jayn Rosenfeld (flute), Vit Muzik (guitar), Christopher Finckel (cello), Daniel Druckman (steeldrums), New York New Music Ensemble, Juilliard Percussion Quartet, Jeffrey Milarsky
Arthur Kreiger holds degrees from The University of Connecticut and from Columbia University. His teachers have included Hale Smith, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Chou Wen-Chung and Mario Davidovsky. His catalog contains pieces for orchestra, chorus, mixed chamber ensembles, piano, solo voice and the electronic medium. He is presently on the faculty of Connecticut College in New London. This recording collects compositions with electronic sounds from a 23 year period (1974 to 1997) of the composer's life. The music was created during the composer's 27 year association with the Electronic Music Center of Columbia University, where he worked as a student, technical assistant and teacher. Although the technological means of producing electronic sounds has evolved rapidly over the last half century, Kreiger's commitment to the formation of tightly interlocking mosaics of electronic and acoustic sounds has never wavered. Yet existing simultaneously with the frequent partnerships between electronic and acoustic means is an idiomatic electronic language that distinguishes itself from the acoustic instruments, enveloping those instruments in a universe of exotic sounds.
Track Listing
Title | Composer | Performer |
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Meeting Places | Arthur Kreiger | New York New Music Ensemble, electronic tape |
Caprice | Arthur Kreiger | Juilliard Percussion Quartet, electronic tape |
Voyage | Arthur Kreiger | electronic tape |
Uncommon Bonds | Arthur Kreiger | Jean Kopperud, clarinet, electronic tape |
In Short Crystal Moments | Arthur Kreiger | electronic tape |
Close Encounters | Arthur Kreiger | Jayn Rosenfeld, flute, electronic tape |
Dialogue for Steel Drums & Electronic Tape | Arthur Kreiger | Daniel Druckman, steel drums, electronic tape |
Suitable Attachments | Arthur Kreiger | Jayn Rosenfeld, flute, Jean Kopperud, clarinet, William Anderson, guitar, Christopher Finckel, cello, electronic tape |
Reviews
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"...a mind-boggling and beautiful garden of sounds..."
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"...music of tremendous craft, charm, and even beauty."
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