『Elliott Carter: The Vocal Works (1975-1981)』
Speculum Musicae
CD: Bridge Records, Inc.
BCD 9014 (1989)
Mfg. (manufacturing) in USA
Elliott Carter (b. 1908)
Three Poems of Robert Frost (1942, orchestrated 1980) (4:46)
1. Dust of Snow 1:22
2. The Rose Family 1:20
3. The Line Gang 2:00
Patrick Mason, baritone
Speculum Musicae:
Susan Palma, flute
Ronald Roseman, oboe
Allen Blustine, clarinet 1
Robert Yamins, clarinet 2
Donald MacCourt, bassoon
Oren Fader, guitar
Aleck Karis, piano
Benjamin Hudson, violin 1
Carol Zeavin, violin 2
John Graham, viola
Eric Bartlett, cello
Donald Palma, double bass
David Starobin, conductor
A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) (17:09)
Six Poems of Elizabeth Bishop
4. Anaphora 3:12
5. Argument 2:29
6. Sandpiper 2:17
7. Insomnia 2:36
8. View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress 2:53
9. O Breath 3:21
Christine Schadeberg, soprano
Speculum Musicae:
Susan Palma, flute, piccolo, alto flute
Allen Blustine, clarinet in B-flat and E-flat, bass clarinet
Stephen Taylor, oboe, English horn
Joseph Passaro, percussion
Aleck Karis, piano
Benjamin Hudson, violin
Lois Martin, viola
Eric Bartlett, cello
Dennis James, double bass
Donald Palma, conductor
10. Syringa (1978) 18:53
English Poem by John Ashbery; Texts in Classical Greek
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
Jan Opalach, bass-baritone
Speculum Musicae:
David Starobin, guitar
Susan Palma, alto flute
Stephen Taylor, English horn
Allen Blustine, B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet
Daniel Druckman, percussion
Aleck Karis, piano
Benjamin Hudson, violin
Lois Martin, viola
Eric Bartlett, cello
Donald Palma, double bass
William Purvis, conductor
In Sleep, in Thunder (1981) 20:31
Six Poems of Robert Lowell
11. Dolphin 3:04
12. Across the Yard: La Ignota 3:15
13. Harriet 3:34
14. Dies Irae 3:16
15. Careless Night 4:30
16. In Genesis 2:30
Jon Garrison, tenor
Speculum Musicae:
Susan Palma, flute, piccolo, alto flute
Ronald Roseman, oboe, English horn
Allen Blustine, clarinet in B-flat, bass clarinet
Donald MacCourt, bassoon
William Purvis, horn
Raymond Mase, trumpet
Jonathan Taylor, trombone
Aleck Karis, piano
Joseph Passaro, percussion
Benjamin Hudson, violin 1
Carol Zeavin, violin 2
John Graham, viola
Eric Bartlett, cello
Donald Palma, double bass
Robert Black, conductor
◆本CDについて◆
ブックレット（全32頁）にトラックリスト＆クレジット、「Elliott Carter and American Poetry」（Lloyd Schwartz）、「Background on the music and recordings」、歌詞（英文）、「The Performers」、写真図版（モノクロ）1点。裏表紙に写真図版（カラー）1点。
エリオット・カーター声楽作品集。「ロバート・フロストの3つの詩」（オーケストラ版）、「A Mirror on Which to Dwell――エリザベス・ビショップの6つの詩」、「Syringa――ジョン・アシュベリーの詩」、「In Sleep, in Thunder――ロバート・ローウェルの6つの詩」。
「a mirror on which to dwell」は形而上派詩人ジョン・ダンを思わせる綺想（conceit）の詩「Insomnia」の一節です。
「The mooon in the bureau mirror / looks out a million miles / (and perhaps with pride, at herself, / but she never, never smiles) / far and away beyond sleep, or / perhaps she's a daytime sleeper. // By the Universe deserted, / *she*'d tell it to go to hell, / and she'd find a body of water, / or a mirror, on which to dwell. / So wrap up care in a cobweb / and drop it down the well // into that world inverted / where left is always right, / where the shadows are really the body, / where we stay awake all night, / where the heavens are shallow as the sea is now deep, and you love me.」
（化粧箪笥の鏡に映った月は／遥か彼方を見つめる／（そしてたぶん自分自身を／矜持を持って、しかし決して微笑むことなく）／眠りを超越して／たぶん日中に眠るのだろう／／荒廃した世界で／地獄へ失せろ、と彼女は言い／そして棲むことができるような水域か／鏡を見つける／心労は蜘蛛の巣で包んで／井戸へ落としてしまえ／／反転した世界へ／そこでは左が右であり／影が実体であり／夜は目覚めの時であり／天空よりも海のほうが深く／私はあなたに愛されている）
「Syringa」はギリシア神話のオルフェウスをテーマにしたアシュベリーの詩をメゾ・ソプラノが英語で、アイスキュロスやサッポーやプラトンのテクストの断片をバス・バリトンが古代ギリシア語で（同時に）歌っています（ディスコミュニケーション？）。
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A Mirror on Which to Dwell: No. 4, Insomnia
