Beckett material
By: Morton Feldman
Contributors: Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989, author; Barainsky, Claudia, singer; Rundel, Peter, conductor; Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987; Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987; Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987; WDR Rundfunkchor Köln; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Series: WDR, the Cologne broadcasts
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] /
Subjects: Orchestral music; Sextets (Piano, oboe, trumpet, viola, cello, double bass); Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra; Musical settings
Work titles: Works
Notes: The "trilogy" of works written by Feldman between April and July, 1976 with which he prepared himself for the work on his opera Neither, based on a text by Samuel Beckett.

Title from disc label.

Includes program notes by Sebastian Claren and biographical information on the performers in German with English translation (29 pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Claudia Barainsky, soprano (2nd work) ; WDR Rundfunkchor Köln (2nd work) ; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln ; Peter Rundel, conductor.

Recorded 2010 February 10 (1st work) and 2013 February 5-6 (remainder) Philharmonie Köln.

The 2nd work sung in English.
Table of contents: title: Orchestra : for orchestra (1976) (16:54); title: Elemental procedures : for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra (1976) / text by Samuel Beckett (19:00); title: Routine investigations : for oboe, trumpet, piano, viola, cello and double bass (1976) (members of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln: Maarten Dekkers, oboe ; Peter Mönkediek, trumpet ; Mariko Ashikawa-Shevlin, piano ; Stefan Blaumer, viola ; Oren Shevlin, cello ; Stanislau Anishchanka, double bass) (7:42).