Article: Elliott Carter: Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei and Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins, clarinet/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen.

Elliott Carter: Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei and Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins, clarinet/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen

The music of Elliott Carter (b. 1908) is not for the faint of heart or conservative of taste. I am usually open to different styles of music, but I must confess that the few times in the past when I did venture to listen to something of Carter's, I was repelled. But when I heard he had written a clarinet concerto and a symphony in recent years (both works were completed in 1996), and that they had been recorded by DG, I could not resist giving this disc an audition. When after searching three record stores I ...

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