An Elliott Carter Discography (in progress)

Opera

What Next? (1997-1998)

  • Péter Eötvös/Sarah Leonard/Valdine Anderson/Summers/Emanuel Hoogeveen/Joyner/Dean Elzinga (live 2000)
  • Levine/Jamie van Eyck/Kiera Duffy/Christin-Marie Hill/Rebecca Danning/Lawrence Jones/Chad Sloan (2006)
  • Schirmer/Vera Semieniuk/Anna Borchers/Sonja Leutwyler/Bastian Sistemich/Lucas Vanzelli/Andreas Burkhart (live 2007)

Orchestral

Three Illusions:

  • Ilan Volkov, BBC scottish symphony orchestra (live 26 September 2008)
  • James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra (live 7 September 2007, live 3 September 2008)
  • Zubin Mehta, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (11 January 2009)

Symphonia “Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei” (1993-96)

  • Oliver Knussen / BBC symphony orchestra (live 25 April 1998, studio April 1998)
  • Daniel Barenboim / Staastkapelle Berlin (live 13 September 2008)
  • van Zweden / RFO Holland (live 31 March 2007)

Concertos

oboe concerto (1987):

  • Heinz Holliger / Pierre Boulez / Ensemble InterContemporain (studio 1990, live 30 April 1996)
  • Nicholas Daniel / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Robertson (28 July 2008)
  • Heinz Holliger / Thomas Zehetmair / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (26 or 27 or 28 May 2011)

concertino for bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (2009):

Flute Concerto (2008):

clarinet concerto (1996):

  • John Bruce Yeh, Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (live 23 April 1998)
  • Carl Rosman, Libra Ensemble, Mark Knoop (live 28 April 2002)
  • Jérôme Comte, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez (live 28 March 2009)
  • Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (studio 2000)

horn concerto (2006)

  • James Sommerville / Boston Symphony Orchestra / James Levine (live 6 December 2008)
  • James Sommerville / Radio Kamer Filharmonie / Peter Eötvös (live 19 January 2008)

Chamber Music

penthode (1985)

  • Ensemble InterContemporain / Pierre Boulez (studio 1990)
  • Ensemble InterContemporain / David Robertson (live 19 June 2001)

Cello Sonata (1948)

duo for violin and piano (1973):

String Quartet No. 1 (1951):

  • Arditti Quartet (studio June 1988)
  • Composers Quartet (studio 21-23 April 1970)
  • Juilliard Quartet (studio December 8-10 1990)
  • Pacifica Quartet (studio 16-18 March 2007)
  • Walden Quartet (2 February 1955)

String Quartet No. 2

  • Arditti Quartet (studio June 1988)
  • Composers Quartet (studio 21-23 April 1970)
  • Juilliard Quartet (live 3 September 1960, studio 27 & 31 October 1960, studio February 19 1969, May 28-June 15 1991,  live 22 January 2008)
  • Pacifica Quartet (studio 5-6 July 2008)
  • Debussy Quartet (February 1994)

String Quartet No. 3

  • Arditti Quartet (studio June 1988, Live 25 January, 2008)
  • Juilliard Quartet (studio November 19-21 1973, May 28-June 15 1991)
  • Pacifica Quartet (studio 11-13 September 2008)
  • Composers Quartet (studio 1983)

String Quartet No. 4

  • Arditti Quartet (studio June 1988, live 26 January 2008)
  • Composers Quartet (live 12 December 1986)
  • Juilliard Quartet (studio May 28-June 15 1991)
  • Pacifica Quartet (studio 24-25 September 2008)

String Quartet No. 5

  • Arditti Quartet (studio July 15-19, 1996)
  • Juilliard Quartet (studio 2013)
  • Pacifica Quartet  (studio 3-4 June 2007)
  • Amati Quartet (live 27 January 2008)

Quintet for piano and strings

Enchanted Preludes

Solo Piano:

Two Thoughts About the Piano: Caténaires (2005-2006)

Night Fantasies

  • Gilbert Kalish (live 20 November 2008)
  • Ursula Oppens
  • Paul Jacobs
  • Charles Rosen
  • Pierre-Laurent Aimard
  • Haakon Austbö
  • Stephen Drury
  • Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Piano Sonata (1945-46)

  • Kevin Class
  • Paul Jacobs
  • Sara Laimon
  • Peter Lawson
  • Ursula Oppens
  • Martin Perry
  • Charles Rosen
  • Ann Schein
  • Peter Seivewright
  • Orion Weiss

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