Born in 1938, the American composer John Harbison has long enjoyed distinction in many aspects of music. He wrote his Four Songs of Solitude for his wife, the violinist Rose Mary Harbison, insisting that they are in essence songs. Twilight Music, for violin, horn and piano, is in part a reaction to larger scale orchestral works with which the composer had recently been occupied, while Variations draws inspiration from a statue of the Caananite fertility goddess dancing.
Tracklist
Artist details
Harbison, John
Variations
1 Violin and Clarinet Alone 01:16
2 Piano Alone 01:17
3 Clarinet, with Piano 01:11
4 Violin, with Piano 01:21
5 All Three 00:59
6 Violin and Clarinet Alone 01:05
7 Violin, with Piano 01:10
8 Clarinet, with Piano 00:49
9 Piano, with Violin and Clarinet 00:47
10 All Three 00:58
11 Symbol 02:16
12 Fughetta 01:05
13 Waltz 00:59
14 Passacaglia 01:02
15 Aria 02:02
16 Finale and Epilogue 04:26
Four Songs of Solitude
17 Song 1 03:22
18 Song 2 02:43
19 Song 3 04:17
20 Song 4 03:54
Twilight Music
21 Con moto, flessibile 03:46
22 Ossessivo 03:31
23 Antiphon: tempo giusto 04:07
24 Adagio, cantabile 04:35
