SEEGER: Vocal, Chamber and Instrumental Works - Continuum

Ruth Crawford Seeger was a pioneering figure of the American modernist movement. Her career can be divided into two distinct phases, separated by her studies with the composer and ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger, whom she married. Her earliest mature works, such as the Sonata for Violin and Piano, show a Scriabinesque post-Romantic sensibility. During her studies with Seeger, however, her music became more concentrated and controlled, as well as more daring and experimental. Her mastery reached its apotheosis with the Three Songs, a bold, original setting of poems by Carl Sandburg.

Seeger, Ruth Crawford

 Suite for Five Wind Instruments and Piano

 Violin Sonata

Seeger, Ruth Crawford

Tsiang, H. T. - Lyricist

 2 Ricercari

Seeger, Ruth Crawford

 Prelude No. 1: Andante

 Prelude No. 9: Tranquillo

 Study in Mixed Accents

 Diaphonic Suite No. 1 for Flute

 Diaphonic Suite No. 2 for Bassoon and Cello

Seeger, Ruth Crawford

Sandburg, Carl - Lyricist

 3 Songs

Total Playing Time: 56:28