Vox Balaenae

Album by George Crumb & New Music Concerts Ensemble & Robert Aitken

Vox Balaenae is a composition by American composer George Crumb, composed in 1971. Scored for amplified flute, amplified cello and amplified piano, it employs extended techniques, unusual timbres, theatrical gestures and spatial effects and stands as an example of Crumb's middle-period exploration of timbre and spirituality within contemporary classical music.
First released: 2006

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Vox Balaenae for Three Masked Players
    18:55
  2. 2.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: I. La señorita del abanico
    2:09
  3. 3.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: II. La tarde
    1:45
  4. 4.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: III. Canción cantada
    1:21
  5. 5.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: IV. Caracola
    2:37
  6. 6.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: V. ¡El lagarto está llorando!
    2:06
  7. 7.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: VI. Cancioncilla sevillana
    1:49
  8. 8.
    Federico's Little Songs for Children: VII. Canción tonta
    1:39
  9. 9.
    An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III)
    9:45
  10. 10.
    Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I)
    17:30

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