Elliott Carter: The Minotaur, Piano Sonata, Two Songs

Gerard Schwarz, Gilbert Kalish, Jan De Gaetani, New York Chamber Symphony & Paul Jacobs

1990 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  The Minotaur, Scene I: King Minos' Palace In Crete, Overture
  1:00
• 2
  The Minotaur, Scene I: King Minos' Palace In Crete, Queen Pasiphae Prepares for a Tryst With the Sacred Bull
  3:49
• 3
  The Minotaur, Scene I: King Minos' Palace In Crete, Entrance of the Bulls and the Sacred Bull
  0:38
• 4
  The Minotaur, Scene I: King Minos' Palace In Crete, Dance of the Bulls and Pasiphae With the Sacred Bull
  2:37
• 5
  The Minotaur, Scene I: King Minos' Palace In Crete, Interlude - Pasiphae's Heartbeat Becomes the Pounding of Hammers Used In Building the Labyrinth
  1:18
• 6
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Building the Labyrinth to Imprison Minotaur Who Destroys Men
  2:00
• 7
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Entrance of King Minos
  1:44
• 8
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Selection of Greek Victims to Be Sent Into the Labyrinth
  1:08
• 9
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Ariadne, Princess of Crete, Dances With Theseus, a Greek Victim
  4:26
• 10
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Greek Victims Are Driven Into the Labyrinth
  1:40
• 11
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Theseus' Farewell to Ariadne As He Enters the Labyrinth
  1:54
• 12
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Ariadne Unwinds Her Thread As Theseus, Entering the Labyrinth, Pulls the Thread After Him
  1:20
• 13
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Theseus Fights and Kills Minotaur (as His Movements Are Transmitted to Ariadne Who Is Holding the Other End of the Thread)
  1:14
• 14
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Ariadne Rewinds Her Thread to Lead Theseus Out of the Labyrinth
  1:56
• 15
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, the Thread Breaks. Ariadne Is Greatly Dismayed
  1:32
• 16
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, Theseus and Some of the Greeks Emerge from the Labyrinth and Rejoice
  1:04
• 17
  The Minotaur, Scene II: Before the Labyrinth, the Greeks and Theseus, Forgetting Ariadne, Leave Crete
  3:39
• 18
  Dust of Snow
  1:09
• 19
  The Rose Family
  1:12
• 20
  Piano Sonata, I Maestoso
  11:32
• 21
  Piano Sonata, II Andante
  15:01