George Crumb (b.1929) Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death Ensemle New Art ©2006 Naxos 8.559290 Nicholas Isherwood – Bariton Alexander Swete – Gitarre Francisco Obieta – Kontrabass Carmen Erb – Schlagzeug Hans-Peter Achberger – Schlagzeug Peter Degenhardt – Klavier, elektr.Cembalo Hugo Read – Sopransaxophon, Concertina Silke Aichhorn – Harfe Fuat Kent – Leitung Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death (1962-68) 1 • Refrain One 2 • I the Guitar / Death-Drone I 3 • Refrain two 4 • II Casida of the Dark Doves 5 • Refrain three 6 • Death-Drone II 7 • III Song of the Rider, 1860 8 • Cadenza appassionata for two drummers 9 • Refrain four 10 • IV Casida of the Boy Wounded by the Water 11 • Death-Drone III Quest (1994) 12 • Refrain I 13 • I Dark Paths 14 • II Fugitive Sounds 15 • Refrains 2 16 • III Forgotten Sounds 17 • IV Fugitve Sounds 18 • Refrain 3 19 • V Nocturnal