Notes: | The 1st work for clarinet and piano; the 3rd work for soprano and piano; the 4th work for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and violoncello. The 2nd work based on a poem by Elizabeth Bishop; the 3rd work uses texts by James Merrill, Robert Creeley, and Marvin Bell. Jean Kopperud, clarinet (1st work) ; Curtis Macomber, violin (2nd work) ; Christopher Finckel, violoncello (2nd work) ; Elizabeth Farnum, soprano (3rd work) ; Stephen Gosling, piano (1st-3rd works) ; New York New Music Ensemble (Jayn Rosenfeld, flute ; JoAnn Sternberg, clarinet ; Linda Quan, violin ; Christopher Finckel, violoncello ; Stephen Gosling, piano) (4th work) ; Atlantic String Quartet (Linda Quan, Deborah Wong, violin ; Lois Martin, viola ; Christopher Finckel, violoncello) (5th work). Recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, on March 27, 29, and 30, 2004 (1st-3rd, 5th works) and on Sept. 20, 2007 (4th work). Sung in English. Description based on hard copy version record.
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