Round Nut Tool

Track Listings
1. Fantasy Etudes - Fred Lerdahl    
2. cheating, lying, stealing - David Lang    
3. Come Round (1st movement) - Jacob Druckman    
4. Come Round (2nd movement) - Jacob Druckman    
5. Come Round (3rd movement) - Jacob Druckman    
6. Thirteen Ways (VI) - Thomas Albert    
7. Thirteen Ways (XI) - Thomas Albert    
8. Thirteen Ways (VIII) - Thomas Albert    

Editorial Reviews
From the Artist
Our debut CD! A mix of our favorite works from the 1998-99 season, including excerpt tracks from Thomas Albert's "Thirteen Ways."

About the Artist
Taking its name from the Wallace Stevens poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," eighth blackbird is one of the most exciting young ensembles performing today. In 1998, eighth blackbird was the first contemporary ensemble ever to win First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, where they were also awarded the Channel Classics Recording Prize and the Rockport Chamber Music Festival Prize. In 1999, they were named First Prize Winners of the 1997-98 CMA/ASCAP Award... read more

Album Description
This CD was independently recorded in Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH. Produced and recorded by Michael Schulze and Charles Dixon. Additional support provided by AT&T Research Labs.

Round Nut Tool

Round Nut Tool, Music, Thomas Albert, Jacob Druckman, David Lang, Fred Lerdahl, eighth blackbird, Chamber, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Orchestral Music
Round Nut Tool
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Fabulous Find!
  • My biggest CD-purchase mistake this year
  • One of the best contemporary music ensembles out there
 Round Nut Tool

Manufacturer: eighth blackbird
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Thirteen Ways
  2. Fred

ASIN: B00004KHA7
Release Date: 1999-10-01

Tracks:

  1. Fantasy Etudes - Fred Lerdahl
  2. cheating, lying, stealing - David Lang
  3. Come Round (1st movement) - Jacob Druckman
  4. Come Round (2nd movement) - Jacob Druckman
  5. Come Round (3rd movement) - Jacob Druckman
  6. Thirteen Ways (VI) - Thomas Albert
  7. Thirteen Ways (XI) - Thomas Albert
  8. Thirteen Ways (VIII) - Thomas Albert

Album Description

This CD was independently recorded in Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH. Produced and recorded by Michael Schulze and Charles Dixon. Additional support provided by AT&T Research Labs.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous Find!.......2002-07-09

This is music of the sublime! There is a gothic beauty to this group's singular sound that can only be topped by watching them perform live. I heard eighth blackbird last year in Harrisburg, PA and they were astounding! I eagerly bought a copy of their CD and have been thrilled with the purchase ever since. As an English teacher, I frequently use selections from the CD to use as freewriting prompts in my writers workshops. The students are intrigued and inspired by the unique sound of this contemporary classical group. I look forward to future recordings from the ensemble to use with my classes. Bravo!

1 out of 5 stars My biggest CD-purchase mistake this year.......2000-06-25

I heard the group Thirteenth Blackbird on the radio, and liked them very much. But I was very disappointed by their CD, "Round Nut Tool". The musicianship is excellent, but almost all the selections are seemingly endless repetitions of discordant and arhythmic sounds, rendering the music unlistenable. Music is melody, harmony, rhythm--yes?--all of which are virtually absent here.

The ensemble's most dynamic work, I think, is 13 compositions around the Stevens poem "thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird". Only three of the 13 pieces are included here, and only one of these is anything like what I think of as music. So I spent fifteen dollars on a CD I could barely listen to once--waste of money.

4 out of 5 stars One of the best contemporary music ensembles out there.......2000-02-18

This is a great CD. I bought it when eighth blackbird performed at my college, in one of the most entertaining and interesting classical concerts I've attended. If you think contemporary classical music is too boring, cerebral or grating on the ears to listen to, this CD will change your mind. My only complaint is that it has only 3 movements from the 13-movement "Thirteen Ways," their signature piece. Until they bring out the whole piece on CD, "Round Nut Tool" will keep me happy.

Track Listings:

  1. Rzewski: Jefferson/Antigone Legend
  2. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 Leningrad
  3. Siegfried (Goodall Ring Cycle/Chandos Opera in English) [Box set]
  4. Skryabin: Concerto for piano in F#m; Symphony No5
  5. Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
  6. Spiritual Chants [Live]
  7. Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2; Excelsior!
  8. Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Debussy: La Mer, Boulez: Notations VII
  9. Stravinsky: Petrushka, Pulcinella / Klemperer, Philharmonia (1947 vrsn. prev. unreleased)
  10. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring/Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 [Import]

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Original Standards [Import]

Nocturno

Nordisk [Enhanced]

Power of Our Music: The Endangered Species [Live]

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Oscura & Imagenes [Import]

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