Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Duettino, pour violon et violoncelle
Figment IV, pour alto
Mnemosyné, pour violon
Trio à cordes
Rigmarole, pour clarinette basse et violoncelle
Bariolage, pour harpe
Trije glasbeniki, pour flûte, clarinette basse et harpe
Double Trio, pour ensemble
Retracing, pour basson
Figment V, pour marimba
Hiyoku, pour 2 clarinettes
A Sunbeam's Architecture, pour ténor et ensemble
Happy Birthday Elliott
On Carter, hommages à Elliott Carter de George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birthwistle, Alexander Goehr, Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews

Nicholas Phan, ténor
Rolf Schulte, violon
Fred Sherry, violoncelle
Richard O'Neill, alto
Virgil Blackwell, clarinette basse
Bridget Kibbey, harpe
Marie Tachouet, flûte, piccolo
Mike Truesdell, percussion
Jim Pugh, trombone
Peter Evans, trompette
Stephen Gosling, piano
Peter Kolkay, basson, contrabasson
Charles Neidich, clarinette
Ayako Oshima, clarinette
Stephen Taylor, hautbois
Ryan McAdams, direction
Fred Sherry, directeur artistique

Elliott and NMC by Colin Matthews ... I was as surprised as I was delighted to learn in the autumn of 2012 that Elliott Carter had asked if the recording of his 103rd birthday concert might be released on NMC. I had known Elliott since 1986, produced several recordings of his music (including the Concerto for Orchestra and the Clarinet and Violin Concertos) but had never thought that he might one day join the long list of NMC composers. It was clearly not an offer that we could think of turning down; but there was one problem that we had to resolve, because until now NMC has – with a few minor exceptions – exclusively recorded composers from the British Isles. A disc devoted to Carter was not the same as fi nding room for a small piece by Stravinsky. Elliott’s death in November 2012 – I had long believed that he must be immortal – meant that this recording would become a signifi cant memorial to him; and it made it all the more important that if we were to release it, it should be done as soon as possible. It would be a DVD – thus setting it apart from the rest of the catalogue – and a tribute to a composer who was greatly loved and admired in the United Kingdom, as the recorded interviews presented here testify. And there was one more reason for it to be an appropriate release : Elliott Carter was the last surviving pupil of Gustav Holst, whose Foundation has supported the work of NMC since its inception.