20C: Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei

20C: Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei

Elliott Carters Symphonia is a mighty triptych with a suitably splendid subtitle: Sum fluxae pretium spei is a line from a poem by Richard Crashaw meaning I am the prize of flowing hope, but what lies behind the apparently portentous Latin is a conception that is brilliant, witty and slightly capricious. The constituent parts of Symphonia were composed for three different orchestras, but they have a single inspiration in common the enchantingly strange fantasy evoked by the metaphysical poet Richard Crashaw (c. 1613 1649) in his 157-line Latin poem Bulla (The Bubble), which lies at the heart of all three pieces.
Country USA
Brand Verve Label Group
Manufacturer Deutsche Grammophon
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 28947915201
ReleaseDate 2013-08-20
UnitCount 1
UPCs 028947915201
EANs 0028947915201

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