Metamorphoses, Book I and II

Bridge's Complete Crumb Edition reaches Volume 20 with the first complete recording of the great American composer's recently completed Metamorphoses cycle.  The "20 Fantasy Pieces After Celebrated Paintings" are Crumb's "Pictures at an Exhibition"-  aural interpretations of famous paintings from our recent past including works by Picasso, van Gogh, Chagall, and Dali.  Critic David Hurwitz writes: "Bridge's decision to embark on a complete edition of George Crumb's music remains one of the most significant recording projects currently in progress, as well as one of the most artistically successful."

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Metamorphoses, Book I
I. Black Prince (Paul Klee, 1927)
 
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II. Goldfish (Paul Klee, 1925)
 
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III. Crows over the Wheatfield (Vincent van Gogh, 1890)
 
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IV. The Fiddler (Marc Chagall, 1912/13)
 
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V. Nocturne: Blue and Gold (Southampton Water) (James McNeill Whistler, 1872)
 
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VI. Perilous Night (Jasper Johns, 1990)
 
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VII. Clowns at Night (Marc Chagall, 1957)
 
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VIII. Contes barbares (Paul Gauguin, 1902)
 
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IX. The Persistence of Memory (Salvador Dali, 1931)
 
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X. The Blue Rider (Wassily Kandinsky, 1903)
 
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Metamorphoses, Book II
I. Ancient Sound, Abstract on Black (Paul Klee, 1925)
 
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II. Landscape with Yellow Birds (Paul Klee, 1923)
 
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III. Christina's World (Andrew Wyeth, 1948)
 
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IV. Purple Haze (Simone Dinnerstein, 1991)
 
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V. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (Lady in Gold) (Gustav Klimt, 1907)
 
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VI. Spirit of the Dead Watching (Paul Gauguin, 1892)
 
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VII. Guernica (Pablo Picasso, 1937)
 
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VIII. From the Faraway, Nearby (Georgia O'Keeffe, 1937)
 
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IX. Easter (Marc Chagall, 1968)
 
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Metamorphoses, Book II
X. The Starry Night (Vincent van Gogh, 1889)
 
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