Bridge Records Catalog

The Complete Crumb Edition - 22 CDs, one DVD - includes Autograph (while supply lasts)


$ 275.00 $ 335.00
7/15/24: Back in Stock!

BRIDGE'S COMPLETE CRUMB EDITION IS ON SALE. 22 CDS AND 1 DVD, OF COMPOSER SUPERVISED RECORDINGS MADE DURING THE PAST 42 YEARS. GEORGE CRUMB APPEARS ON THE SERIES AS PIANIST, PERCUSSIONIST, AND NARRATOR. ALL COMPLETE CRUMB EDITION SETS INCLUDE THE COMPOSER'S AUTOGRAPH (WHILE THEY LAST!), AND ARE SOLD IN THE ORIGINAL CD PACKAGING, WITH COMPLETE LINER NOTES.


George Crumb's compositions (1948-2021)
recorded under the composer's supervision
22 CDs and 1 DVD
Includes George Crumb autograph 
(while supply lasts)


Highlights:
-Complete Orchestral Music (Grammy Award for Star-Child)
-Complete American Songbook Series
-Crumb accompanies daughter Ann in Early Songs
-Complete Piano Music (1962-2020)

   

Performers include Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish, Lambert Orkis, Robert Shannon, Tony Arnold, Susan Narucki, Ann Crumb International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), David Starobin, Speculum Musicae, George Crumb, Marcantonio Barone, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Richard Wernick, Gregory D'Agostino, Donald Sinta, Quattro Mani, George Crumb Ensemble, Thomas Conlin, Joseph Alessi, Penn Contemporary Players, Paul Mann, Jacob Greenberg, John Kinzie, Curtis Ensemble 20/21, Timothy Eddy, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman, David Colson, Rachel Rudich, Miro Quartet, Gregory Fulkerson, Sanford Sylvan, Aeolian Chamber Players, Jamie Van Eyck, Barbara Ann Martin, Patrick Mason, Randall Scarlata, Warsaw Philharmonic, Emanuele Arciuli
   

Watch David Hurwitz, reviewing Bridge's Complete Crumb Edition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDeZgQXxlWg&t=1s


GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 20

Metamorphoses Books I and II
(Book I - newly remastered)
(Book II - world premiere)
Marcantonio Barone, piano
BRIDGE 9551


GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 1

BRIDGE 9028

Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968)
Apparition (1979)
A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979
Speculum Musicae, Sanford Sylvan, Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 2

BRIDGE 9069

Federico's Little Songs for Children (1986)
Night Music I (rev. 1976)
Quest (1994)
Speculum Musicae, Susan Narucki, Donald Sinta, David Starobin

Cannes Music Award – George Crumb Best Living Composer / CD of 1998
Tower Pulse! - Best of Year

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 3

BRIDGE 9095

Star-Child (1977)
for soprano, trombone, children's choir, male choir, bell-ringers
and large orchestra (premiere recording)

Mundus Canis (1998) "A Dog's World"
for guitar and percussion (premiere recording)

Three Early Songs (1947)
for voice and piano

The Warsaw Philharmonic, Susan Narucki, Ann Crumb,
George Crumb, Thomas Conlin

2001 GRAMMY WINNER - STAR-CHILD: BEST COMPOSITION
Fanfare: Critic's Choice, Best of Year
December Disc of the Month & 10/10 - Highest Rating: ClassicsToday.com
Top CDs of 1999, Pittsburgh Gazette
Editor's Favorite: Amazon.com

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 4

BRIDGE 9105

Zeitgeist (1988)
Music for a Summer Evening (1974)
Quattro Mani

ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Highest Rating)
10 de Repetoire
Fanfare Critic's Choice

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 5

BRIDGE 9113

Easter Dawning (1992)
Celestial Mechanics (1979)
A Haunted Landscape (1984)
Processional (1983)
Easter Dawning (1982)
Robert Shannon, Haewon Song, Warsaw Philharmonic,
Thomas Conlin, Don Cook

ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Highest Rating)

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 6

BRIDGE 9127

Lux Aeterna (1971)
Pastoral Drone (1982)
Four Nocturnes (1964)
Gnomic Variations (1981)
Echoes of Time and the River (1967)
Jan DeGaetani, Gregory D'Agostino, Gregory Fulkerson, Robert Shannon, Warsaw Philharmonic, Thomas Conlin

ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Highest Rating)

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 7

BRIDGE 9139

Unto the Hills (2001) (premiere recording)
Black Angels (1970)
Ann Crumb, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman, Miro String Quartet

ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Highest Rating)
Philadelphia Inquirer: Best of Year
Diapason d'Or

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 8

BRIDGE 9155

Makrokosmos, Vol. 1 (1972)
Makrokosmos, Vol. 2 (1973)
Otherworldly Resonances (2003)
Robert Shannon, Quattro Mani

ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Highest Rating)

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 9

BRIDGE 9170

Ancient Voices of Children (1970)
Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (2001)
Ruminations on 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk

(premiere recording)
Madrigals, Books I-IV (1965, 1969)
Tony Arnold, Emanuele Arciuli

Grammy Nomination: "Ancient Voices of Children"
ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Highest Rating)

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 10

BRIDGE 9218A/B (Two CDs)

The River of Life (2003): Songs of Joy and Sorrow
A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals and Revival Tunes for Singer, Percussion Quartet and Amplified Piano [American Songbook I]
*premiere recording

Unto the Hills: Songs of Sadness, Yearning and Innocence (2001)
A Cycle of Appalachian Songs for Voice, Percussion Quartet and Amplified Piano [American Songbook III]
*premiere recording of complete cycle
Ann Crumb, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 11

BRIDGE 9253

Variazioni for Orchestra (1959)
Otherworldly Resonances (2003, rev. 2005)
The Sleeper (1984)
Early Songs (1947)
Night of the Four Moons (1969)

Odense Symfoniorkester, Paul Mann, Quattro Mani, Jan DeGaetani,
Gilbert Kalish, Aeolian Chamber Players

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 12

BRIDGE 9261

Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965 (1965/66)
The Sleeper (1984)
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971)
Five Pieces for Piano (1962)
Dream Sequence (1976)

International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Jamie Van Eyck

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 13

BRIDGE 9275A/B (Two CDs)

A Journey Beyond Time (2003) (American Songbook II)
Songs of Despair and Hope (A Cycle of Afro-American Spirituals)
Winds of Destiny (2004) (American Songbook IV)
Songs of Strife, Love, Mystery and Exultation (A Cycle of American Civil War Songs, Folk Songs and Spirituals)


(Premiere Recordings)

Barbara Ann Martin, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman

Grammy Nomination: Best Contemporary Classical Composition

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 14

BRIDGE 9312

George Crumb, 'Bad Dog!' (DVD). David Starobin's 66 minute film features performances by the George Crumb Ensemble, including the composer performing on percussion instruments, conversation with George Crumb; historic photographs; and complete performances of "Apparition", "Three Early Songs"; and "Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik".

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 15

BRIDGE 9335

The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook I) (2009)
Voices from a Forgotten World (American Songbook V) (2006)

Ann Crumb, Patrick Mason, David Starobin, Daniel Druckman,
Orchestra 2001, James Freeman

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 16

BRIDGE 9413

American Songbook VII: Voices from the Heartland (2010)
Spanish Songbook II: Sun and Shadow (2010)

Ann Crumb, Patrick Mason, Marcantonio Barone,
Orchestra 2001, James Freeman

2015 Grammy Nominee: Best Contemporary Classical Composition
BBC Music Magazine (5 stars)

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 17

BRIDGE 9445

Voices from the Morning of the Earth
A Cycle of American Songs from North and South,
and East and West
(2008)
(American Songbook VI)
An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986)
The Sleeper (1984)

Ann Crumb, Randall Scarlata, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman,
Rachel Rudich, Marcantonio Barone

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 18

BRIDGE 9476

The Yellow Moon of Andalusia (2012)
Spanish Songbook III for Mezzo-Soprano and Amplified Piano

Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (2001)
A Little Midnight Music
Ruminations on 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk

Celestial Mechanics (1979, rev. 2012)
Cosmic Dances for Amplified Piano, Four Hands

Yesteryear (2013)
A Vocalise for Mezzo-Soprano, Amplified Piano and Percussion

Tony Arnold, Marcantonio Barone, Quattro Mani

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 19

Metamorphoses, Book 1

BRIDGE 9535

GEORGE CRUMB EDITION, VOL. 21

BRIDGE 9592

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