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Much of the music of Ellen C. Covito and Philip Corner calls to mind Duchamp’s saying that ‘art is a game between all people of all periods.’ Both composers draw freely from different eras and materials as they situate their works between score and improvisation, embracing the shades of openness at the boundaries. Their compositions defy reduction to individual realizations and instead highlight the imperfect processes of creation and performance. These aspects of their work led me to reconsider the typical approach to CD releases, where a single version of the work is presented as definitive and reproduced many times over. For this project I’ve recorded 11 unique versions of an album. One version, number 11, will be made available online for download and streaming. The remaining 10 versions exist only as single, unique, physical copies. All proceeds from these physical sales will be donated to the Flying Carpet Festival- a music festival for children along the Turkish/Syrian border founded by Sahba Aminikia, Pinar Demiral and Serdal Adam.
 
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Things to be Heard with a Single Ear: Works by Ellen C. Covito & Philip Corner
Elliot Simpson
 
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Ellen C. Covito: Composed Improvisation G
Da Milano, after Josquin01.I. Da Milano, after Josquin   9:21
Matiegka, after Haydn III02.II. Matiegka, after Haydn III   10:54
Matiegka, after Haydn II03.III. Matiegka, after Haydn II   10:31
Cage, after Satie I04.IV. Cage, after Satie I   9:08
Philip Corner: La Plata (4 pieces for guitar for Claudio Calmens)
Toccatata05.I. Toccatata   5:33
SuperScale06.II. SuperScale   9:06
Lingering Random Chords (after William Faulkner)07.III. Lingering Random Chords (after William Faulkner)   3:53
‘Woody’ (guitar laugh)08.IV. ‘Woody’ (guitar laugh)   4:21
Total Playing Time: 1:02:47