In the 1st work: David Fedele, flute ; Allen Blustine, clarinet ; Rolf Schulte, violin ; Dorothy Lawson, violoncello ; Blanca Uribe, piano. In the 2nd: Blanca Uribe, piano. In the 3rd: Stephen Johns, tuba. In the 4th: Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano ; Richard Lalli, baritone ; Allen Blustine, clarinet ; Richard Wilson, piano
The 1st work for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano; the 2nd for piano; the 3rd for tuba; the 4th for mezzo-soprano, baritone, clarinet, and piano, "composed as a curtain-raiser for [the] opera, Æthelred the Unready"--Booklet, p. [iv].
Recorded at Skinner Recital Hall, Vassar College, July 7, 1999 (1st work), May 25, 1998 (2nd work), Apr. 3, 1996 (3rd work), July 8, 1999 (4th work).
The 4th work sung in English.
Affirmations (20:56) -- Intercalations (19:56) -- Civilization and its discontents (6:48) -- Transfigured goat (17:50)