Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns?

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Personnel: For Rothko Chapel, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus; David Abel, viola; Karen Rosenak, celesta; William Winant, percussion; Philip Brett, conductor. For Why Patterns?, California EAR Unit (Dorothy Stone, flute; Arthur Jarvinen, glockenspiel; Gaylord Mowrey, piano). Recorded October 1990.
Alex Ross wrote in the New Yorker: "While some classical record labels have lost artistic focus or disappeared altogether amid crises in the music business, boutique operations like Nonesuch, ECM, Harmonia Mundi, and BIS have gone from strength to strength, with each new release extending a personal vision. New Albion, which was founded in Northern California twenty-four years ago by Foster Reed, is among the most distinctive. A laid-back West Coast vibe has characterized many of New Albion’s offerings, although its most celebrated recording, of Morton Feldman’s haunting 'Rothko Chapel,' honors a New York modernist" ("Critic's Notebook: O Albion!," 8/4/08).