David Crumb was born into a musical family. His father is renowned composer George Crumb, and his sister, Ann Crumb, is a highly regarded singer and actress. Crumb studied composition with Samuel Adler, Jay Reise, Richard Wernick, Stephen Jaffe, and Chinary Ung, receiving a fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Institute where he attended master classes by Lukas Foss and Oliver Knussen. Shortly thereafter, he travelled to Jerusalem to study.

David Crumb joined the music faculty at the University of Oregon in 1997, where he continues to serve as an Associate Professor of Composition and Theory.

This CD presents four of Crumb's compositions, spanning the past two decades.

Contents:
- September Elegy (2001)
Fritz Gearhart (violin), Corey Hamm (piano)

- Soundings (1994)
Jerome Simas (clarinet), Steve Vacchi (bassoon), Marcantonio Barone (piano)

- Red Desert Triptych (2006-2012)
Marcantonio Barone (piano)

- Primordial Fantasy (2002)
Marcantonio Barone (piano), Melissa Pena (oboe), Louis DeMartino (clarinet), Lydia Van Dreel (horn), Laura Zaerr (harp), Sean Wagoner (percussion), Pius Cheung (percussion), Kathryn Lucktenberg (viola), Steven Pologe (cello), Tyler Abbott (bass) / Robert Ponto