Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
002630 002045 002249 |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
Note |
The 1st work is a song cycle with African percussion and orchestra. |
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Words of the 1st work by Langston Hughes with traditional texts from Uganda and Mali. |
Performer |
Carmen Lundy, vocal (1st work); Billy Childs, piano (1st work); Nana Yaw Asiedu, African percussion, vocal (1st work); Thomas A. Kelley II, African percussion (1st work); Akron Symphony Orchestra; Alan Balter, clarinet (2nd work), conductor. |
Event |
Recorded Feb. 22, 1993 (2nd work), Feb. 22, 1994 (3rd work), and Feb. 27, 1995 (1st work), Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio. |
Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes, in part by the composers, and text of 1st work (15 p. : ports.) in container. |
Contents |
The distant land / Billy Childs (26:30) -- Jazz suite : for clarinet and symphony orchestra : "Three ethnic dances". Jitterbug ; Slow drag ; Calypso / David Baker (20:45) -- Symphony no. 6 : "Four songs for five American voices". Bernstein wrote it ; In an Ellington mood ; I'm Dizzy over Miles ; Someone said her name was Sarah / William C. Banfield (22:49). |
Language |
Sung in English (1st work). |
Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
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Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra. |
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Musical settings.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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Subject |
Suites (Clarinet with orchestra)
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Suites (Clarinet with orchestra) |
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Jazz -- 1991-2000.
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Jazz. |
Chronological Term |
1991-2000 |
Genre/Form |
Symphonies.
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Symphonies.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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Added Author |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, lyricist.
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Lundy, Carmen, performer.
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Childs, Billy, performer.
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Asiedu, Nana Yaw, performer.
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Kelley, Thomas A., performer.
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Balter, Alan, performer, conductor.
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Childs, Billy.
Distant land.
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Baker, David, 1931-2016.
Jazz suite, clarinet, orchestra.
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Banfield, William C., 1961-
Symphonies, no. 6.
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Added Title |
African-American composers' project |
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Three ethnic dances.
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3 ethnic dances.
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Ethnic dances.
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Four songs for five American voices.
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Four songs for 5 American voices.
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4 songs for five American voices.
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4 songs for 5 American voices.
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Music No. |
CD-80409 Telarc |
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