| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
002158 002214 001516 000814 |
| 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 |
CRI: CD 798 [i.e. 796]; CD 798 on disc; CD 796 on container. |
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The 1st work for tenor and chamber ensemble; the 2nd for soprano, electronic tape and chamber ensemble; the 3rd for 2 sopranos and chamber ensemble; the 4th for electronic tape. |
| Performer |
John Aler, tenor (1st work) ; Elsa Charlston, soprano (2nd work) ; Jane Bryden, Karen Smith Emerson, sopranos (3rd work) ; Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, conductor (1st-3rd works). |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: E.C. Schirmer (1st-2nd works); mss. (3rd-4th work). |
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The 2nd work previously released on CRI SD 420 (1980); the 4th work on CRI SD 364 (1976). |
| Event |
Recorded Feb., 1996 (1st work), 1976 (2nd work) and in Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College, Oct., 1997 (3rd work); the 4th work produced at Bregman Electronic Music Studio, Dartmouth College; tape part for the 2nd work produced at Smith College Electronic Music Studio. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Steven Ledbetter, texts to the vocal works in English or English and German (2nd work) and biographical notes on the performers (26 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Crossing the meridian (21:58). July 18, 1846, crossing the Great Divide ; That sensual phosphorescence ; Meticulous, past midnight ; Danse russe ; Math -- Three poems of Günter Grass (22:14). Gleisdreieck ; Klappstühle = Folding chairs ; Schlaflos = Sleepless -- Visions (15:16). Sky above clouds ; The writer ; After Brancusi -- Alternate routes : for electronic tape (8:14). |
| Language |
1st and 3rd works sung in English; 2nd work in German. |
| Subject |
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 -- Musical settings.
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Grass, Günter, 1927-2015. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble. |
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Songs (High voice) with electronics.
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Songs (High voice) with electronics. |
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Vocal duets with instrumental ensemble.
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Vocal duets with instrumental ensemble. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronica (Music)
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Electronica (Music)
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015.
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Aler, John, performer.
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Charlston, Elsa, performer.
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Bryden, Jane, performer.
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Smith Emerson, Karen, performer.
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Pittman, Richard, conductor.
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Perera, Ronald.
Crossing the meridian.
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Perera, Ronald.
Poems of Günter Grass.
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Perera, Ronald.
Visions.
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Perera, Ronald.
Alternate routes.
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Boston Musica Viva, performer.
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Smith College. Electronic Music Studio.
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Bregman Electronic Music Studio.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015013773
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| Standard No. |
090438079624 |
| Music No. |
CD 796 CRI |
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CD 798 CRI |
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SD 420 CRI |
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SD 364 CRI |
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