| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| 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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digital recording |
| Series |
Digital classics
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Digital classics.
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| Note |
Principally spirituals and hymns. |
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The 4th, 11th-15th, and 18th works unacc.; the 7th and 15th works with choral acc.; the remainder with piano, organ, or orchestral acc. |
| Performer |
Jessye Norman, soprano; Dalton Baldwin (6th, 10th works), Geoffrey Parsons (17th work), piano; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ (3rd work); Ambrosian Singers (2nd, 7th, 15th works); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1st-2nd, 5th, 8th-9th, 16th works); Sir Alexander Gibson (1st-2nd, 5th, 8th-9th, 16th works), Willis Patterson (7th, 15th works), conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded May 1981 in the United Kingdom; 1982 in France; and Nov. 1987 in Munich. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical notes on the singer ([8] p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Amazing grace / traditional (3:20) -- Gesù bambino = When blossoms flowered / P.A. Yon (4:46) -- Ave Maria : op. 52, no. 6 / Franz Schubert ; Scott ; Storck (6:05) -- Sweet little Jesus boy / Robert MacGimsey (4:36) -- Let us break bread together / traditional (3:27) -- There's a man going round / traditional (3:07) -- Mary had a baby / traditional (3:04) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (4:09) -- Greensleeves : (What child is this) / traditional (3:51) -- Great day / traditional (2:07) -- Steal away / traditional (3:49) -- Were you there / traditional (4:46) -- Calvary / traditional (4:21) -- City called heaven / traditional (4:19) -- Give me Jesus / traditional (4:45) -- O divine Redeemer = (Repentir) / Charles Gounod ; Alfred Phillips (6:17) -- He's got the whole world : (live recording) / traditional (3:02) -- Amazing grace / traditional (1:25). |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College faculty member publication |
| Language |
Sung in German (3rd work), Latin (8th work), or English (remainder). |
| Genre/Form |
Spirituals (Songs)
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Spirituals (Songs)
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| Subject |
Hymns, English.
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Hymns, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Hymns, English.
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| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
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Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
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Songs (High voice) with orchestra. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Hymns.
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Hymns.
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| Added Author |
Baldwin, Dalton, performer.
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Parsons, Geoffrey, performer.
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Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher, performer.
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Gibson, Alexander, 1926-1995, conductor.
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Patterson, Willis C., conductor.
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Yon, Pietro A., 1886-1943.
Gesù bambino. English; arranged.
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Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
Ellens Gesang, D. 839.
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MacGimsey, Robert, 1898-1979.
Sweet little Jesus boy.
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Franck, César, 1822-1890.
Panis angelicus; arranged.
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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Repentir. English.
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Ambrosian Singers, performer.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Amazing grace.
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Let us break bread together.
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There's a man going round.
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Mary had a baby.
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Greensleeves.
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Great day.
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Steal away.
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Were you there?
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Calvary.
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City called heaven.
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Give me Jesus.
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He's got the whole world in his hands.
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| Music No. |
432 546-2 Philips |
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