| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000338 000601 002116 001146 000356 000809 002314 |
| 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 |
| Note |
Elektra Nonesuch: 79346-2 (on container spine: 9 79346-2). |
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"Night prayers is the last part of a four-part cycle called 'Life without Christmas.'"--Notes, p. [9]. |
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Words of the 1st work "from a song ... heard sung by Tuvan expatriates who live in Outer Mongolia and yearn for their homeland"--Notes, p. [11]. Words of the 2nd work from the Dies irae of the Requiem mass; words of the 6th work from a prayer for the High Holidays. |
| Performer |
Dawn Upshaw, soprano (2nd work); Djivan Gasparian, duduk (5th work); Mikhail Alexandrovich, cantor (6th work); Throat Singers of Tuva (Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoly Kuular, Kongar-ool Ondar) (1st work); Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba, violins; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello). |
| Event |
Recorded 1992-1994, Skywalker Sound, Marin County, Calif.; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; and Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass. |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: Shanachie Music Works (1st work); G. Schirmer (2nd-4th, 7th works); Kontrapunkte (5th work). |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Brooke Gladstone and the composers, and texts with English translations ([16] p.) in container. |
| Contents |
Kongerei : (1993) / traditional ; arr. S. Mackey (3:38) -- Lacrymosa : (1991) / Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (6:01) -- Mugam sayagi : (1993) / Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (21:16) -- Quartet no. 4 (1993) / Sofia Gubaidulina (11:46) -- A cool wind is blowing : (1993) / Tigran Tahmizyan (3:56) -- K'vakarat : (1994) / Osvaldo Golijov (8:09) -- Night prayers : (1991) / Giya Kancheli (23:14). |
| Language |
Sung in Russian (1st work), Latin (2nd and 7th works), or Hebrew (6th work). The 7th work with taped voices of a solo treble and men's chorus. |
| Subject |
Vocal trios with string ensemble.
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| Genre/Form |
Throat singing.
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| Subject |
Sacred songs (High voice) with string ensemble.
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Quintets (Duduk (Oboe), violins (2), viola, cello)
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Synagogue music -- High Holiday services.
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Synagogue music -- High Holiday services. |
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Quintets (Electronics, violins (2), viola, cello)
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String quartets.
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String quartets. |
| Genre/Form |
String quartets.
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Chamber music.
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Chamber 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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| Added Author |
Mackey, Steven, 1956- arranger.
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Upshaw, Dawn, performer.
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Gasparian, Djivan, performer.
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Aleksandrovich, Mikhail, performer.
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Yanov-Yanovsky, Dmitri.
Lacrymosa.
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Älizadä, Firängiz, 1947-
Mugam-sajahy.
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Gubaidulina, Sofia, 1931-
Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 4.
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Tahmizyan, Tigran, 1961-
Cool wind is blowing.
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Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
K'vakarat.
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Kancheli, Gii͡a.
Leben ohne Weihnacht. Nachtgebete.
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Huun-Huur-Tu (Musical group), performer.
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| Added Title |
Kongerei.
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Nachtgebete.
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| Music No. |
79346-2 Elektra Nonesuch |
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9 79346-2 Elektra Nonesuch |
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