| Description |
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001500 001600 001600 001600 |
| Series |
Eastman American music series ; v. 6
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Eastman American music series ; v. 6.
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| Note |
Song cycles with instrumental ensemble acc. |
| Language |
Sung in English; portions of the 2nd work wordless. |
| Note |
Words by Samuel Hoffenstein (1st work); Nanine Valen and Robert Lax (2nd work); Meng Chiao (3rd work); and Ruth Whitman (4th work). |
| Performer |
Elizabeth Fulford (2nd, 4th works), Renée Fleming (3rd work), sopranos; Deborah Kraus, mezzo-soprano (4th work); Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor (1st work); Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble; Sydney Hodkinson, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Nov. 14, 1981 (4th work), Jan. 17, 1982 (2nd work); Nov. 29, 1982 (1st work); and Jan. 24, 1983 (3rd work) at the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes and texts ([16] p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
In praise of practically nothing. Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay goes wet ; Poor Mr. Heine suffers some translations and gives up ; Lullabye ; Yes, dear ; Hymn ; Morning songs / Brian Israel (15:00) -- In dark. Vocalise ; The moon comes down ; In dark ; They moved like fish ; Vocalise / Gerald Levinson (16:00) -- Six chansons, op. 32. Wanderer's song ; An excursion to the dragon pool temple on Chung-nan ; Complaint of a neglected wife ; Sadness of the gorges ; Song of the old man of the hills ; The stones where the haft rotted / David Noon (16:00) -- Blood and milk songs. Prologue ; Song for a vigil ; Antiphonal ; A daughter cuts her hair ; Round ; Letter to / Robert Stern (16:00). |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Vocal duets with instrumental ensemble.
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Music -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Fulford, Elizabeth. Performer.
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Fleming, Renée. Performer.
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Kraus, Deborah. Performer.
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Fahnestock, Jeffrey. Performer.
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Hodkinson, Sydney. Conductor.
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Levinson, Gerald, 1951-
In dark.
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Noon, David, 1946-
Chansons, instrumental ensemble accompaniment, op. 32.
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Stern, Robert, 1934-
Blood and milk songs.
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Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble. Performer.
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| Music No. |
TROY277 Albany Records |
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