| Description |
2 audio discs (110 min.) : digital, stereo ; 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Gramophone awards collection
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Gramophone awards collection.
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| Note |
Deutsche Grammophon: 474 686-2 (474 686-2--474 687-2). |
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In part song cycles. |
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Principally with piano acc. ; the 21st song with string quartet acc. |
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Texts from various sources. |
| Performer |
Cheryl Studer, soprano ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; John Browning, piano ; Emerson String Quartet. |
| Credits |
Producers: Wolfgang Mitlehner, Max Wilcox. |
| Note |
Ed. recorded: G. Schirmer. |
| Event |
Recorded at St. Konrad Church, Abersee, Austria, Aug. 1991, at Brahms-Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Sept. 1992, at Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase, Dec. 6, 1992, and at American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, Dec. 8, 1992. |
| Note |
Previously released in 1994 on Deutsche Grammophon 435 867-2. |
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Compact discs. |
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Biographical and program notes by John Browning and texts, the French songs with English translation (33 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. A slumber song of the Madonna (Noyes) (2:01) -- There's nae lark (Swinburne) (1:43) -- Love at the door (Symonds) (1:26) -- Serenades [i.e. Serenader] (Dillon) (2:16) -- Love's caution (Davies) (2:56) -- Night wanderers (Davies) (3:02) -- Of that so sweet imprisonment (Joyce) (2:10) -- Strings in the earth and air (Joyce) (1:18) -- Beggar's song (Davies) (2:02) -- In the dark pinewood (Joyce) (1:46) -- Three songs, op. 2. The daisies (Stephens) (1:20) ; With rue my heart is laden (Housman) (1:28) ; Bessie Bobtail (Stephens) (2:48) -- Three songs, op. 10 (Joyce). Rain has fallen (3:02) ; Sleep now (3:34) ; I hear an army (2:42) -- Four songs, op. 13. A nun takes the veil (Hopkins) (1:42) ; The secrets of the old (Yeats) (1:08) ; Sure on this shining night (Agee) (2:30) ; Nocturne (Prokosch) (4:02) -- Dover Beach : op. 3 (Arnold) (8:12). Disc 2. Two songs, op. 18. The Queen's face on the summery coin (Horan) (2:00) ; Monks and raisins (Garcia Villa) (1:12) -- Nuvoletta : op. 25 (Joyce) (5:08) -- Mélodies passagères, op. 27 (Rilke). Puisque tout passe (1:35) ; Un cygne (2:22) ; Tombeau dans un parc (1:56) ; Le clocher chante (1:23) ; Départ (1:58) -- Hermit songs : op. 29. At Saint Patrick's purgatory (1:30) ; Church bell at night (0:54) ; St. Ita's vision (3:18) ; The heavenly banquet (1:12) ; The crucifixion (2:25) ; Sea-snatch (0:40) ; Promiscuity (0:58) ; The monk and his cat (2:40) ; The praises of God (0:56) ; The desire for hermitage (3:49) -- Despite and still : op. 41. A last song (Graves) (2:32) ; My lizard (Roethke) (1:04) ; In the wilderness (Graves) (3:21) ; Solitary hotel (Joyce) (2:39) ; Despite and still (Graves) (1:24) -- Three songs, op. 45. Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (Joyce) (2:36) ; A green lowland of pianos (Milosz) (2:09) ; O boundless, boundless evening (Middleton) (4:17). |
| Language |
Sung principally in English ; Mélodies passagères sung in French. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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| Added Author |
Studer, Cheryl.
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Hampson, Thomas.
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Browning, John, 1933-2003.
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Emerson String Quartet.
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| Added Title |
Vocal music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014042480
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| Standard No. |
028947468523 |
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00028947468523 |
| Music No. |
474 686-2--474 686-3 Deutsche Grammophon |
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474 685-2 |
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