| Description |
1 audio disc (65:43) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
004310 002225 |
| 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 |
The 1st work for contralto solo, chorus, and orchestra; the 2nd, for chorus, semi-chorus, and orchestra. |
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Texts translated by the composer from the Sanskrit poem by Kālidāsa (1st work) and from the Greek Apocryphal Acts of John (2nd work). |
| Performer |
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano (1st work) ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Hickox, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1990 June 4-5 and 9 St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London. |
| Note |
Issued also as sound cassette: ABTD 1510. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Durations: 43:10; 22:25. |
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Program notes by Christopher Palmer in English with German and French translations and texts with German and French translations (31 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
The cloud messenger = Der Wolkenbote = Le nuage messager, op. 30. O Thou, who com'st from Heaven's king (8:16) ; Tarry not, O cloud, tarry not (4:48) ; Tarry not, O cloud. Bow thy head (10:45) ; When the dancers are weary and the minstrels sink down to slumber (12:30) -- The hymn of Jesus = Das Lied Jesu = L'hymne de Jésus, op. 37 (22:25). Prelude ; The hymn. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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Art music.
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Art music.
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Musical settings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Hymns.
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Hymns.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Della, singer.
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Hickox, Richard, 1948-2008, conductor.
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Container of (work): Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934.
Cloud messenger.
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Container of (work): Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934.
Hymn of Jesus.
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London Symphony Chorus, singer.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Choral music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79112594
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| Standard No. |
095115890127 |
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9511589012 |
| Music No. |
CHAN 8901 Chandos |
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ABTD 1510 Chandos |
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