| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000627 000514 002239 000817 000441 002251 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
|
optical |
|
1.4 m/s |
|
digital recording |
| Note |
Works for unacc. mixed chorus; the 2nd work is a motet. |
|
"Of eternal light weaves a vivid and adventurous musical tapestry, shimmering with the imagination of today's most daring classical artists."--Container. |
|
The 5th work is "excerpted from a work-in-progress called Service for the dead in Bosnia-Herzegovina."--Notes, p. 4. |
|
Words of the 6th work from letters from John Cage to the composer, and from Cage's Writings through the essay "On the duty of civil disobedience." |
| Performer |
Musica Sacra; Wayne Hankin (1st work), Richard Westenburg (2nd-6th works), conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Feb. 10-12, 1993, BMG/RCA Studios, New York City. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
|
Program notes by Andre Becker, biographical notes on performers, and texts with English translations of the Latin (9 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
Return to earth / Meredith Monk (6:27) -- O sacrum convivium / Olivier Messiaen (5:14) -- Water music : a 2 part requiem / Ricky Ian Gordon (22:39) -- Lux aeterna / György Ligeti (8:17) -- Graveside / Kim D. Sherman (4:41) -- Seven sounds unseen / Robert Moran (22:51). |
| Language |
The 1st work is wordless; the remaining works sung in English or Latin. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
|
|
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
| Genre/Form |
Motets.
|
|
Motets.
|
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
|
|
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
|
Cage, John -- Musical settings.
|
|
Cage, John. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
|
|
Sound recordings.
|
|
Sound recordings.
|
|
Musical settings.
|
| Added Author |
Hankin, Wayne, conductor.
|
|
Westenburg, Richard, conductor.
|
|
Cage, John.
Writings through the essay "On the duty of civil disobedience."
|
|
Monk, Meredith.
Ringing place. Return to Earth.
|
|
Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992.
O sacrum convivium!
|
|
Gordon, Ricky Ian.
Water music.
|
|
Ligeti, György, 1923-2006.
Lux aeterna.
|
|
Sherman, Kim D. (Kim Daryl), 1954-
Service for the dead in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Graveside.
|
|
Moran, Robert, 1937-
Seven sounds unseen.
|
| Added Title |
Seven sounds unseen.
|
|
7 sounds unseen.
|
|
Sounds unseen.
|
|
Service for the dead in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
|
| Music No. |
09026-61822-2 Catalyst |
|
