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Author Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.

Title The medium ; The telephone, etc. / Menotti.

Publication Info. Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl, [2000]
℗2000

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Description 2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 005513 000235 000318 000406 001634 002954 002945
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
mono
digital recording
Note Title from container.
Librettos of the 1st, 6th-7th works by the composer; words of the 2nd work by Robert "Kinch" Horan.
Performer Evelyn Keller, Beverly Dame (1st work), Margaret Daum (6th work), Marilyn Cotlow (7th work), sopranos; Catherine Mastice, mezzo-soprano (1st work); Marie Powers, contralto (1st-3rd works); William Martin, tenor (6th work); Frank Rogier (1st, 7th works), Conrad Mayo (6th work), baritones; unidentified pianist (2nd-3rd works); Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor (4th work); Robin Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor (5th work); Curtis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sylvan Levin, conductor (6th work); unidentified orchestra, Emanuel Balaban, conductor (1st, 7th works).
Event Broadcast on CBS Radio from the Curtis Institute of Music, May 2, 1937 (6th work). Recorded Jan. 8, 1939 (4th work) and July 26, 1946 (5th work) in Philadelphia; and late 1947 (1st, 7th works) and ca. 1949 (2nd-3rd works) in New York.
Note Compact discs.
Program notes by Roger Thomas ([8] p. : ports.) in container.
Contents The medium : tragedy in two acts (55:13) -- The hero (2:35) -- Requiescat / Menotti? [i.e. George Cory] (3:18) -- Amelia goes to the ball. Overture (4:06) -- Sebastian : ballet suite (16:34) -- Amelia al ballo = Amelia goes to the ball : excerpts (29:54) -- The telephone, [or], L'amour à trois (29:45).
Language The 1st-3rd, and 6th-7th works sung in English; the 6th work originally in Italian.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Subject Songs (Low voice) with piano.
Songs (Low voice) with piano.
Horan, Robert, 1922- -- Musical settings.
Horan, Robert, 1922-
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Subject Ballets -- Excerpts.
Ballets -- Excerpts.
Suites (Orchestra)
Suites (Orchestra)
Operas -- Excerpts.
Operas -- Excerpts.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Added Author Horan, Robert, 1922- lyricist.
Keller, Evelyn, performer.
Dame, Beverly, performer.
Daum, Margaret, performer.
Cotlow, Marilyn, performer.
Mastice, Catherine, performer.
Powers, Marie, 1910-1973, performer.
Martin, William (Tenor), performer.
Rogier, Frank, performer.
Mayo, Conrad, performer.
Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985, conductor.
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960, conductor.
Levin, Sylvan, 1903-1996, conductor.
Balaban, Emanuel, 1895-1973, conductor.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Medium.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Hero (Song)
Cory, George, 1920-1978. Settings of British poets. Requiescat.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Sebastian. Suite.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Amelia al ballo. Selections. English.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Telephone.
Philadelphia Orchestra, performer.
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia, performer.
Curtis Institute of Music, performer.
Added Title Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90688222
Amelia goes to the ball.
Amour à trois.
Music No. GEMS 0122 Pearl