| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
012043 002436 001834 000811 |
| 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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digital recording |
| Note |
The 1st-2nd works are operas in 1 act. |
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Libretto of the 1st work by Karl Shapiro and Ernst Lert, based on the play Der Kammersänger by Frank Wedekind; libretto of the 2nd work by Richard Hart, based on the play Starkare by August Strindberg. |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Doris Young, Dorothy Coulter, sopranos; Richard Cassilly, John Kuhn, tenors; Chester Ludgin, baritone; Richard Cross, bass-baritone; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Herbert Grossman, conductor. In the 2nd work: Johanna Meier, soprano; Aeolian Chamber Players (John Graham, viola; David Walter, double bass; Ronald Anderson, trumpet; Albert Regni, clarinet, saxophone); Hugo Weisgall, conductor. In the 3rd work: Judith Raskin, soprano; Morey Ritt, piano. In the 4th work: Carolyn Heafner, soprano; Dixie Ross Neill, piano. |
| Event |
Recorded in 1980 (3rd work); and Apr. 1981 in New York (4th work). |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: Merion Music/T. Presser, sole agent. |
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The 1st work originally released by Westminster in 1959, re-released by CRI as SD 197 in 1965; the remainder originally released by CRI on SD 273 in 1972 (2nd work), SD 417 in 1980 (3rd work), and SD 462 (4th work). |
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Compact discs. |
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Durations: 1:20:43; 24:36; 18:34; 8:11. |
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Program notes by Joseph Kerman, Albert Weisser, Bruce Saylor, and the composer; synopsis of the 1st work; and texts with English translations of the Yiddish (39 p.) laid in container. |
| Contents |
The golden peacock : seven popular songs from the Yiddish (1960-76). Undzer Rebenyu = Our dear Rabbi ; Lomir zikh befrayen = Drinking song ; Mayn harts veynt in mir = My heart, my soul cries aloud ; Baleboste zisinke = The pretty mistress ; Shlof mayn kind = Sleep, my baby ; Der Rebe Elimeylekh = Rabbi Elimeylekh ; Di goldene pave = The golden peacock -- Four songs, op. 1, on poems by Adelaide Crapsey (1934). Old love ; Song ; Oh, lady, let the sad tears fall ; Dirge. |
| Language |
Sung in English (1st-2nd and 4th works) or Yiddish (3rd work). |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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| Subject |
Crapsey, Adelaide, 1878-1914 -- Musical settings.
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Crapsey, Adelaide, 1878-1914. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000, librettist.
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Lert, Ernst, 1883-1955, librettist.
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Hart, Richard H. (Richard Harry), 1908-2007, librettist.
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Crapsey, Adelaide, 1878-1914, lyricist.
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Young, Doris (Soprano), performer.
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Coulter, Dorothy, performer.
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Cassilly, Richard, 1927-1998, performer.
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Kuhn, John (Tenor), performer.
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Ludgin, Chester, performer.
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Cross, Richard, 1935- performer.
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Meier, Johanna, performer.
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Raskin, Judith, performer.
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Ritt, Morey, performer.
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Heafner, Carolyn, performer.
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Neill, Dixie Ross, performer.
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Grossman, Herbert, conductor.
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Weisgall, Hugo, conductor.
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Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918.
Kammersänger.
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Strindberg, August, 1849-1912.
Starkare.
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Weisgall, Hugo.
Tenor.
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Weisgall, Hugo.
Stronger.
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Weisgall, Hugo.
Golden peacock.
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Weisgall, Hugo.
Songs on poems by Adelaide Crapsey.
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Wiener Staatsoper. Orchester, performer.
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Aeolian Chamber Players, performer.
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| Added Title |
Vocal music. Selections
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| Note |
Title on container verso: Two operas and two song cycles |
| Added Title |
Four songs on poems by Adelaide Crapsey.
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4 songs on poems by Adelaide Crapsey.
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Songs on poems by Adelaide Crapsey.
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| Music No. |
CD 757 CRI |
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SD 197 CRI |
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SD 273 CRI |
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SD 417 CRI |
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SD 462 CRI |
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