| Description |
3 audio discs (198 min., 21 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical |
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audio file CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 piano 1 2 |
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alto voice 1 piano 1 2 |
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tenor voice 1 piano 1 2 |
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baritone voice 1 piano 1 2 |
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soprano voice 1 percussion 1 2 |
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soprano voice 1 baritone voice 1 1 piano 1 3 |
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alto voice 1 baritone voice 1 piano 1 3 |
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soprano voice 1 alto voice 1 tenor voice 1 piano 1 4 |
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soprano voice 1 1 |
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alto voice 1 1 |
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baritone voice 1 1 |
| Note |
For 1-3 voices with piano; except Five phrases from the Song of Solomon for soprano and percussion; Five songs from William Blake and Collected poems originally with orchestra; My shepherd will supply my need originally for unaccompanied SATB chorus. |
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Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
Sarah Pelletier, soprano ; Lynne McMurtry, contralto ; William Hite, tenor ; Aaron Engebreth, baritone ; Alison D'Amato or Linda Osborn, pianist ; John McDonald, percussion ; Aaron Engebreth, Alison D'Amato, artistic co-directors. |
| Event |
Recorded 2015 August 15-19 Distler Performance Hall, Tufts University's Granoff Music Center. |
| Note |
"Florestan Recital Project." |
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English program notes and song texts, and French, Latin, and Spanish song texts with English translation (75 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
disc 1, 25 songs: Vernal equinox (1920, unpublished) / text by Amy Lowell (1:49) -- Ah, sunflower! (1920, unpublished) / text by William Blake (1:18) -- Susie Asado (1926) / text by Gertrude Stein (1:42) -- Preciosilla (1927) / text by Gertrude Stein (4:05) -- Five songs from William Blake (1951). Divine image (2:33) ; Tiger (2:53) ; Land of dreams (3:05) ; Little black boy (4:01) ; And did those feet (3:01) -- Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood) (1929) / text by Gertrude Stein (5:58) -- La valse grégorienne : quatre poèmes de Georges Hugnet (1927). Les écrivisses ; Grenadine ; La rosée ; Le wagon immobile (2:09) -- Film : Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs (1930) / text by Gertrude Stein (5:01) -- Tiger (1926) / text by William Blake (1:50) -- Le berceau de Gertrude Stein, ou Le mystère de la rue de Fleurus (1928) / text by Georges Hugnet (3:20) -- Les soirées bagnolaises (1928, unpublished) / text by Georges Hugnet (7:07) -- La belle en dormant (1931) / text by Georges Hugnet. Pour chercher sur la carte des mers (1:12) ; La première de toutes (1:21) ; Mon amour est bon à dire (1:23) ; Partis les vaisseaux (0:53) -- Trois poèmes de la Duchesse de Rohan (1928, #1 unpublished). À son altesse la Princesse Antoinette Murat (1:52) ; La Seine (2:35) ; Jour de chaleur aux bains de mer (1:25) -- Air de Phèdre (1930) / text by Jean Racine (6:09) -- Commentaire sur Saint Jérome (1928, unpublished) / text by Marquis de Sade (1:05) -- Le singe et le léopard (1930) / text by Jean de La Fontaine (3:33). |
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disc 2, 32 songs: At the Spring (1955) / text by Jasper Fisher (1:32) -- Dirge (1939) / text by John Webster (1:25) -- Shakespeare songs (1957). Was this fair face the cause? (2:19) ; Take, O, take those lips away (2:14) ; Tell me where is fancy bred (1:27) ; Pardon, Goddess of the Night (1:59) ; Sigh no more, ladies (2:34) -- Consider, Lord (1955) / text by John Donne (1:35) -- Bell doth toll (1955) / text by Thomas Heywood (1:39) -- Remember Adam's fall (1955) / text by Anonymous, 15th century (2:45) -- John Peel (1955) / text by John Woodcock Graves (3:21) -- Look, how the floor of heaven (1955) / text by William Shakespeare (1:33) -- If thou a reason dost desire to know (1955-58) / text by Sir Francis Kynaston (2:47) -- Praises and prayers (1963). From the canticle of the sun / text adapted from Matthew Arnold's translation of St. Francis of Assisi (5:19) ; My master hath a garden / text by Anonymous (1:32) ; Sung by the shepherds / text adapted from Richard Crashaw ; music based on the Pange lingua hymn (4:05) ; Before sleeping / text, traditional child's prayer and nursery rhyme (2:32) ; Jerusalem, my happy home / text Anonymous, from The meditations of Saint Augustine (3:25) -- Three sentences of Solomon (1924, unpublished) / text from Song of songs, Old Testament. Thou that dwellest in the gardens (1:18) ; Return, O Shulamite! (1:38) ; I am my beloved's (1:00) -- Five phrases from the Song of Solomon (1926) / text from Song of songs, Old Testament. Thou that dwellest in the gardens (0:53) ; Return, O Shulamite! (1:16) ; O, my dove (1:05) ; I am my beloved's (1:14) ; By night (1:21) -- Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, Reine de la Grande-Bretagne (1930/34, unpublished) / text by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (12:17) -- Mass for solo voice (1960). Kyrie eleison (2:19) ; Gloria in excelsis (3:35) ; Sanctus (1:05) ; Benedictus qui venit (0:40) ; Agnus Dei (2:19). |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College alumna. |
| Contents |
disc 3, 20 songs. My shepherd will supply my need (1937/59) / text by Isaac Watts (4:17) -- Two by Marianne Moore (1963). English usage, or "Strike till the iron is hot" (2:29) ; My crow Pluto, or "Even when the bird is walking we know that it has wings" (2:13) -- Go to sleep, Gabriel Liebowitz (1939, unpublished) / text, Virgil Thomson (:55) -- Courtship of the Yongly-Bongly-Bo (1973) / text adapted from Edward Lear (6:35) -- Chamber music (1931, unpublished) / text by Alfred Kreymborg (2:17). Sunset ; Twilight ; New moon ; Midnight -- A lullaby for Margaret Wheeler (1987, unpublished) / text by Virgil Thomson (1:16) -- From Sneden's Landing variations (1972) / text by Frank O'Hara (2:04) -- What is it? (1979) / text by Thomas Campion (2:31) -- Go to sleep, Pare McTaggett Lorentz : a lullaby (1935, unpublished) / text by Virgil Thomson (0:42) -- Cat (1980) / text by Jack Larson (3:13) -- Tres estampas de niñez (1957) / text by Reyna Rivas. Todas las horas (2:21) ; Son amigos de todos (0:55) ; Nadie lo oye como ellos (3:38) -- Go to sleep, Alexander Smallens, Jr. (1937, unpublished) / text by Virgil Thomson (1:11) -- Mostly about love (1959) / text adapted from Kenneth Koch. Love song (2:25) ; Down at the docks (2:08) ; Let's take a walk (1:24) ; A prayer to Saint Catherine (2:52) -- Collected poems (1959) / texts by Kenneth Koch (5:31). |
| Language |
Sung in English, French, Latin, and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Songs with piano.
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Songs with piano. |
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Songs with piano.
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| Subject |
Songs with percussion.
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Songs with percussion. |
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Vocal duets with piano.
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Vocal duets with piano. |
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Sacred vocal trios with piano.
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Sacred vocal trios with piano. |
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Songs, Unaccompanied.
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Songs, Unaccompanied. |
| Genre/Form |
Songs.
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Songs.
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Masses.
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Masses.
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Chamber music.
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Chamber music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Pelletier, Sarah, singer.
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McMurtry, Lynne, singer.
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Hite, William, singer.
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Engebreth, Aaron, singer, musical director.
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D'Amato, Alison, 1971- instrumentalist, musical director.
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Osborn, Linda (Pianist), instrumentalist.
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McDonald, John, 1959- instrumentalist.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Vernal equinox.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Ah, sunflower!
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Susie Asado.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Preciosilla.
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Container of (expression): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Songs from William Blake; arranged.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Portrait of F. B.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Valse grégorienne.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Film, Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Tiger.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Berceau de Gertrude Stein.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Soirées bagnolaises.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Belle en dormant.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Poèmes de la Duchesse de Rohan.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Air de Phèdre.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Commentaire sur Saint Jérome.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Singe et le léopard.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
At the Spring.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Dirge.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Shakespeare songs.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Consider, Lord.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Bell doth toll.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Remember Adam's fall.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
John Peel.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Look, how the floor of heaven.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
If thou a reason dost desire to know.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Praises and prayers.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Sentences of Solomon.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Phrases from the Song of Solomon.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, Reine de la Grande-Bretagne.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Masses, voice, piano.
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Container of (expression): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
My shepherd will supply my need; arranged.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Two by Marianne Moore.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Go to sleep, Gabriel Liebowitz.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Chamber music (Vocal work)
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Lullaby for Margaret Wheeler.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
From Sneden's Landing variations.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
What is it?, voice, piano.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Go to sleep, Pare McTaggett Lorentz.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Cat.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Estampas de niñez.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Go to sleep, Alexander Smallens, Jr.
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Container of (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Mostly about love.
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Container of (expression): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Collected poems; arranged.
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Florestan Recital Project.
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| Added Title |
Songs. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98009713
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| Standard No. |
093228077527 |
| Music No. |
80775-2 New World Records |
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