| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
002600 001454 000217 000240 |
| 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 is a song cycle; the 3rd-4th works are opera excerpts. |
| Performer |
Kathleen Battle, soprano; Orchestra of St. Luke's; André Previn, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded July 1992, Performing Arts Center, State University of New York, Purchase. |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: London : Chester Music (1st work); New York : G. Schirmer (2nd work); New York : Chappell (3rd-4th works). |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by David Wright, Toni Morrison, and Anthony Burton, and texts (14 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
Honey and rue. First I'll try love ; Whose house is this? ; The town is lit ; Do you know him? ; I am not seaworthy ; Take my mother home / André Previn ; text by Toni Morrison (26:00) -- Knoxville : summer of 1915 / Samuel Barber ; text by James Agee (14:54) -- Porgy and Bess. I loves you, Porgy (2:17) ; Summertime (2:40) / George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
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Songs (High voice) with orchestra. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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| Subject |
Morrison, Toni -- Musical settings.
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Morrison, Toni. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Agee, James, 1909-1955 -- Musical settings.
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Agee, James, 1909-1955. |
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Morrison, Toni, lyricist.
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Agee, James, 1909-1955, lyricist.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist.
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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.
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Previn, André, 1929-2019, conductor.
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Previn, André, 1929-2019.
Honey and rue.
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Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
Knoxville, summer of 1915.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Porgy and Bess. I loves you, Porgy.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Porgy and Bess. Summertime.
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Orchestra of St. Luke's, performer.
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| Added Title |
Knoxville, summer of nineteen fifteen.
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| Music No. |
437 787-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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