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Author Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915, composer, author.

Title Symphonies 1, 2, 3 ; Le poème de l'extase ; Prometheus / Scriabin.

Publication Info. Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, [1991]
℗1991

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Description 3 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 005038 004806 002002 004825 002047
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
stereo
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Medium of Performance mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 1 mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 2 2
orchestra 1 1
piano 1 mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 1 2
Note Symphonies and symphonic poems; the 1st work with mezzo-soprano and tenor soloists and mixed chorus, and the 5th work with piano and mixed chorus.
Sung text by the composer.
Performer Stefania Toczyska, mezzo-soprano, Michael Myers, tenor, Westminster Choir (1st work) ; Dmitri Alexeev, piano, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia (5th work) ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor.
Event Recorded 1985 February-1990 April Memorial Hall, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia.
Note Title from disc label.
Program notes by Bernard Jacobson in English with Italian translation, in French by Pierre Vidal, and in German by Michael Stegemann, and sung text in Cyrillic with Russian transliteration and English, French, German, and Italian translations (27 pages : portrait) laid in container.
Contents Disc 1. Symphony no. 1 in E, op. 26 (50:38) -- Disc 2. Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 29 (48:06) ; Le poème de l'extase : op. 54 (Symphony no. 4) (20:02) -- Disc 3. Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 43 : Le divin poème (48:25) ; Prométhée, le poème du feu : op. 60 (Symphony no. 5) (20:47).
Language Sung in Russian (1st work); the 5th work with wordless choir.
Subject Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915 -- Musical settings.
Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915.
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Subject Prometheus (Greek deity) -- Songs and music.
Prometheus (Greek deity)
Genre/Form Songs and music.
Subject Symphonies.
Symphonies.
Symphonic poems.
Symphonic poems.
Genre/Form Symphonies.
Symphonies.
Symphonic poems.
Symphonic poems.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Songs.
Songs.
Added Author Toczyska, Stefania, singer.
Myers, Michael, 1955- singer.
Alexeev, Dmitri, instrumentalist.
Muti, Riccardo, conductor.
Jacobson, Bernard, writer of added commentary.
Vidal, Pierre, 1927-2010, writer of added commentary.
Stegemann, Michael, writer of added commentary.
Container of (work): Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 26, E major.
Container of (work): Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 29, C minor.
Container of (work): Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 43, C.
Container of (work): Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Poėma ėkstaza.
Container of (work): Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Prométhée.
Westminster Choir, singer.
Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, singer.
Philadelphia Orchestra, instrumentalist.
Added Title Orchestra music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003083293
Standard No. 077775425123
Music No. CDS 7 54251 2 EMI Classics (set)
CDC 7 54252 2 EMI Classics (disc 1)
CDC 7 54253 2 EMI Classics (disc 2)
CDC 7 54254 2 EMI Classics (disc 3)