| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001520 000413 001609 000719 |
| Note |
Elektra/Nonesuch: 79187-2 (on container: 9 79187-2). |
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The 2nd and 4th works are opera excerpts. |
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Acc. of 3rd work for alto flute, bass clarinet, harp, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, and percussion; acc. originally for piano, arr. by the composer. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Orchestra of St. Luke's ; David Zinman, conductor. |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: G. Schirmer (1st work), T. Presser (2nd work), Associated Music Publishers (3rd work), Boosey & Hawkes (4th work). |
| Event |
Recorded Aug. 1988, at Manhattan Center Studios, New York City. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by John Harbison and texts (10 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Knoxville, summer of 1915 / Samuel Barber ; words by James Agee (15:20) -- What a curse for a woman is a timid man : recitative and aria from The old maid and the thief : act I, scene 6 / Gian Carlo Menotti ; words by Gian Carlo Menotti (4:13) -- Mirabai songs. It's true, I went to the market ; All I was doing was breathing ; Why Maria can't go back to her old house ; Where did you go? ; The clouds ; Don't go, don't go / John Harbison ; translations by Robert Bly (16:09) -- No word from Tom : recitative, aria, recitative, cabaletta : from The rake's progress : act I, scene 3 / Igor Stravinsky ; words by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman (7:19). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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| Added Author |
Zinman, David. Conductor.
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Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
Knoxville, summer of 1915.
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Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
Old maid and the thief. What a curse for a woman is a timid man.
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Harbison, John.
Mirabai songs; arranged.
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Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Rake's progress. No word from Tom.
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Orchestra of St. Luke's. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
7559791872 |
| Music No. |
79187-2 Elektra/Nonesuch |
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9 79187-2 Elektra/Nonesuch |
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