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Knoxville, summer of 1915 ; Dover Beach, op. 3 ; Hermit songs ; Andromache's farewell, op. 39 / Samuel Barber.
LIBRA Sony 46727 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
- Standardized Title:
- Songs. Selections
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
- Songs (High voice) with piano.
- Song cycles.
- Songs (Medium voice) with string quartet.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, mono/stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Hermit songs.
- Dover beach.
- Andromache's farewell.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Masterworks Portrait, [1991]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- mono
- Contents:
- Hermit songs. At St. Patrick's purgatory (1:29)
- Church bell at night (:54)
- St. Ita's vision (3:03)
- The heavenly banquet (1:13)
- The crucifixion (1:53)
- Sea-snatch (:36)
- Promiscuity (:39)
- The monk and his cat (2:14)
- The praises of God (:50)
- The desire for hermitage (3:17).
- Participant:
- In the 1st work: Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Dumbarton Oaks Orchestra ; William Strickland, conductor. In the 2nd: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; The Juilliard Quartet. In the 3rd: Leontyne Price, soprano ; the composer, piano. In the 4th: Martina Arroyo, soprano ; New York Philharmonic ; Thomas Schippers, conductor.
- Notes:
- 3rd work a song cycle.
- Sung in English.
- Recorded Nov. 7, 1950 (1st work), and in New York City on Apr. 8, 1967 (2nd work), Nov. 19, 1954 (3rd work), and Apr. 9, 1963 (4th work).
- Compact disc; analog recording.
- Mono. recording (1st and 3rd works).
- Durations: 14:00; 8:20; 16:50; 12:12.
- Program notes by Robert Cushman in English with French and German translations (14 p.) in container.
- Contains:
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Knoxville, summer of 1915.
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Dover Beach.
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Hermit songs.
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Andromache's farewell.
- OCLC:
- 26495561
- Publisher Number:
- MPK 46727 Masterworks Portrait
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