Arcana, Intégrales, Déserts / Edgard Varèse.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.

Contributor:

Castets, Maryse, performer.

Lyndon-Gee, Christopher, conductor.

Polskie Radio. Wielka Orkiestra Symfoniczna, performer.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

French

German

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Orchestral music.

Instrumental ensembles.

Songs (High voice) with chamber orchestra.

Musique concrète.

Electronic music.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

Electronic music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Hong Kong] : Naxos, [2001]

Language Note:

Sung in French (3rd work)

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Arcana : 1925-27 (18:36)

Octandre : 1923 (6:46)

Offrandes : for soprano and chamber orchestra : 1921 (7:13) (Maryse Castets, soprano)

Intégrales : 1924-25 (11:00)

Déserts : 1950-54 (27:11).

Participant:

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor

Notes:

Also includes the composer's Octandre and Offrandes; for performance order, see contents note.

The 3rd work for soprano and chamber orchestra, the 5th work for a large ensemble of winds and percussion with two-track tape.

Texts of the 3rd work French translations of poems by Vicente Huidobro and José Juan Tablada.

Recorded 25-29 April (1st-3rd works) and 13-14 May (4th-5th works), 2000 in the Grzegorz Fitelberg Concert Hall in Katowice.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Peter Quinn in English with French, German and Spanish translations and text of Offrandres in French with English translation (11 p.) in container.

Contains:

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Arcana.

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Octandre.

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Offrandes.

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Intégrales.

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Déserts.

OCLC:

48614047

Publisher Number:

8.554820 Naxos