Songs, drones, and refrains of death / George Crumb.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Crumb, George.

Contributor:

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.

Kent, Fuat.

Ensemble New Art.

Series:

American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))

American classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.

Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Song cycles.

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936--Musical settings.

Sextets (Saxophone, guitar, harp, percussion, double bass).

Genre:

Musical settings.

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

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

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Hong Kong] : Naxos, [2006]

Language Note:

The 1st work sung in English.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Contents:

Songs, drones, and refrains of death (1962-68). Refrain one ; The guitar/Death drone I ; Refrain two ; Casida of the dark doves ; Refrain three ; Death-drone II ; Song of the rider, 1860 ; Cadenza appassionata for two drummers ; Refrain four ; Casida of the boy wounded by the water ; Death-drone III (29:04)

Quest. Refrain I ; Dark paths ; Fugitive sounds ; Refrain 2 ; Forgotten sounds ; Fugitive sounds ; Refrain 3 ; Nocturnal (25:41).

Participant:

Ensemble New Art (variously: Nicholas Isherwood, baritone ; Alexander Swete, guitar ; Franzisco Obieta, double bass ; Carmen Erb, Hans-Peter Achberger, percussion ; Peter Degenhardt, piano, harpsichord ; Hugo Read, saxophone ; Silke Aichhorn, harp) ; Fuat Kent, conductor.

Notes:

The 1st work for baritone, electric instruments, and percussion; the 2nd for guitar, soprano saxophone, 2 percussion, harp and double bass.

Text of the 1st work by Federico García Lorca.

Recorded at Radiostudio Zurich, June 12-15, 2004.

Compact disc.

Program notes by George Crumb and biographical notes on the performers (6 p.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Crumb, George. Quest.

OCLC:

70691055

Publisher Number:

636943929025

8.559290 Naxos