Witness.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Česky národni symfonický orchestr, performer.

Contributor:

Bentley, Julia, performer.

Johnson, Mary Jane, 1950- performer.

Toppin, Louise, performer.

Freeman, Paul, 1936-2015, conductor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.

Songs (High voice) with orchestra.

Sacred songs (High voice) with orchestra.

Spirituals (Songs).

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

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

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : Albany Records, [2006]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Aria variata / Robert Lombardo (12:23)

Scene for a diva! / John [James] Gardner (15:00)

Witness : original compositions in spiritual style. We has a hard time ; Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ; Death is riding ; And he never said a mumbalin' word ; My Lord what a morning / David Baker (3:09; 2:24; 3:06; 4:39; 3:55)

Four Negro spirituals / Hale Smith (13:00).

Participant:

Mary Jane Johnson (2nd work), Louise Toppin (3rd-4th), sopranos ; Julia Bentley (1st), mezzo-soprano ; Czech National Symphony Orchestra ; Paul Freeman, conductor.

Notes:

The 3rd work originally for baritone and double bass in six movements, here in an adaptation by the composer for soprano and string orchestra.

Text to the 1st work by K. Lombardo; text to the 2nd work by the composer; texts to the 3rd and 4th works from traditional spirituals.

Recorded Nov. 1998 to Mar. 2006 at CNSD Studios Prague (1st-3rd works) and at the Hilton Prague (4th work); the 4th work recorded live.

Compact disc.

Program notes and texts in English in container.

Contains:

Lombardo, Robert, 1932- Aria variata.

Gardner, James (Musician) Scene for a diva!.

Baker, David, 1931-2016. Witness. Selections; arranged.

Smith, Hale, 1925-2009. Negro spirituals.

OCLC:

75415518

Publisher Number:

034061086826

TROY868 Albany Records