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The fields of sorrow : Verses for ensembles ; Nenia: the death of Orpheus / Harrison Birtwistle.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 06343
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Birtwistle, Harrison.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.
- Zinovieff, Peter.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
- Instrumental ensembles.
- Songs with instrumental ensemble.
- Zinovieff, Peter--Musical settings.
- Ausonius, Decimus Magnus--Musical settings.
- Genre:
- Musical settings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Monmouth, UK : Lyrita, [2008]
- Language Note:
- The 1st work sung in Latin; the 3rd work sung in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Participant:
- Jane Manning, soprano ; London Sinfonietta ; David Atherton, conductor ; The Matrix ; Alan Hacker, conductor.
- Notes:
- The 1st work for 2 sopranos, chorus and 16 players; the 2nd work for 5 woodwinds, 5 brass, and 3 percussionists; the 3rd work a 'dramatic scene' for soprano, 3 bass clarinets, clarinet, piano, prepared piano, and crotales.
- Text of the 1st work by Decimus Ausonius ; text of the 3rd work by Peter Zinovieff.
- Recorded in January & May 1973, London.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes and texts in English inserted in container.
- Durations: 9:58 ; 28:13 ; 17:45.
- Contains:
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Verses for ensembles.
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Nenia.
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Fields of sorrow.
- Verses for ensembles.
- Nenia.
- OCLC:
- 260036144
- Publisher Number:
- 5020926030627
- SRCD 306 Lyrita
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