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A flowering tree : an opera in two acts / John Adams ; libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars ; adapted from the Indian folktale and poetry in translations by A. K. Ramanujan.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 07063
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, John, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Nonesuch, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Act I scene I (3:52)
- One morning
- (8:41)
- Kumudha's prayer (6:40)
- Scene 2: Flores chorus (2:44)
- Kumudha and her sister
- (8:53)
- Scene 3: Audience with the king (2:25)
- Mama mama, por que nos pegas? (4:43)
- Scene 4: The wedding (3:50)
- They brought her to me (5:38)
- Bride and groom (6:24)
- The bride sunk her face (5:45)
- Act II Scene I: Orchestral prelude (6:59)
- 'You are cruel' (3:50)
- 'Kumudha once more
- ' (5:45)
- 'Days passed
- ' (5:12)
- Scene 3: Before I laughed with him nightly (6:31)
- Scene 4: Kumudha and the beggar minstrels (10:03)
- We had all but forgotten you, prince (5:43)
- The prince recognizes Kumudha (5:41)
- Kumudha's final transformation (3:15).
- Participant:
- Jessica Rivera, soprano ; Russell Thomas, tenor ; Eric Owens, bass-baritone ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Schola Cantorum de Venezuela ; John Adams, conductor.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Recorded in performance, Aug. 7-12, 2007, Barbican Centre, London.
- Compact discs.
- Program notes, synopsis, and libretto in container.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.
- OCLC:
- 259757634
- Publisher Number:
- 075597996517
- 00075597996517 gtin-14
- 327100-2 Nonesuch
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