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In praise of practically nothing / Brian Israel. In dark / Gerald Levinson. Six chansons / David Noon. Blood and milk songs / Robert Stern.
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- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Israel, Brian, 1951-1986.
- Series:
- Eastman American music series ; v. 6.
- Naxos Music Library.
- Eastman American music series ; v. 6
- Standardized Title:
- In praise of practically nothing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Song cycles.
- Music--United States.
- Music.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file).
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : Albany Records, [1999]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- In praise of practically nothing. Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay goes wet ; Poor Mr. Heine suffers some translations and gives up ; Lullabye ; Yes, dear ; Hymn ; Morning songs / Brian Israel ; based on texts by Samuel Hoffenstein
- In dark. Adagio (vocalise) ; Andante (the moon comes down) ; Scherzando (in dark) ; Lento (they moved like fish) ; Liberamente, sempre espressivo (vocalise) / Gerald Levinson ; poetry by Nanine Valen & Robert Lax
- Six chansons, op. 32. Wanderer's song ; An excursion to the dragon pool temple on Chung-nan ; Complaint of a neglected wife ; Sadness of the gorges ; Song of the old man of the hills ; The stones where the haft rotted / David Noon ; poetry by Meng Chiao
- Blood and milk songs. Prologue ; Song for a vigil ; Antiphonal ; A daughter cuts her hair ; Round ; Letter to / Robert Stern ; poetry by Ruth Whitman.
- Participant:
- Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor (1st work) ; Elizabeth Fulford, soprano (2nd work) ; Renée Fleming, soprano (3rd work) ; Elizabeth Fulford, soprano ; Deborah Kraus, mezzo-soprano (4th work) ; all with the Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble ; Sydney Hodkinson, conductor.
- Notes:
- Song cycles with instrumental ensemble acc.
- Recorded at Eastman Theatre, Nov. 29, 1982 (1st work); Jan. 17, 1982 (2nd work); Jan. 24, 1983 (3rd work); Nov. 14, 1981 (4th work).
- Description based on hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Levinson, Gerald, 1951- In dark.
- Noon, David, 1946- Chansons, instrumental ensemble accompaniment, op. 32.
- Stern, Robert, 1934-2018. Blood and milk songs.
- In dark.
- Blood and milk songs.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Israel, Brian, 1951-1986. In praise of practically nothing. In praise of practically nothing.
- OCLC:
- 811337688
- Publisher Number:
- USAB10619006
- USAB10619007
- USAB10619008
- USAB10619009
- USAB10619010
- USAB10619011
- USAB10619012
- USAB10619013
- USAB10619014
- USAB10619015
- USAB10619016
- USAB10619017
- USAB10619018
- USAB10619019
- USAB10619020
- USAB10619021
- USAB10619022
- USAB10619023
- USAB10619024
- USAB10619025
- USAB10619026
- USAB10619027
- USAB10619028
- TROY277 Albany
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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