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Voice of the whale : Night of the four moons ; Makrokosmos (Volume II) / Gerge Crumb.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 11873
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Crumb, George.
- Series:
- Prophets of the new.
- Prophets of the new
- Standardized Title:
- Vox balaenae
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trios (Piano, flute, cello).
- Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Song cycles.
- Suites (Piano).
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Music Entertainment, [1974, 1976, 2013]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Voice of the whale = Vox balaenae : for three masked players
- Night of the four moons : based on fragments from Federico Garcia Lorca. La luna está muerta, muerta = Te moon is dead, dead ; Cuando sale la luna = When the moon rises ; Otro Adán oscuro está soñando = Another obscure Adam dreams ; Huje luna, luna luna! = Run away moon, moon, moon!
- Makrokosmos (volume II) : twelve fantasy-pieces after the zodiac for amplified piano. Part one. Morning music (Genesis II): Cancer ; The mystic chord: Sagittarius ; Rain-death variations: Pisces ; Twin suns (Doppelganger aus der Ewigkeit): Gemini. Part two. Ghost-nocturne: for the druids of Stonehenge (Night spell II): Virgo ; Gargoyles: Taurus ; Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza apocalittica): Scorpio ; A prophecy of Nostradamus: Aries. Part three. Cosmic wind: Libra ; Voices from Corona borealis: Aquarius ; Litany of the galactic bells: Leo ; Agnus dei: Capricorn.
- Participant:
- Aeolian Chamber Players (1st and 2nd works) ; Jan De Gaetani, mezzo-soprano (2nd work) ; Raymond DesRoches, percussion (2d work); Robert Miller, piano (3rd work)
- Notes:
- The 1st work for flute, cello, antique cymbals, and piano; the 2d for mezzo-soprano, alto flute (doubling piccolo), banjo, cello, and percussion ; the 3rd for amplified piano.
- Durations: 20 min., 20 sec.; about 17 min., 30 sec.
- Program notes by the composer and Spanish texts of the 2d work, with English translations, on slipcase.
- Words to 2d work sung in Spanish.
- Contains:
- Crumb, George. Night of the four moons.
- Crumb, George. Makrokosmos, v. 2
- OCLC:
- 864591091
- Publisher Number:
- 88883 74933 2 Sony Classical
- SONY 74933 Sony Classical
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