Dvořák and America.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Beckerman, Michael Brim, 1951- arranger of music.

Fisher, William Arms, 1861-1948, arranger of music.

Deas, Kevin, performer.

Zhou, Qian (Violinist), performer.

Battersby, Edmund, 1949-2016, performer.

Morrow, James, 1963- conductor.

Gil-Ordóñez, Angel, conductor, arranger of music.

University of Texas Chamber Singers, performer.

Post-Classical Ensemble, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Musical settings.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.

Monologues with music (Orchestra).

Violin and piano music.

Piano music.

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.

Genre:

Violin and piano music.

Piano music.

Musical settings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:17:41) : digital, CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Franklin, Tenn.] : Naxos, [2014]

Language Note:

1st work narratedin English.

System Details:

digital stereo

audio file CD audio

Contents:

Hiawatha melodrama (After Dvořák) / Joseph Horowitz and Michael Beckerman ; arr. Angel Gil-Ordóñez (32:50)

Goin' home / William Arms Fisher (6:13)

Violin sonatina: II. Larghetto (4:32) ; Eight humoresques (excerpts) (6:02) ; American suite (20:26) / Antonín Dvořák

Navajo war dance no. 2 (3:13) ; Pawnee horses (1:17) ; Pawnee horses (choral version) / Arthur Farwell (2:09).

Participant:

In the 1st-2nd works: Kevin Deas, narrator bass-baritone ; PostClassical Ensemble ; Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor. In the 3rd work: Zou Qian, violin ; Edmund Battersby, piano. 4th-7th works: Benjamin Pasternack, piano. In the 8th work: University of Texas Chamber Singers.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

3rd work recorded 1998 September 2-3 Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, UK.

6th work recorded 2003 August 20 Toronto Centre for the Arts, Canada.

8th work recorded 2013 May 5 Bates Recital Hall, Austin, Texas, USA.

Remainder recorded 2013 March 2 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College park, Maryland, USA.

Program notes and texts in English in container. Texts also available online: http://www.naxos.com/libretti/559777.htm

Related Work:

musical setting of: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Song of Hiawatha. 1st work

Contains:

Contains: Horowitz, Joseph, 1948- Hiawatha melodrama (after Dvořák)

Contains: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Symphonies, no. 9, op. 95, E minor. Largo. Selections; arranged

Contains: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Sonatina, violin, piano, op. 100, G major. Larghetto

Contains: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Humoresques, piano, op. 101. No. 4.

Contains: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Humoresques, piano, op. 101. No. 7

Contains: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Suites, piano, op. 98, A major

Contains: Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952. Navajo war dance, piano

Contains: Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952. From mesa and plain. Pawnee horses

Contains: Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952. Indian songs, mixed voices. Pawnee horses.

OCLC:

880851844

Publisher Number:

636943977729

8.559777 Naxos

Online:

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