1 option
Drone mass / Jóhann Jóhannsson ; American Contemporary Music Ensemble & Theatre of Voices ; Paul Hillier.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 26809
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, 1969-2018, composer, performer.
- Language:
- Coptic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secular oratorios.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Berlin] : Deutsche Grammophon, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Coptic.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- audio file
- CD audio
- Summary:
- "Despite its title, Drone Mass is neither a setting of the Mass nor a piece that simply drones"--Insert.
- Contents:
- One is true
- two is apocryphal
- Triptych in mass
- To fold & remain dormant
- Divine objects
- The low drone of circulating blood, diminishes with time
- Moral vacuums
- Take the night air
- The mountain view, the majesty of the snow-clad peaks, from a place of contemplation and reflection.
- Participant:
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, electronics & programming ; Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, conductor ; American Contemporary Music Ensemble.
- Notes:
- Title from disc label.
- Electroacoustic oratorio for eight voices, string quartet, and electronics.
- Recorded 2019 May Garnisonskirken, Copenhagen.
- Program notes in English inserted in container.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1297042360
- Publisher Number:
- 028948374182
- 483 7418 Deutsche Grammophon
- B003490002 Deutsche Grammophon
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