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Light & gold / Eric Whitacre.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 27069
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970-
- Standardized Title:
- Choral music. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices).
- Genre:
- sound recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (71 min., 16 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Light and gold
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Decca, ℗2010.
- Language Note:
- Sung in English, Hebrew and Latin.
- Summary:
- Accomplished composer, conductor and lecturer, Eric Whitacre works his choral magic on Light and Gold. This is the first album that features an ensemble that Whitacre conducted himself. Highlights of the album is The Stolen Child, one of Whitacre's best a cappella compositions.
- Contents:
- Lux aurumque = Light and gold (4:15)
- Five Hebrew love songs. Temuna = A picture ; Kala Kalla = Light bride ; Larov = Mostly ; Eyze sheleg! = What snow! ; Rakut = Tenderness (10:19)
- The seal lullaby (4:13)
- A boy and a girl (4:34)
- Leonardo dreams of his flying machine (8:40)
- Three songs of faith. I will wade out ; Hope, faith, life, love ; I thank you God for most this amazing day (13:12)
- The stolen child (8:44)
- Water night (5:27)
- Nox aurumque = Night and gold (6:19)
- Sleep (5:33).
- Participant:
- Eric Whitacre Singers ; Grace Davidson, soprano ; Stephen Kennedy, baritone ; Eric Whitacre director ; Laudibus ; The King's Singers (8th work) ; Pavão Quartet (Kerenza Peacock, Naomi Rump, violin ; Bryony James, violoncello ; Natália Gomes, viola) (2nd work) ; Hila Plitmann, spoken Hebrew (2nd work) ; Christopher Glynn, piano (3rd work) ; Gary Lovenest, Scott Lumsdaine and Owain Williams, percussion (4th work).
- Credits:
- Produced by Raphaël Mouterde.
- Notes:
- Choral music, either unaccompanied or with accompaniment of piano, string quartet, or percussion; the 2nd work originally for voice, violin and piano, accompaniment arranged for string quartet; the 3rd work originally a song.
- Recorded Aug. 2010, St. Silas Church, Kentish Town, London.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Eric Whitacre, biographical information on the composer and performers, and texts including English translations of the Hebrew songs and the Latin choral works (21 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Lux aurumque.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Hebrew love songs; arranged.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Seal lullaby; arranged.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Boy and a girl.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Leonardo dreams of his flying machine.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Songs of faith.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Stolen child.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Water night.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Nox aurumque.
- Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Sleep.
- ISBN:
- 9786314082239 : CD
- 6314082234 : CD
- OCLC:
- 671407612
- Publisher Number:
- 602527432090
- 00602527432090 gtin-14
- B0014850-02 Decca Records
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