Africa sings.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Glass, Philip, composer.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, composer.

Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942, composer.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, lyricist.

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946, lyricist.

Horne, Frank, lyricist.

Davies, Dennis Russell, conductor.

Achrainer, Martin, performer.

Kidjo, Angélique, 1960- performer, lyricist.

Bruckner Orchester Linz, performers.

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Songs with orchestra.

Jazz.

Orchestral music.

Physical Description:

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York : Orange Mountain Music, 2022.

System Details:

digital optical stereo

audio file

CD audio

Summary:

"Africa Sings is a probing celebration into African music, through classical music and jazz, through legacy and tradition. The recital begins with Angélique Kidjo singing Bella Bellow's Senye, segueing into the premiere recording of Philip Glass's orchestral song-cycle Three Ifé Songs, composed for Kidjo in 2014. The focus goes then to American music with Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige in Maurice Peress orchestral arrangement, before shifting to Europe and Alexander Zemlinsky's Symphonic Songs sung by Martin Achrainer which set, in translation into German, the poems of the great Harlem Renaissance poets Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, and Frank Horne. Kidjo joins the venerable Bruckner Orchester Linz and conductor Dennis Russell Davies who cruise through the Ellington before digging deep into the Zemlinsky with baritone Martin Achrainer in tour-de-force performances from beginning to end."--Amazon.com

Contents:

Senye

Olodumare

Yemandja

Oshumare

Black

Brown

Beige

Song from Dixieland

Song of the Cotton Picker

Dead Brown Girl

Bad Man

Disillusion

African Dance

Arabesque.

Notes:

Duke Ellington's "Black, Brown & Beige" recorded on 28th of June 2017 at the Musiktheater Linz, Großer Orchestersaal

Orchestra recording of Philip Glass' "Ife Songs" recorded on 3rd of March 2015 at the Musiktheater Linz, Großer Orchestersaal

Alexander Zemlinsky's "Symphonische Gesange fur eine Baritonstlmme und Orchester, op.20" recorded on March 3, 2015 Brucknerhaus Linz (Brucknerfest 2015)

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

OCLC:

1350283428

Publisher Number:

801837015522

0155 Orange Mountain Music

OMM0155 Orange Mountain Music