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Operas : Le rossignol [and] Mavra ; 35 songs /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Conductor)
Corporate Authors: Opera Society of Washington (Performer), CBC Symphony Orchestra (Performer), Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Performer), Columbia Chamber Orchestra (Performer), Columbia Chamber Ensemble (Performer)
Other Authors: Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Language:Russian
French
English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Sony Classical, [1991]
Series:Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Selections (Sony Classical) ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Operas.
Songs with orchestra.
Songs with instrumental ensemble.
Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with horn ensemble.
Songs (High voice) with piano.
Table of Contents:
  • The nightingale (Loren Driscoll, tenor ; Reri Grist, soprano ; Donald Gramm, baritone ; supporting soloists) (45:00)
  • Mavra (Susan Belinck, soprano ; Mary Simmons, mezzo-soprano ; Patricia Rideout, contralto ; Stanley Kolk, tenor) (27:46)
  • Faun and shepherdess (Mary Simmons, mezzo-soprano) (10:00)
  • Two poems of Paul Verlaine (Donald Gramm, baritone) (6:00)
  • Two poems of Konstantin Balmont (3:00) ; Three Japanese lyrics (4:00) (Evelyn Lear, soprano)
  • Three little songs : (Recollections of my childhood) (4:00) ; Pribaoutki = (Pleasant songs) (4:00) ; Cat's cradle songs (4:00) (Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano)
  • Four Russian peasant songs (Gregg Smith Singers ; Gregg Smith, director) (5:00)
  • Four songs (Adrienne Albert, mezzo-soprano ; Louise di Tullio, flute ; Dorothy Remsen, harp ; Laurindo Almeida, guitar) (5:00)
  • Three songs from William Shakespeare (Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano) (7:00)
  • In memoriam Dylan Thomas (Alexander Young, tenor) (8:00)
  • Elegy for J.F.K. (Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano ; Paul E. Howland, Jack Kreiselman, Charles Russo, clarinets) (1:50)
  • The owl and the pussycat (Adrienne Albert, soprano ; Robert Craft, piano) (2:32)
  • Tilim-bom (Evelyn Lear, soprano) (1:01).