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Songs & miniatures ; Music for brass and winds
Country fair (1:59) -- Dream's end (19:49) -- Khartoum (2:04) -- Brass quintet (14:54) -- Miniatures [6 selections only] (6:12) -- Two news items (3:55) -- Essay : for brass and winds (10:22) -- Eve of St. Agnes (13:43).
Previously released as analog discs: CRI SD 185 (1964) (1st and 7th works), CRI SD 415 (1980) (2nd work), and CRI SD 291 (1973) (3rd-6th works).
Biographical and program notes, in part by the composer, and texts (23 pages) inserted in container.
In the 1st work: Robert Nagel Brass Trio (2 trumpets, trombone). In the 2nd: members of St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (violin, horn, violoncello, oboe, clarinet, piano). In the 3rd, 5th and 6th: Catherine Rowe, soprano ; instrumental ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor (3rd, 6th works). In the 4th: Iowa Brass Quintet. In the 7th: New York Brass and Woodwind Ensemble (oboe, flute, clarinet, 2 horns, bassoon, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion) ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor. In the 8th: Albert De Ruiter, narrator ; Patricia Price, Rosalind Rees, sopranos ; David Hudson, tenor ; Peabody Conservatory Chorus and Orchestra ; Gregg Smith, conductor.
The 1st and 7th works recorded in May 1961, the 5th in Dec. 1969, in New York City; the 2nd recorded in St. Paul, Minn., 1978; the 4th recorded Mar. 1971, in Rutgers Presbyterian Church, N.J.
Sextets (Piano, clarinet, horn, oboe, violin, cello)
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Brass quintets (Horn, trombone, trumpets (2), tuba)
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Miniatures, soprano, instrumental ensemble. Selections