Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Craft, Robert
2. Hall, Peter
3. Wilson-Johnson, David
4. Richardson, Stephen
5. Berkeley, Michael
6. Jacobson, Bernard
7. Shelton, Lucy
8. Bickley, Susan
9. Knussen, Oliver
10. Wuorinen, Charles
11. New London Chamber Choir. prf
12. London Sinfonietta. prf

Description

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

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections

Alternative title

1. Works.
2. Flood.
3. Abraham and Isaac.
4. Requiem canticles.
5. Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky.

Subject

1. Orchestral music
2. Abraham (Biblical patriarch) > Songs and music
3. Noah's ark > Drama
4. Ballets
5. Bible > Genesis > Musical settings
6. Isaac (Biblical patriarch) > Sacrifice > Songs and music
7. Oratorios
8. Deluge > Drama
9. Requiems
10. Variations (Orchestra)
11. Songs (Medium voice) with chamber orchestra

Call number

1. *LDC 14052 (F)

Note

1. The 1st work a dance drama for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra ; the 2nd work a sacred ballad for baritone and chamber orchestra ; the 3rd and 5th works for orchestra ; the 4th work for contralto and bass soli, chorus and orchestra.
2. Text of the 1st work chosen by Robert Craft from the York and Chester cycles of miracle plays and from the book of Genesis ; text of 2nd work from Genesis XXII, 1-19 ; text of 4th work from the Requiem.
3. Eds. recorded: London : Boosey & Hawkes (Stravinsky) ; New York : Edition Peters (Wuorinen).
4. Compact disc.
5. Durations: 21:17; 11:18; 5:04; 14:27; 17:12.
6. Program notes by Peter Lieberson in English, and texts in Latin, English and Hebrew with English translations (22 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

1. Recorded Oct. & Nov. 1994 in Henry Wood Hall, London.

Language (note)

1. The 1st work sung and spoken in Latin and English ; the 2nd work sung in Hebrew ; the 4th work sung in Latin.

Author

1. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Title

1. The flood [sound recording] ; Abraham & Isaac ; Variations ; Requiem canticles / Igor Stravinsky. A reliquary for Igor Stravinsky / Charles Wuorinen.

Imprint

1. Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p1995.

Performer

1. Peter Hall, tenor (1st work) ; David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone (1st, 2nd & 4th works) ; Stephen Richardson, bass (1st work) ; Michael Berkeley, narrator (1st work) ; Bernard Jacobson, Noah (1st work) ; Lucy Shelton, Noah's wife (1st work) ; Peter Hall, caller (1st work) ; New London Chamber Choir (1st & 4th works) ; Susan Bickley, contralto (4th work) ; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, conductor (all works).

Event

1. Recorded Oct. & Nov. 1994 in Henry Wood Hall, London.

Language

1. The 1st work sung and spoken in Latin and English ; the 2nd work sung in Hebrew ; the 4th work sung in Latin.

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1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Craft, Robert. Librettist
2. Hall, Peter. voc
3. Wilson-Johnson, David. voc
4. Richardson, Stephen. voc
5. Berkeley, Michael. Narrator
6. Jacobson, Bernard. Actor
7. Shelton, Lucy. Actor
8. Bickley, Susan. voc
9. Knussen, Oliver. Conductor
10. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Flood.
11. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Abraham and Isaac.
12. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Variations, orchestra.
13. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Requiem canticles.
14. Wuorinen, Charles. Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky.
15. New London Chamber Choir. Performer
16. London Sinfonietta. Performer

Added title

1. Flood.
2. Abraham and Isaac.
3. Requiem canticles.
4. Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky.

Other standard identifier

1. 2894470682

Publisher no.

1. 447 068-2 Deutsche Grammophon

Research call number

1. *LDC 14052 (F) Programs notes and texts on file.