The singing apes of Khao Yai / Jan Sandström (6:42) -- The ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard / Benjamin Britten (9:13) -- The song of the blacksmith / arr. Gustav Holst (1:26) -- The turtle dove / arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (3:00) -- A stopwatch and an ordnance map : op. 15 / Samuel Barber (6:23) -- Per un morto / Ildebrando Pizzetti (3:05) -- Wir zogen in das Feld / Johann Nepomuk David (2:55) -- Der alte Soldat / Peter Cornelius (4:37) -- Der Tambour / Hugo Distler (2:05) -- Die Rose stand im Tau : op. 65/1 / Robert Schumann (2:47) -- Ständchen : op. 135 / Franz Schubert (5:42) -- Verbundenheit : op. 35/6 / Arnold Schönberg (2:11) -- Das Berliner Requiem / Kurt Weill (18:39).
Note
For male chorus, unacc. or with piano (2nd work), timpani (5th work), or instrumental ensemble (last work).
The last work is a secular cantata; text by Bertolt Brecht.
Sung in English, German and Italian
Event (note)
Recorded Feb. 10-12, 1995, May 23, 1995, and Mar. 1-3, 1996, at the Uppsala University Hall, Sweden.
Title
The singing apes and other songs of love and war [electronic resource].
Imprint
Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services/BIS, [2005]
Performer
Orphei drängar ; Robert Sund, conductor ; with variously, Henrik Sundqvist, Stefan Dahlberg, tenors ; Anders Bergstrom, Olle Persson, baritones ; Folke Alin, organ, piano ; Anders Wikstrom, timpani ; Uppsala Chamber Orchestra.
Event
Recorded Feb. 10-12, 1995, May 23, 1995, and Mar. 1-3, 1996, at the Uppsala University Hall, Sweden.