| Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) - Songfest
(1986)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Composer |
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) |
| Conductor |
Leonard Bernstein |
| Orchestra / Ensemble I |
National Symphony Orchestra |
| Length |
61:25 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
Vocal; Art Song |
| Index |
115 |
| Out of Print |
Yes |
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| Musicians |
| Soloist |
Dale; Elias; Williams; Gramm; Reardon; Rosenshein |
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| Credits |
| Producer |
Gunter Breest |
| Label |
Deutsche Grammophon |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Songfest: I. Opening Hymn: To the Poem (Frank O'Hara) |
03:24 |
| 02 |
Songfest: II. Three Solos: 1. The Pennycandystore Beyond the El (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) |
01:55 |
| 03 |
Songfest: II. Three Solos: 2. A Julia de Burgos (Julia de Burgos) |
03:33 |
| 04 |
Songfest: II. Three Solos: 3. To What You Said... (Walt Whitman) |
05:29 |
| 05 |
Songfest: III. Three Ensembles: 1. Duet: I, Too, Sing America (Langston Hughes); Okay "Negros" (June Jordan) |
03:51 |
| 06 |
Songfest: III. Three Ensembles: 2. Trio: To My Dear and Loving Husband (Anne Bradstreet) |
03:58 |
| 07 |
Songfest: III. Three Ensembles: 3. Duet: Storyette H. M. (Gertrude Stein) |
01:55 |
| 08 |
Songfest: IV. Sextet "if you can't eat you got to" (e.e. cummings) |
02:24 |
| 09 |
Songfest: V. Three Solos: 1. Music I Heard With You (Conrad Aiken) |
03:29 |
| 10 |
Songfest: V. Three Solos: 2. Zizi's Lament (Gregory Corso) |
02:32 |
| 11 |
Songfest: V. Three Solos: 3. Sonnet What lips my lips have kissed... (Edna St. Vincent Millay) |
05:25 |
| 12 |
Songfest: VI. Closing Hymn: Israfel (Edgar Allen Poe) |
04:35 |
| 13 |
Chicester Psalms: I. Psalm 108 (verse 2): Maestoso ma energico - Allegro molto |
03:37 |
| 14 |
Chicester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 (complete; Psalm 2 (verses 1-4): Andante con moto, ma tranquillo - Allegro feroce |
05:35 |
| 15 |
Chicester Psalms: III. Psalm 131 (complete); Psalm 123 (verse 1): Prelude - Sostenuto molto - Peacefully flowing |
09:43 |
| Personal |
| Purchase Date |
12/19/2002 |
| Value |
$16.50 |
| Store |
eBay |
| Condition |
100% |
| Nationality |
American |
| Premiere |
Washington, October 11, 1977 |
| Language |
English |
| Period |
20th Century |
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| Details |
| Studio |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. |
| Catalog Number |
415 965-2 |
| Live |
Yes |
| Recording Date |
12/12/1977 |
| Spars |
ADD |
| Reissue |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
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| Notes |
John Reardon: Baritone
Clamma Dale: Soprano
Donald Gramm: Bass
Rosiland Elias: Mezzo-soprano
Nancy Williams: Mezzo-soprano
Reil Rosenshein: Tenor
Notes, illustrations, text and translations
Essay: "Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Songfest" Jack Gottlieb
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