| Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) - Chicester Psalms for mixed choir, boy soloist and orchestra
(1986)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Composer |
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) |
| Conductor |
Leonard Bernstein |
| Orchestra / Ensemble I |
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Length |
61:25 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
Vocal; Misc. Choral |
| Chorus I |
Wiener Jeunesse-Chor |
| Chorus Master |
Gunther Theuring |
| Index |
113 |
| Out of Print |
Yes |
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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 |
| Store |
eBay |
| Condition |
100% |
| Nationality |
American |
| Premiere |
New York, July 15, 1965 |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Period |
20th Century |
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| Details |
| Studio |
Philharmonie, Berlin |
| Catalog Number |
415 965-2 |
| Live |
Yes |
| Recording Date |
8/23/1977 |
| Spars |
ADD |
| Reissue |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
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| Notes |
Soloist from the Vienna Boys' Choir
Commissioned by the Very Reverend Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester Cathedral, Sussex for the 1965 Chichester Festival.
Notes, illustrations, text and translations
Excerpt from Bernstein press conference, Berlin, 1977 |
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