Songs
- Responsibility
- Stravinsky.
- Language
- Multiple languages, Russian, English, German. Sung chiefly in Russian; the Shakespeare, Thomas and Auden settings sung in English; the Wolf songs in German.
- Sound
- digital.
- Digital
- audio file.
- Publication
- Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [1991]
- Physical description
- 1 online resource (1 sound file).
- Series
- Twentieth-century classics.
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896, author.
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 author.
- Balʹmont, Konstantin Dmitrievich, 1867-1942 author.
- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953, author.
- Bryn-Julson, Phyllis, singer.
- Murray, Ann, 1949- singer.
- Tear, Robert, singer.
- Shirley-Quirk, John, singer.
- Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016 conductor.
- Ensemble intercontemporain instrumentalist.
Contents/Summary
- Contents
-
- Pastorale [vocalise] (1:56)
- Two poems by Paul Verlaine [tr. Mitusov]. The white moon (3:26) ; Wisdom (1:29)
- Two poems by Konstantin Bal'mont. The flower (1:14) ; The dove (1:37)
- Three Japanese lyrics [tr. A. Brandt]. Akahito (:47) ; Mazatsumi (1:00) ; Tsaraiuki (1:31)
- Three songs (Recollections of my childhood). The magpie (1:02) ; The rook (1:04) ; Chicher-Yacher (:59)
- Pribaoutki. Uncle Pierre (:50) ; Natasha (:24) ; The colonel (:47) ; The old man and the hare (2:18)
- Cat's cradle songs. Sleep, pussy (:40) ; The cat on the stove (:59) ; Lullaby (1:17) ; Father cat has (:50)
- Four songs. The drake (1:13) ; A Russian spiritual (2:05) ; Geese and swans (:32) ; Tilim-bom (1:09)
- Tilim-bom [with orchestral accompaniment] (1:12)
- Mavra. Song of Parasha (words, Boris Kochno, after Pushkin) (2:10)
- Three songs from William Shakespeare. Musick to heare (2:52) ; Full fadom five (1:58) ; Spring (When daisies pied) (2:20)
- In memoriam Dylan Thomas [words by Thomas] (7:48)
- Elegy for J.F.K. (words, W.H. Auden) (1:47)
- Two sacred songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch. Herr, was trägt der Boden hier (2:32) ; Wunden trägst du, mein Geliebter (5:05) / Hugo Wolf ; words, Heyse & Geibel ; arranged Stravinsky.
- Included Work
- Container of: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Songs. Selections.
- Container of: Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903. Spanisches Liederbuch. Herr, was trägt der Boden hier; arranged.
- Container of: Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903. Spanisches Liederbuch. Wunden trägst du, mein Geliebter; arranged.
Subjects
- Subject
- Vocalises (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
- Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
- Songs (High voice) with piano.
- Sacred songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896 > Musical settings.
- Balʹmont, Konstantin Dmitrievich, 1867-1942 > Musical settings.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Songs and music.
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 > Musical settings.
- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 > Musical settings.
- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 > Songs and music.
- Genre
- Streaming audio.
Bibliographic information
- Release date
- 1991
- Production date
- 1980
- Series
- 20th century classics
- Note
- Songs accompanied by various instrumental ensembles; 1st and 14th works works originally with piano.
- Editions recorded: B. Schott's Söhne (1st work), Boosey & Hawkes (2nd-5th works, 10th-14th works), J. & W. Chester Ltd. (6th-9th works).
- Production Credits
- Editions recorded: B. Schott's Söhne (1st work), Boosey & Hawkes (2nd-5th works, 10th-14th works), J. & W. Chester Ltd. (6th-9th works).
- Participant
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano (1st, 3rd-5th, 8th-10th works) ; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano (7th, 11th, 14th works) ; Robert Tear, tenor (12th work) ; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone (2nd, 6th, 13th works) ; Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor.
- Event
- Recorded 1980 autumn Stravinsky Festival, Centre Georges Pompidou, I.R.C.A.M., Parish.
- Publisher Number
- 00028943175128 Deutsche Grammophon
