The 1st work an oratorio ; the 2nd for timpani, organ, and electronic tape ; the 3rd for English horn, electronic tape, and organ ; the 4th for electronic tape and organ.
The 1st work sung in Latin and Italian.
"This work [the 1st] is conceived not only as an independent concert oratorio but also as the Paradiso section (Act III) of my musical drama Dante, now in progress and based on the Divina commedia"--Container.
Text also in part from the Mass.
Program notes by the composers and text with English translation on container.
Durations: 29:09; 13:09; 6:36; 5:09.
Recorded May 7, 1975, in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music.
The Martino work sung in Italian and, in part, Latin from the Mass.