Books+ Search Results
Knoxville, summer of 1915
Creator
Title
Knoxville, summer of 1915 [sound recording] / Samuel Barber. What a curse for a woman is a timid man : from the old maid and the thief / Gian Carlo Menotti. Mirabai songs / John Harbison. No word from Tom : from the rake's progress / Igor Stravinsky.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Elektra/Nonesuch, p1989.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.
Notes
Elektra/Nonesuch: 79187-1 (on container: 9 79187-1).
The 2nd and 4th works are opera excerpts; the 3rd work, originally for voice and piano, arr. by the composer for voice and instrumental ensemble.
The 1st work has a text adapted from an autobiographical fragment incorporated into James Agee's A death in the family.
Digital recording.
Durations: 15:20; 4:13; 16:09; 7:19.
Program notes and texts (1 leaf) inserted in container.
Recorded Aug. 1988, at Manhattan Center Studios, New York City.
Variant and related titles
What a curse for a woman is a timid man.
Old maid and the thief.
Mirabai songs.
No word from Tom.
Rake's progress.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 15, 2012
Performers
Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Orchestra of St. Luke's ; David Zinman, conductor.
Contents
Knoxville: summer of 1915 / Barber (15:20)
What a curse for a woman is a timid man (from The Old maid and the thief) / Menotti (4:13)
Mirabai songs : It's true, I went to the market (2:41) ; All I was doing was breathing (2:46) ; Why Maria can't go back to her old house (2:03) ; Where did you go? (1:57) ; The Clouds (2:52) ; Don't go, don't go (3:35) / Harbison
No word from Tom (from The Rake's progress) / Stravinsky (7:19).
Issue number
79187-1 Elektra/Nonesuch
9 79187-1 Elektra/Nonesuch
9 79187-1 (79187-1) Elektra/Nonesuch
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
