In praise of practically nothing
- Title
- In praise of practically nothing [sound recording] / Brian Israel. In dark / Gerald Levinson. Six chansons / David Noon. Blood and milk songs / Robert Stern.
- Published by
- Albany, NY : Albany Records, c1999.
- Author
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Series statement
- Eastman American music series ; v. 6
- Uniform title
- In praise of practically nothing
- Alternative title
- In praise of practically nothing
- In dark.
- Blood and milk songs.
- Subject
- Contents
- In praise of practically nothing. Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay goes wet ; Poor Mr. Heine suffers some translations and gives up ; Lullabye ; Yes, dear ; Hymn ; Morning songs / Brian Israel ; based on texts by Samuel Hoffenstein -- In dark. Adagio (vocalise) ; Andante (the moon comes down) ; Scherzando (in dark) ; Lento (they moved like fish) ; Liberamente, sempre espressivo (vocalise) / Gerald Levinson ; poetry by Nanine Valen & Robert Lax -- Six chansons, op. 32. Wanderer's song ; An excursion to the dragon pool temple on Chung-nan ; Complaint of a neglected wife ; Sadness of the gorges ; Song of the old man of the hills ; The stones where the haft rotted / David Noon ; poetry by Meng Chiao -- Blood and milk songs. Prologue ; Song for a vigil ; Antiphonal ; A daughter cuts her hair ; Round ; Letter to / Robert Stern ; poetry by Ruth Whitman.
- Call number
- *LDC 20881 (F)
- Note
- Song cycles with instrumental ensemble acc.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes and texts of songs ([14] p.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at Eastman Theatre, Nov. 29, 1982 (1st work); Jan. 17, 1982 (2nd work); Jan. 24, 1983 (3rd work); Nov. 14, 1981 (4th work).
- Author
- Israel, Brian, 1951-1986.
- Title
- In praise of practically nothing [sound recording] / Brian Israel. In dark / Gerald Levinson. Six chansons / David Noon. Blood and milk songs / Robert Stern.
- Imprint
- Albany, NY : Albany Records, c1999.
- Series
- Eastman American music series ; v. 6
- Performer
- Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor (1st work) ; Elizabeth Fulford, soprano (2nd work) ; Renée Fleming, soprano (3rd work) ; Elizabeth Fulford, soprano ; Deborah Kraus, mezzo-soprano (4th work) ; all with the Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble ; Sydney Hodkinson, conductor.
- Event
- Recorded at Eastman Theatre, Nov. 29, 1982 (1st work); Jan. 17, 1982 (2nd work); Jan. 24, 1983 (3rd work); Nov. 14, 1981 (4th work).
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Fahnestock, Jeffrey. Performer
- Fulford, Elizabeth. Performer
- Fleming, Renee. Performer
- Kraus, Deborah. Performer
- Hodkinson, Sydney. Conductor
- Levinson, Gerald, 1951- In dark.
- Noon, David, 1946- Chansons, instrumental ensemble accompaniment, op. 32.
- Stern, Robert, 1934-2018. Blood and milk songs.
- Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble. Performer
- Added title
- In dark.
- Blood and milk songs.
- Other standard identifier
- 3406102772
- Publisher no.
- TROY277 Albany Records
- Research call number
- *LDC 20881 (F) Program notes and texts on file.