| Description |
1 sound disc (69:33) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
The first work was written in 1991 on hearing news of Astor Piazzoll's stroke; the second work is a set of variations on a Yiddish lullaby composed for the film The man who cried; the third work is based on a collection of apocryphal psalms; the fourth work is based on a manuscript by Isaac the Blind, the great kabbalist rabbi of Provence; the last movement is an instrumental version of the composer's K'vakarat. |
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"EMI classics"--Container. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes (by the composer) and biographical notes in English, French, and German laid in container. |
| Contents |
Last round (for double string quartet and double bass) -- Lullaby and Doina (for flute, clarinet, double bass and string quartet) -- Yiddishbbuk (inscriptions for string quartet) -- The dreams and prayers of Isaac the blind (for klezmer clarinet and string quartet). |
| Credits |
Producer, Max Wilcox. |
| Performer |
St. Lawrence String Quartet ; Todd Palmer, clarinets ; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute ; Mark Dresser, double bass ; Ying Quartet. |
| Event |
Recorded 27-29 Nov. 2001 and 21 Feb. 2002, at the American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York. |
| Funding |
This recording was made possible in part by a grant from the Susan Rose Recording Fund for Contemporary Jewish Music of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. |
| Subject |
Piazzolla, Astor -- Songs and music.
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String nonets (Violins (4), violas (2), violoncellos (2), double bass)
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Septets (Clarinet, flute, violins (2), viola, violoncello, double bass)
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String quartets.
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Quintets (Clarinet, violins (2), viola, cello)
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Klezmer music.
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| Added Author |
Palmer, Todd.
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O'Connor, Tara Helen.
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Dresser, Mark.
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Isaac, the Blind, approximately 1160-1235.
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Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
Last round.
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Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
Lullaby and doina.
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Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
Yiddishbbuk.
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Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
Dreams and prayers of Isaac the Blind.
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Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
K'vakarat.
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St. Lawrence String Quartet.
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Ying Quartet.
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| Added Title |
Man who cried (Motion picture)
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Selections
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| ISBN |
$17.98 |
| Standard No. |
724355735621 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 57356 2 1 EMI Classics |
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