| Description |
1 sound disc (63:33) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010333 |
| Note |
Cycle comprising the composer's 9 settings of Celan and the 9 movements for string quartet. |
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Celan translations by Michael Hamburger. |
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Ed. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Stephen Pruslin and Michael Hamburger and biographical notes on the performers, in English with German and French translations, and texts in English with the original German poems (34 p. : ports.) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Fantasia 1 -- Thread suns = Fadensonnen -- Frieze 1 -- White and light = Weiss und Licht -- Fantasia 2 -- Psalm -- Fantasia 3 -- With letter and clock = Mit Brief und Uhr -- Frieze 2 -- An eye, open = Ein Auge, offen -- Fantasia 4 -- Todtnauberg -- Frieze 3 -- Tenebrae -- Fantasia 5 -- Night = Nacht -- Todesfuge--Frieze 4 -- Give the word. |
| Performer |
Claron McFadden, soprano ; Arditti Quartet ; Nash Ensemble (2 clarinets, viola, violoncello, double bass) ; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded in the BBC Hippodrome, London, in the presence of the composer. |
| Language |
Sung in English (principally) and German (Todtnauberg). |
| Subject |
Celan, Paul -- Musical settings.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Song cycles.
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String quartets.
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| Added Author |
Celan, Paul.
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Hamburger, Michael. Translator.
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McFadden, Claron. Performer.
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Leeuw, Reinbert de, 1938- Conductor.
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Birtwistle, Harrison.
Settings of Celan.
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Birtwistle, Harrison.
Movements, violins (2), viola, cello.
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Arditti Quartet. Performer.
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Nash Ensemble. Performer.
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| ISBN |
$17.98 |
| Standard No. |
639842686723 |
| Music No. |
3984-26867-2 Teldec |
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