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Of bondage and freedom : vocal and instrumental American music
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- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, Polish, Spanish, Yiddish
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Albany, NY : North/South Recordings, [1994]
- ©1994
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc (72 min.) : digital ; 4 ³/₄ in
- OCLC
- ocm31707119, ocn601633708
- Credits
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- Lynne Vardaman (1st, 4th works), Rachel Rosales (3rd), soprano ; H. Patrick Swygert, narrator (5th) ; The North/South Consonance Ensemble ; Max Lifchitz, conductor
- The 1st work for soprano, violin and piano (text by Abraham Sutzkever and Czeslaw Milosz ; Yiddish, Polish and English words) ; 2nd for flute, 2 clarinets, piano, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass ; 3rd for soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin and violoncello (text by Calderón ; Spanish words) ; 4th for soprano, string quartet and percussion (3 players) (text by Kenneth Patchen ; English words) ; 5th for narrator, clarinet, piano, timpani, percussion, and double bass (text by Nelson Mandela)
- Compact disc.
- Texts and program notes inserted in container.
- Recorded at the Great Hall, Long Island University, Jan. 18 & Mar. 28, 1990, and at the Recital Hall, University of Albany, June 14-21, 1993.
- Of bondage and freedom / Max Lifchitz (21:25) -- Two arabesques / Raoul Pleskow (11:17) -- La vida es sueño (5:21) ; This man was your brother (7:57) / Laura Greenberg -- Amandla Mandela! / Charles Dvorak (25:22)
Subjects
- Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681 -- Musical settings.
- Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 -- Musical settings.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 -- Songs and music.
- Music -- United States -- 20th century.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Octets (Piano, clarinets (2), flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass)
- Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble)