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Svadebka = Les noces ; Four Russian peasant songs ; Three motets ; Tres sacrae cantiones ; The dove descending breaks the air ; T.S. Eliot in memoriam
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- Creator
- Stravinsky
- Included Titles
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- Bridal folk songs from the Voronezh district
- Noces
- Russian peasant songs
- Tres sacrae cantiones
- Dove descending breaks the air
- T.S. Eliot in memoriam
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- Russian, Church Slavic, Latin
- Contributors
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- Wood, James, conductor
- Shepelʹ, Oleg Aleksandrovich, 1938- conductor
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Svadebka
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Podbli︠u︡dnyi︠a︡
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Bogorodit︠s︡e Děvo
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Otche nash
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Simvol věry
- Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa, approximately 1560-1613. Sacrae cantiones, Selections
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Dove descending breaks the air
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Introit
- New London Chamber Choir
- New London Chamber Ensemble
- Voronezhskiĭ kamernyĭ khor
- Publication
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- London, England : Hyperion, [1991]
- ℗1991
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc (64 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in
- Credits
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- New London Chamber Choir and Ensemble ; James Wood, conductor ; Voronezh Chamber Choir (Institute of the Arts) ; Oleg Shepel, conductor
- The 1st Stravinsky work is a ballet, for solo voices (SATB), chorus, 4 pianos and 6 percussionists. The Russian peasant songs are performed twice, in the original unacc. version, and in the 1954 arr. with 4 horns. The motets and the 5th work are for chorus (SATB), unacc.; the 6th work is for male voices and instrumental ensemble. Tres sacrae cantiones, for unacc. chorus, is a completion by Stravinsky of 3 Gesualdo motets.
- The Stravinsky works are preceded by 5 bridal folk songs from the Voronezh district.
- Title on container: Les noces and other choral works.
- Sung in Russian, Latin, or English; the motets sung in the original Church Slavic text.
- Compact disc.
- Notes by Lorraine Gwynne, with French and German translations, and vocal texts with English, French and German translations (39 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Recorded in the Royal College of Music, London, Oct. 13-14, 1990.
- Five bridal folk songs / trad. (9:29) -- Svadebka (23:21) ; Four Russian peasant songs (1914/17 version (2:48) ; 1954 version (4:04)) ; Bogoroditse devo = Ave Maria (1:00) ; Otshe Nash = Pater Noster (1:54) ; Simvol very = Credo (2:07) / Stravinsky -- Tres sacrae cantiones (Da pacem Domine ; Assumpta est Maria ; Illumina nos) / Gesualdo ; completed Stravinsky (9:33) -- The dove descending breaks the air (2:35) ; Introitus : T.S. Eliot in memoriam (5:18) / Stravinsky