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Songs, drones, and refrains of death
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- George Crumb
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Franklin, Tenn. : Naxos, 2007
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- digital stereo
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn144571382
- Credits
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- Ensemble New Art (variously: Nicholas Isherwood, baritone ; Alexander Swete, guitar ; Franzisco Obieta, double bass ; Carmen Erb, Hans-Peter Achberger, percussion ; Peter Degenhardt, piano, harpsichord ; Hugo Read, saxophone ; Silke Aichhorn, harp) ; Fuat Kent, conductor
- The 1st work for baritone, electric instruments, and percussion; the 2nd for guitar, soprano saxophone, 2 percussion, harp and double bass.
- Text of the 1st work by Federico García Lorca.
- Recorded at Radiostudio Zurich, June 12-15, 2004.
- The 1st work sung in English.
- Songs, drones, and refrains of death (1962-68). Refrain one ; The guitar/Death drone I ; Refrain two ; Casida of the dark doves ; Refrain three ; Death-drone II ; Song of the rider, 1860 ; Cadenza appassionata for two drummers ; Refrain four ; Casida of the boy wounded by the water ; Death-drone III (29:04) -- Quest. Refrain I ; Dark paths ; Fugitive sounds ; Refrain 2 ; Forgotten sounds ; Fugitive sounds ; Refrain 3 ; Nocturnal (25:41)