In the 1st work: Lynne Webber, soprano ; Jack Hyatt, trumpet ; Charles M. Smith, percussion ; the composer conducting. In the 2nd work: John Roberts, tenor ; Charlottesville New Repertory Singers ; the composer, narrator and conductor. In the 3rd work: Dorothea Palade, mezzo-soprano ; Romanian Broadcast Chorus and Orchestra ; Carol Litvin, conductor
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Text of the 1st work is "nonsemantic, linguistically close to Romanian"; the 2nd and 3rd works sung in Romanian (the 2nd work preceded by a reading of the text in English and Romanian).
Texts by the composer (1st work), Mihail Eminescu (2nd work), and Paul Anghel (3rd work).
Program and biographical notes on container; texts of the 2nd and 3rd works, with English translations and pronunciation guide, ([2] p.) inserted.
Recorded at Herbert H. Lehman College, Bronx, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1984 (1st work); University of Virginia, Charlottesville, May 3, 1973 (2nd work) (narration recorded at New Wilderness Studio, New York, Dec. 24, 1984); Romanian Broadcast, Bucharest, June 1965 (3rd work) (mono. recording).
Jubilus : for soprano, trumpet and organic percussion (1981, revised 1984) (10:00) -- Trecut-au anii-- = Past are the years-- : for tenor and vocal ensemble (1966, revised 1969) (10:16) -- Cantec apelor tsarii = Song to the rivers of my country : for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (1960) (22:50)