In the 1st work: Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, soprano ; unidentified ensemble. In the 2nd: Charles Williams, baritone ; Washington Music Ensemble ; Joel Lazar, conductor. In the 3rd: Primavera String Quartet. In the 4th-5th: Esther Hinds, soprano ; Alan Mandel, piano
Principally songs; piano or ensemble acc.
Compact disc; analog recording.
Originally released as analog discs, CRI SD 416 and 532 (1979, 1986)
Notes by Alan Mandel and the composer, and vocal texts (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
The 1st-2nd works recorded at the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., Sept. 4, 1984; the remainder recorded in New York, Dec. 1978 and June 1979.
Sung in English; texts by Langston Hughes and others.
Ways of love. Come lie with me and be my love ; See it was like this when ; Love letters, unmailed ; Someone who used to have someone ; Fired ; may i feel (15:42) -- Langston Hughes songs. Ballad of Adam & Eve ; Motto ; Hope ; Question ; Life is fine (8:34) -- String quartet no. 3 (on Hebrew themes) (23:09) -- Madame to you. Madame and the census man ; Madame and the minister ; Madame and daughter ; Madame and the rent man ; Madame and the fortune teller ; Madame and the number runner ; Madame and the wrong visitor (13:57) -- The face of war. Official notice ; Listen here, Joe ; Peace ; The dove ; War (9:15)