Research Catalog

Title

Songfest [sound recording ; Chichester psalms / Leonard Bernstein.

Author

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.

Publication

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p1978.

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Additional Authors

• Dale, Clamma
• Elias, Rosalind
• Williams, Nancy, 1935-
• Rosenshein, Neil
• Reardon, John, 1930-1988.
• Gramm, Donald
• National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) prf
• Wiener Jeunesse-Chor. voc
• Wiener Sängerknaben. voc
• Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit. prf

Description

1 sound disc : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Songfest

Alternative Title

• Songfest
• Chichester psalms.

Subject

• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
• Vocal sextets with orchestra
• Psalms (Music)
• Song cycles

Note

• The 1st work "a cycle of American poems for six singers and orchestra"; the 2nd work for mixed choir, boy soloist and orchestra.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Jack Gottlieb in English, with German and French translations, and texts in English or Spanish, with German translations (1st work) or in Hebrew and romanized Hebrew, with English and German translations (2nd work) (31 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1977 (1st work) and at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Aug. 8, 1977 (2nd work).

Language (note)

• The 1st work sung principally in English (the 3rd movt. in Spanish); the 2nd work sung in Hebrew.

Contents

Songfest (1977). To the poem / F. O'Hara (3:21)) ; The pennycandystore beyond the el / L. Ferlinghetti (1:51) ; A Julia de Burgos / J. de Burgos (3:29) ; To what you said / W. Whitman (5:24) ; I, too, sing America / L. Hughes ; Okay "Negroes" / J. Jordan (3:47) ; To my dear and loving husband / A. Bradstreet (3:53) ; Storyette H. M. / G. Stein (1:50) ; If you can't eat you got to / E. E. Cummings (2:20) ; Music I heard with you / C. Aikin (3:25) ; Zizi's lament / G. Corso (2:28) ; What lips my lips have kissed ... / E. St. Vincent Milay (5:21)) ; Israfel / E. A. Poe (4:25) -- Chichester psalms (1965). I. Psalm 108 (verse 2), Psalm 100 (complete) (3:33) ; II. Psalm 23 (complete), Psalm 2 (verses 1-4) (5:36) ; III. Psalm 131 (complete), Psalm 133 (verse 1) (9:44).

Call Number

*LDC 2325 (F)

LCCN

028941596529

OCLC

NYPG91-R185

Author

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.

Title

Songfest [sound recording ; Chichester psalms / Leonard Bernstein.

Imprint

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p1978.

Playing Time

003934 001813

Language

The 1st work sung principally in English (the 3rd movt. in Spanish); the 2nd work sung in Hebrew.

Performer

In 1st work: Clamma Dale, soprano ; Rosalind Elias, Nancy Williams, mezzo-sopranos ; Neil Rosenshein, tenor ; John Reardon, baritone ; Donald Gramm, bass ; National Symphony Orchestra of Washington. In 2nd work: boy soloist from the Vienna Boy's Choir ; Wiener Jeunesse-Chor ; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In both works: the composer conducting.

Event

Recorded at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1977 (1st work) and at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Aug. 8, 1977 (2nd work).

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Added Author

Dale, Clamma. voc

Elias, Rosalind. voc

Williams, Nancy, 1935- voc

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Conductor

Rosenshein, Neil. voc

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. voc

Gramm, Donald. voc

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Chichester Psalms.

National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) Performer

Wiener Jeunesse-Chor. voc

Wiener Sängerknaben. voc

Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit. Performer

Added Title

Chichester psalms.

Other Standard Identifier

028941596529

Publisher No.

415 965-2 Deutsche Grammophon

Research Call Number

*LDC 2325 (F) Texts and program notes on file.