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Orchestral works

Title
Orchestral works / by Virgil Thomson.
Author
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Publication
Albany, NY : Albany, [1989], ℗1989.

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  • Hill, Martyn
  • Bolle, James
  • Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
  • Magyar Rádió és Televízió Szimfonikus Zenekara, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Monadnock Music (Festival). Festival Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subject
  • Symphonies
  • Operas > Excerpts
  • Songs (High voice) with orchestra
  • Orchestral music, Arranged
  • Canons, fugues, etc. (Orchestra)
Note
  • The 5th work originally for band; arr. for orchestra by the composer.
  • Title from spine of container.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program and biographical notes, in part by the composer, and texts of the 3rd work ([9] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Nov. 1987, Wellesley College Chapel, Wellesley, Mass. (1st-2nd works) and Feb. 1988, Italian Institute, Budapest, Hungary (remainder).
Contents
Symphony on a hymn tune (19:00) -- Symphony no. 2 (17:00) -- Five tenor solos from the opera Lord Byron. Alas! the love of woman (1:52) ; A wanderer from the British world of fashion (1:38) ; Sweet lady (1:17) ; I'd sooner burn in hell (1:31) ; Fare thee well thus disunited (1:02) -- Shipwreck and love scene from Byron's Don Juan (3:26, 11:25) -- A solemn music (6:57) -- A joyful fugue (4:44).
LCCN
3406100172
OCLC
  • ocm20399658
  • 20399658
  • SCSB-13979874
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