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Four Saints In Three Acts

Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein, The Orchestra Of Our Time, Joel Thome, Betty Allen, Gwendolyn Bradley, William Brown (3), Clamma Dale, Benjamin Matthews, Florence Quivar, Arthur Thompson (2)

★ 4.25 4 ocen

108 ma 25 chce

Rok

1982

Kraj

Format

Vinyl

Label

Nonesuch

9 79035-1

Classical ModernOpera

Identyfikatory

Barcode: 0 7599-79035-1

Tracklista

Four Saints In Three Acts

Notatki wydania

"Four Saints in Three Acts" is an opera with words by Gertrude Stein and music by Virgil Thomson. It was written in 1927 and 1928 in France and first performed at the Hartford Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, by an organization with the resounding name of The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music From there it went to Broadway where it played some sixty nights — not much for a hit musical, but a lot for an opera — and became a legend. It has been performed since, notably Friday the 13th, November, 1981 in Carnegie Hall, New York, a performance which honored the composer's eighty-fifth birthday and became the basis for this recording." — Excerpted from an enclosed essay by Eric Salzman. Recorded November 1981 at Rutgers Church, New York, using the JVC Digital Audio System (DAS-90). Includes 48-page booklet with complete libretto and notes.

Credits

Accordion Guy Klucevsek
Alto Vocals Cheryl Kirk
Alto Vocals Deborah Young
Alto Vocals Gloria Turner
Alto Vocals Linda Childs
Alto Vocals Lisa Polite
Alto Vocals Patricia McDermott
Baritone Vocals, Bass Vocals Clifford Townsend
Baritone Vocals, Bass Vocals Earl Grandison
Baritone Vocals, Bass Vocals Kevin Elliot (2)
Baritone Vocals, Bass Vocals Lloyd Thompkins
Baritone Vocals, Bass Vocals Theodore Hodges
Baritone Vocals, Bass Vocals William Penn (3)
Bass Lewis Paer
Bassoon Ralph Schwartz
Cello Gary Fitzgerald
Cello Loretta O'Sullivan
Chorus Master Lawrence Weller
Clarinet William Blount
Composed By Virgil Thomson
Conductor Joel Thome
Coordinator [Production Coordinator] Elise Keen
Design Denise Minobe
Executive-Producer [Director] Keith Holzman
Flute Susan Palma
Harmonium Romulus Franceschini
Libretto By Gertrude Stein
Liner Notes Maurice Grosser
Mastered By Michele Stone
Oboe Charles Kuskin
Orchestra The Orchestra Of Our Time
Other [JVC Digital Equipment Provided By] Frank Dickinson
Painting [Cover Painting] Florine Stettheimer
Percussion Glen Velez
Percussion Jeffrey Kraus
Producer [Production], Recording Supervisor [Musical Supervision] Joanna Nickrenz
Producer [Production], Recording Supervisor [Musical Supervision] Marc J. Aubort
Soprano Vocals Denise Lock
Soprano Vocals Diane Wilson
Soprano Vocals Ella Eure-Eaton
Soprano Vocals Iris Harris
Soprano Vocals Judith Otten
Soprano Vocals Maeretha Stewart
Soprano Vocals Marilyn Andry
Tenor Vocals Clifford Terry
Tenor Vocals Harold Beasley
Tenor Vocals Joseph de Vaughn
Tenor Vocals Leon Wheeler
Tenor Vocals Louis Tucker
Tenor Vocals Richard Jasper
Trombone Richard Clard
Viola Louise Schulman
Viola Ronald E. Carbone
Viola Valerie Haywood
Violin Andrew Schaw
Violin Diane Bruce
Violin Fumiko Wellington
Violin Jean Ingraham
Violin Katsuko Esaki
Violin Lisa Lyons
Violin Richard Henrickson
Violin Robert Chausow
Violin Suzanne Ornstein
Vocals [Commère] Betty Allen
Vocals [Compère] Benjamin Matthews
Vocals [St. Absalon] Leon Wheeler
Vocals [St. Anne] Cheryl Kirk
Vocals [St. Answers] Louis Tucker
Vocals [St. Cecilia] Denise Lock
Vocals [St. Celestine] Maeretha Stewart
Vocals [St. Chavez] William Brown (3)
Vocals [St. Eustace] Kevin Elliot (2)
Vocals [St. Genevieve] Linda Childs
Vocals [St. Ignatius] Arthur Thompson (2)
Vocals [St. Jan & St. Placide] Clifford Townsend
Vocals [St. Lawrence] Lloyd Thompkins
Vocals [St. Plan] William Penn (3)
Vocals [St. Sara] Ella Eure-Eaton
Vocals [St. Settlement] Gwendolyn Bradley
Vocals [St. Stephen] Joseph de Vaughn
Vocals [St. Teresa I] Clamma Dale
Vocals [St. Teresa Ii] Florence Quivar