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Author/Creator:

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928

Contributors:

Hillier, Paul

Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945

Pärt, Arvo

Melos Quartett Stuttgart

Ensemble Walter Boeykens

Theatre of Voices

Harmonia Mundi France (Firm)

Languages:

Latin

Language Notes:

3rd work sung in Latin.

Main Work:

Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello [by Janáček, L.] > No. 2

Included Works:

Quatour à cordes no. 2 "Lettres intimes" [by Janáček, L.]

Contrasts [by Bartók, B.]

Berliner Messe [by Pärt, A.]

Contrastes

Related Series:

50 years of musical exploration [Harmonia Mundi France (Firm)]; [volume] 29

Subjects:

String quartets

Trios (Piano, clarinet, violin)

Masses

Performers:

Melos Quartett (1st work) ; Ensemble Walter Boeykens (2nd work) ; Theatre of Voices ; Paul Hillier ; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ.

Performance Medium:

4 performers: violin (2); viola; cello

General Notes:

Recorded Nov. 1990 at Anvers, de Singel (2nd work) ; May 1991 at la Salle du Reitstadel, Neumarkt (1st work), and Aug. 1998 at Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England (3rd work).
1997 rev. of Berliner Messe.
Previously released material.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
no. 2

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 106,290- 106,319 v.29

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908278

OCLC Numbers:

181162889