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Contributors:

Von Stade, Frederica , singer

Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-2024 , conductor

Mentzer, Susanne , performer

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 , author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

Boston Symphony Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Tanglewood Festival Chorus , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

French
English
German

Language Notes:

Sung in French.

Included Works:

Nuits d'été [by Berlioz, H.] (arranged)

Damoiselle élue [by Debussy, C.]

Related Series:

Complete Columbia recital albums; CD 9

Subjects:

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 — Musical settings

Song cycles

Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra

Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with orchestra

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872

Genres:

Song cycles

Songs

Art music

Musical settings

Performers:

Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano ; Susanne Mentzer, reciter (2nd work) ; Tanglewood Festival Chorus (2nd work) ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: solo mezzo-soprano voice; orchestra
2 performers and 2 ensembles: solo mezzo-soprano voice; solo voice; women's chorus; orchestra

General Notes:

First work a song cycle, with accompaniment originally for piano.
Words of the 1st work by Théophile Gautier.
Title from disc container.
Program notes by Barrymore Laurence Scherer in English, French and German on container.
Program notes by Jürgen Kesting in English, German, and French on boxed set booklet (51 pages : color illustrations).
Issued as part of the boxed set, Frederica Von Stade, the complete Columbia recital albums.
Recorded 1983 October 10 & 17 Symphony Hall, Boston.
Originally released in 1984 under the CBS Masterworks label as IM 39098.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

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

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 163,633 v.9

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 888751834125
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 88875183412
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 88875183412-09
Publisher Number, CBS Masterworks: IM 39098

OCLC Numbers:

1003054469