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Table of Contents:

• Mid-winter songs. Lament for Pasiphaë ; Like snow ; She tells her love while half asleep ; Mid-winter waking ; Intercession in late October / Robert Graves (19:03)
• Les chansons des roses. En une seule fleur ; Contre qui, rose ; De ton rêve trop plein ; Rose complète ; Dirait-on / Rainer Maria Rilke (17:12)
• I will lift up mine eyes (3:14)
• O come, let us sing unto the Lord (3:22)
• Ave, dulcissima Maria (7:04)
• Nocturnes. Sa nuit d'été / Rainer Maria Rilke ; Soneto de la noche / Pablo Neruda ; Sure on this shining night / James Agee (14:39).

Author/Creator:

Lauridsen, Morten, 1943- , composer

Contributors:

Layton, Stephen , conductor

Britten Sinfonia , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Polyphony (Choral ensemble) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

English
French
Latin
Spanish

Language Notes:

Sung in English, French, Latin, and Spanish.

Main Work:

Choral music [of Lauridsen, M.] (Selections)

Included Works:

Mid-winter songs [by Lauridsen, M.]

Nocturnes, mixed voices, piano [by Lauridsen, M.] (Complete)

Conatiner of: Ave dulcissima Maria [by Lauridsen, M.]

O come, let us sing unto the Lord [by Lauridsen, M.]

I will lift up mine eyes [by Lauridsen, M.]

Chansons des roses [by Lauridsen, M.]

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Nocturnes [by Lauridsen, M.] (London : Hyperion, 2007 — LCCN 2008578767; OCLC Number 86080301)

Subjects:

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 — Musical settings

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 — Musical settings

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint — Songs and music

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 — Musical settings

Agee, James, 1909-1955 — Musical settings

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with organ

Anthems

Psalms (Music)

Choruses, Sacred (Men's voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied

Motets

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973

Agee, James, 1909-1955

Genres:

Musical settings

Songs and music

Performers:

Polyphony; Morten Lauridsen, piano (2nd and 6th works), finger cymbals (5th work); Andrew Lumsden, organ (4th work); Britten Sinfonia (1st work); Stephen Layton, conductor.

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: mixed voices; piano

General Notes:

The 3rd-4th works are anthems, the 5th, a motet.
For mixed chorus, unacc. (3rd work), with orchestra (1st work), piano (2nd and 6th works), or organ (4th work); the 5th work for unaccompanied men's voices (with finger cymbals).
(1st work) recorded 2006 April 3 St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb.
(Remainder) recorded 2006 January 3-4 Temple Church, London.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758001
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758002
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758003
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758004
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758005
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758006
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758007
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758016
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758015
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758014
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758013
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758012
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758011
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758010
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758009
International Standard Recording Code: GBAJY0758008
Publisher Number, Hyperion: 00602448806277

OCLC Numbers:

1425877630