Four saints in three acts ; The plow that broke the plains / Virgil Thomson.

Author/creator Thomson, Virgil composer, conductor, writer of added commentary.
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoNew York, NY : RCA Victor Gold Seal : Manufactured and distributed by BMG Music, ℗1996.
Description1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorRobinson-Wayne, Beatrice, performer.
Other author/creatorMatthews, Inez, performer.
Other author/creatorHines, Altonell, performer.
Other author/creatorGreene, Ruby, performer.
Other author/creatorHolland, Charles, performer.
Other author/creatorBethea, David, performer.
Other author/creatorMatthews, Edward, 1904-1954, performer.
Other author/creatorRobinson, Randolph, performer.
Other author/creatorDorsey, Abner, performer.
Other author/creatorStokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 conductor.
Other author/creatorGilbert, Richard, 1943- producer.
Other author/creatorStein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 author.
Included WorkContains (work): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Plow that broke the plains. Suite.
Included WorkStein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 Libretto (work): Four saints in three acts. Selections.
Other author/creatorHollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra performer.
Uniform titleFour saints in three acts. Selections
Physical medium4 3/4 in.
Contents Four Saints in three acts. Act one. Prelude ; Tableaux I-IV ; Did wish want did at most agree ; Tableaux VI-VII -- Act two. Can any one feel any one moving ; Love scene: Scene eight to wait ; To be asked how much of it is finished ; Pantomime: Scene eleven -- Act three. With withdrawn ; Vision of the Holy Ghost: Pigeons on the grass alas ; Ballet: Tempo di tango Saint Chavez might be with them ; Foundationally marvellously aboundingly ; Between thirty five and forty five ; Exit procession: With wed led said with led dead -- Act four. Intermezzo act four: Saints in heaven ; One at a time regularly -- The plow that broke the plains. Prelude ; Pastorale (grass) ; Cattle ; Speculation (blues) ; Drought ; Devastation.
General noteThe 1st work an abridgement of the opera, made by the composer; the 2nd work, a suite from the motion picture.
General noteLibretto of the 1st work by Gertrude Stein.
General notePreviously released.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteDurations: 47:58; 13:50.
General noteProgram notes in English by the composer and libretto (31 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
CreditsProduced by Richard Gilbert; reissue produced by John Pfeiffer.
Performer Beatrice Robinson-Wayne, Inez Matthews, sopranos; Altonell Hines, mezzo-soprano; Ruby Greene, alto; Charles Holland, David Bethea, tenors; Edward Matthews, Randolph Robinson, baritones; Abner Dorsey, bass; chorus and orchestra; Virgil Thomson, conductor (1st work); Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor (2nd work).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded June 25, 1947 (1st work) and Aug. 30, 1946 (2nd work).
Other title Plow that broke the Plains (Motion picture)
Other titlePlow that broke the plains.
UPC 090266816323
Publisher number09026-68163-2 RCA Victor Gold Seal