Les choéphores / Milhaud. Symphony no. 3 in G minor / Roussel. Pacific 231 ; Rugby / Honegger.

Author/creator Milhaud, Darius composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationNew York, N.Y. : Sony Classical, [1996]
Description1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorClaudel, Paul, 1868-1955.
Other author/creatorZorina, Vera, narrator.
Other author/creatorJordan, Irene, 1919-2016, performer.
Other author/creatorBoatwright, McHenry, 1928-1994, performer.
Other author/creatorBabikian, Virginia, performer.
Other author/creatorBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 conductor.
Included WorkAeschylus. Choephori.
Included WorkRoussel, Albert, 1869-1937. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 42, G minor.
Included WorkHonegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. Pacific 231.
Included WorkHonegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. Rugby.
Other author/creatorSchola Cantorum (Musical group), performer.
Other author/creatorNew York Philharmonic performer.
Uniform titleOrestie d'Eschyle. Choéphores
Variant title Parallel title to 1st work on container: Libation bearers
SeriesMasterworks heritage stereo era
Masterworks heritage stereo era. ^A527087
Contents Les choéphores op. 24 = Libation bearers. Vociferation funebre (6:15) ; Libation (2:49) ; Incantation (13:33) ; Presages (3:06) ; Exhortation (2:26) ; La justice et la Iumiere (4:46) ; Conclusion (1:04) / Darius Milhaud -- Symphony no. 3 in G minor, op. 42. Allegro vivo (5:41) ; Adagio (10:41) ; Vivace (2:59) ; Allegro con spirito (6:03) / Albert Roussel -- Pacific 231. Mouvement symphonique no. 1 (6:02) ; Rugby. Mouvement symphonique no. 2 (7:23) / Arthur Honegger.
General noteThe 1st work incidental music; 3rd-4th works for orchestra.
General noteText to the 1st work by Paul Claudel, after Aeschylus.
General notePreviously released in 1962 as Columbia MS 6396 (1st work), in 1964 as Columbia MS 6582 (2nd work), and in 1966 as Cloumbia MS 6659 (3rd-4th works).
General noteCompact disc (ADD).
General noteProgram notes in English, with French and German translations (39 pages : illustrations, portraits) bound in container.
Performer 1st work: Vera Zorina, as Choéphore ; Irene Jordan, as Electra ; McHenry Boatwright, as Orestes ; Virginia Babikian, soprano ; Schola Cantorum of New York. All works: New York Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, Oct. 16, 1961 (1st work), Sept. 25, 1961 (2nd work) and at Philharmonic (now Avery Fisher) Hall, New York City, Oct. 31, 1962 (3rd-4th works).
LanguageSung in French (1st work).
LCCN 2008647683
UPC 074646235225
UPC 7464623522
Publisher numberMHK 62352 Sony Classical