El Dorado / Adams. Berceuse élégiaque / Busoni ; [arr. by] Adams. The black gondola / Liszt ; [arr. by] Adams.
| Author/creator | Adams, John, 1947- |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Nonesuch, ℗1996. |
| Description | 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Adams, John, 1947- arranger of music, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Nagano, Kent, 1951- conductor. |
| Included Work | Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924. Berceuse élégiaque arranged. |
| Included Work | Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Lugubre gondola arranged. |
| Other author/creator | Hallé Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | London Sinfonietta performer. |
| Variant title | Berceuse élégiaque |
| Variant title | Black gondola |
| Contents | El Dorado for orchestra (28:43) : A dream of gold ; Soledades / John Adams -- Berceuse élégiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter) = Cradle song (of the man at his mother's coffin) / Ferruccio Busoni ; arr. for chamber orchestra by John Adams (8:09) -- The black gondola / orchestration by John Adams of La lugubre gondola by Franz Liszt (9:48). |
| General note | The 1st work for orchestra, a rev. new version; the 2nd work a reduction for chamber orchestra from the original for slightly larger orchestra; the 3rd work an orchestration of the work originally for piano. |
| General note | Eds. recorded: Hendon Music. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes by John Adams, in English with French and German translations ([21] p.) inserted in container. |
| Performer | In the 1st work: Hallé Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor; in the 2nd-3rd works: London Sinfonietta; John Adams, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded July 1993, BBC Studios, Manchester, England (1st work); Dec. 1995, Abbey Road Studios, London (2nd-3rd works). |
| Other title | Cradle song. |
| UPC | 7559793592 |
| Publisher number | 79359-2 Nonesuch |