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America : a prophecy / Thomas Adès.

Author/creator Adès, Thomas composer, conductor, performer, arranger of music.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoHayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, ℗2004.
Description1 audio disc (59 min., 38 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Choruses (Mixed voices) with organ.
Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Unaccompanied.
Songs (High voice) with piano.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Instrumental ensembles, Arranged.
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
Other author/creatorBickley, Susan, singer.
Other author/creatorPoster, Tom, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorWebb, Hugh (Harpist), instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorBenjafield, Richard instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorBowers-Broadbent, Christopher, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorLayton, Stephen, conductor.
Other author/creatorBlaze, Robin, singer.
Other author/creatorWatkins, Huw, 1976- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorMcFadden, Claron singer.
Other author/creatorPrescott, Duncan, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorWebster, Andrew, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorScheindlin, Dov, 1970- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorMartlew, Zoë, 1968- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorLong, Corin instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorMaltman, Christopher, singer.
Other author/creatorForeman, Chris, 1958- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorSmythe, Cathal, 1959- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorJohns, Stephen, producer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 author.
Other author/creatorBrendel, Alfred librettist.
Other author/creatorSawyer-Lauçanno, Christopher, 1951- author.
Other author/creatorFlecha, Matheo, approximately 1481-1553, librettist.
Other author/creatorDonne, John, 1572-1631 author.
Other author/creatorGrigson, Geoffrey, 1905-1985 editor.
Other author/creatorFitzGerald, Edward, author.
Other author/creatorGriffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24- translator.
Other author/creatorMeier, Gudrun, translator.
Other author/creatorCollins, Dennis, 1951- translator.
Other author/creatorAdès, Timothy, 1941- translator.
Other author/creatorStokes, Richard, translator.
Other author/creatorHoogen, Eckhardt van den, 1951- translator.
Other author/creatorBramall, Gery, translator.
Other author/creatorRoubinet, Michel, translator.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. America.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. Fayrfax carol.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. Fool's rhymes.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. January writ.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. O thou who didst with pitfall and with gin.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. Lover in winter.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. Works. Selections.
Included WorkForeman, Chris, 1958- Cardiac arrest; arranged.
Included WorkCouperin, François, 1668-1733. Pièces de clavecin, 2e livre. No 6. Baricades mystérieuses; arranged.
Included WorkAdès, Thomas. Brahms.
Other author/creatorCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performer.
Other author/creatorPolyphony (Choral ensemble) performer.
Other author/creatorComposers Ensemble, performer.
Uniform titleWorks. Selections
Contents America : a prophecy, op. 19 (15:39) -- The Fayrfax carol (4:02) -- Fool's rhymes, op. 5 (4:24) -- January writ (6:14) -- Oh thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin, op. 3a (4:40) -- The lover in winter (5:40) -- Life story, op. 8 (7:56) -- Cardiac arrest (2:39) / Christopher Foreman, Cathal Smythe ; arr. T. Adès -- Les baricades mistérieuses (2:43) / Couperin ; trans. T. Adès -- Brahms, op. 21 (5:40).
General noteEMI Classics: 7243 5 57610 2 6 (in bold on disc: 5 57610 2).
General noteThe 1st work for mezzo-soprano and large orchestra with large chorus; 2nd work for SATB divisi chorus with organ; 4th work for SATB divisi chorus and organ; 5th work is an anthem for male voices; 6th work is a song cycle of four songs for countertenor and piano; 7th work for soprano and chamber ensemble of three players; 8th work for a chamber ensemble of seven players; 9th work for a chamber ensemble of five players; 10th work for baritone and orchestra.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram notes in English by Paul Griffiths with translations in German by Gudrun Meier and in French by Dennis Collins and English and Latin texts with translations in English by Timothy Adès and Richard Stokes in German by Eckhardt van den Hoogen and Gery Bramall and in French by Michel Roubinet and Dennis Collins (35 p.) inserted in container.
Performer In the 1st work: Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Adès, conductor. 2nd-5th works: Polyphony ; Stephen Layton, director ; Tom Poster, piano ; Hugh Webb, harp ; Richard Benjafield, percussion (3rd work) ; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ (3rd, 4th works). 6th work: Robin Blaze, countertenor ; Huw Watkins, piano. 7th-9th works: Composers Ensemble ; Thomas Adès, conductor ; Claron McFadden, soprano (7th work). 10th work: Christopher Maltman, baritone ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded March 2002, Symphony Hall, Birmingham (works 1-2, 10) and February 2003, Temple Church (remainder).
LanguageSung in English, Spanish, Latin and German.
LCCN 2008641097
UPC 724355761026
Publisher number7243 5 57610 2 6 EMI Classics
Publisher number5 57610 2 EMI Classics
Publisher numberD152069 BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.

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