Other author/creator | Upshaw, Dawn singer. |
Other author/creator | Gasparian, Djivan, instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Aleksandrovich, Mikhail, singer. |
Included Work | Mackey, Steven, 1956- Kongerei; arranged. |
Included Work | Yanov-Yanovsky, Dmitri. Lacrymosa. |
Included Work | Älizadä, Firängiz, 1947- Mugam-sajahy |
Included Work | Gubaidulina, Sofia, 1931- Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 4. |
Included Work | Tahmizyan, Tigran, 1961- Cool wind is blowing. |
Included Work | Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960- K'vakarat. |
Included Work | Kancheli, Gii︠a︡. Leben ohne Weihnacht. Nachtgebete. |
Other author/creator | Huun-Huur-Tu (Musical group), performer. |
Contents |
Kongerei / traditional ; arr. S. Mackey (3:38) -- Lacrymosa / Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (6:01) -- Mugam Sayagi / Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (21:16) -- Quartet no. 4 / Sofia Gubaidulina (11:46) -- A cool wind is blowing / Tigran Tahmizyan (3:56) -- K'vakarat / Osvaldo Golijov (8:09) -- Night prayers / Giya Kancheli (23:14). |
General note | Elektra Nonesuch: 79346-2 (on spine: 9 79346-2). |
General note | 1st, 2nd and 6th works for voice and string quartet; 3rd and 4th work for string quartet; 5th work for duduk and string quartet; 7th work for string quartet and tape. |
General note | Night prayers is the last part of a four-part cycle called Life without Christmas. |
General note | Compact disc. |
General note | Texts in Russian, Latin and Hebrew with English translations and program notes by Brooke Gladstone ([12] p.) inserted in container. |
Performer |
Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin ; John Sherba, violin ; Hank Dutt, viola ; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello) ; The Throat Singers of Tuva (1st work) ; Dawn Upshaw, soprano (2nd work) ; Djivan Gasparian, dudak (5th work) ; Mikhail Alexandrovich, cantor (6th work). |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 1992-1994 at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, Calif. ; The Americn Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City ; Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass. |
Language | Sung in Russian, Latin and Hebrew. |
Other title | Night prayers. |
Other title | Life without Christmas. |
UPC |
7559793462 |
Publisher number | 79346-2 Elektra Nonesuch |
Publisher number | 9 79346-2 Elektra Nonesuch |