| Other author/creator | Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. |
| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
| Other author/creator | Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138. |
| Other author/creator | Swenson, May. |
| Other author/creator | Feinberg, Alan instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Whittlesey, Christine singer. |
| Other author/creator | Miller, Robert, 1930-1981, instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio Lament. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio Envoi. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio Insieme. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio Bagatelles, piano (1970) |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Sonnet-settings. Sonnet XVIII. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Sonnet-settings. Sonnet XXVII. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Sonnet-settings. Sonnet XXVIII. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Sonnet-settings. Sonnet CIV. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Sonnet-settings. Sonnet XLIII. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio Beisamen. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Dádivas. Selections. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Animula vagula, blandula. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio Viopiacem. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Impromptu, piano. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Songs on poems by May Swenson. Unconscious came a beauty. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Songs on poems by May Swenson. Living tenderly. |
| Included Work | Spies, Claudio. Songs on poems by May Swenson. Woods at night. |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections |
| Contents |
Dylan Thomas' Lament and a complementary Envoi (1990) (10:32) -- Insieme (1994) (1:29) -- Bagatelle (1970) (2:04) -- Five sonnet-settings : for vocal quartet and piano (1976-77) [words by William Shakespeare] (14:02) -- Beisammen (1995) (5:15) -- 4 dádivas (1977-80) (10:34) -- Animula vagula, blandula (1964) [words by Roman Emperor Hadrian] (1:43) -- Viopiacem : duo for viola and keyboard instruments (1965) (9:42) -- Impromptu for piano (1963) (2:21) -- Three songs on poems by May Swenson (1969) (7:34). |
| General note | The 1st work for baritone and piano; 2nd work for flute and violin; 3rd, 6th, & 9th works for piano; 4th work for vocal quartet and piano; 5th work for 2 oboes/English horns; 7th work for vocal quartet; 8th work for viola and piano; 10th work for soprano and piano. |
| General note | 1st, 2nd, & 5th works are new recordings; other works originally released on CRI SD 257 and SD 445 (analog recordings). |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes, principally by the composer, biographical notes on the composer, and texts of the vocal works (15 p.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Nathaniel Watson, baritone, Margaret Kampmeier, piano (1st work) ; Elizabeth McNutt, flute, Andrew May, violin (2nd work) ; Alan Feinberg, piano (3rd, 6th, & 10th works) ; Christine Whittlesey, soprano (4th, 7th, & 10th works) ; Johana Arnold, alto, David Ronis, tenor, Jan Opalach, bass, Claudio Spies, conductor (4th & 7th works) ; Henry Martin, piano (4th work) ; Matthew Sullivan, Brian Greene, oboes and English horns (5th work) ; Samuel Rhodes, viola (8th work) ; Robert Miller, piano (8th & 9th works). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | 1st work recorded May 1994, 2nd work April 1995, 5th work Aug. 1995, in Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University; 9th work recorded in 1970; other works recorded Dec. 1979 and Aug. 1980, New York. |
| Language | English words (1st, 4th, & 10th works) and Latin words (7th work), also printed as texts on p. 9-14 of inserted booklet. |
| UPC |
9043807182 |
| Publisher number | CD 718 CRI |
