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Noises, sounds & sweet airs / Michael Nyman.

Author/creator Nyman, Michael
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoLondon : Argo, ℗1995.
Description1 audio disc (72 min., 32 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorBott, Catherine singer.
Other author/creatorSummers, Hilary, singer.
Other author/creatorBostridge, Ian singer.
Other author/creatorRoach, David (Saxophonist), instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorFindon, Andrew instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorDebart, Dominique, conductor.
Included WorkShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Other author/creatorEnsemble instrumental de Basse-Normandie, performer.
Variant title Noises, sounds and sweet airs
Contents If by your art, my dearest father (4:02) -- Alas, poor Milan! (3:31) -- Be't to fly, to swim (3:40) -- This damned witch Sycorax (4:37) -- The fringe curtains of thine eye (4:35) -- There's nothing ill can dwell (2:46) -- How lush and lusty the grass (3:12) -- Riches, poverty, and use of service (2:21) -- Sometimes like apes (2:49) -- Full many a lady I have eyed (4:37) --'Tis a custom in the afternoon (5:37) -- I have made you mad (4:15) -- You do look, my son, in a moved sort (3:40) -- At last I left them (1:30) -- At this hour lie at my mercy (1:48) -- Ye elves (6:56) -- Behold, sir king (2:05) -- Sir, she is mortal (1:42) -- My tricksy spirit! (3:03) -- Coragio, bully-monster (5:51).
General note"Derived from the score for La princesse de Milan, an opera-ballet, based on The tempest ..."--Back cover.
General noteProgram notes by the composer, and vocal texts (22 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Performer Catherine Bolt, soprano ; Hilary Summers, alto ; Ian Bostridge, tenor ; David Roach, Andrew Findon, saxophones ; Ensemble instrumental de Basse-Normandie ; Dominique Debart, director.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Caen, June 1991, and in Abbey Road Studios, London, June 1993.
Technical detailsCompact disc.
UPC 2894408422
Publisher number440 842-2 Argo

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