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Title:
The songs / Samuel Barber.
Author:
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Studer, Cheryl.

Hampson, Thomas.

Browning, John, 1933-2003.

Emerson String Quartet.
Publication Information:
Hamburg, Germany : Deutsche Grammophon, ℗1994.
Call Number:
D BARB SON S72
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Physical Description:
2 audio discs (110 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Deutsche Grammophon: 435 867-2 (435 868-2--435 869-2).

In part song cycles.

Principally with piano acc. ; the 21st song with string quartet acc.

Sung principally in English ; Mélodies passagères sung in French.

Texts from various sources.

Title on container: Secrets of the old : complete songs of Samuel Barber.

Ed. recorded: G. Schirmer.

Compact discs.

Biographical and program notes by John Browning and texts, the French songs with English translation (28 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
A slumber song of the Madonna There's nae lark Love at the door Serenades Serenader] Love's caution Night wanderers Of that so sweet imprisonment Strings in the earth and air Beggar's song In the dark pinewood Three songs, op. 2. The daisies With rue my heart is laden Bessie Bobtail Three songs, op. 10 Rain has fallen Sleep now I hear an army Four songs, op. 13 A nun takes the veil The secrets of the old Sure on this shining night Nocturne Dover Beach : op. 3 Two songs, op. 18. The Queen's face on the summery coin Monks and raisins Nuvoletta : op. 25 Mélodies passagères, op. 27 Puisque tout passe cygne Tombeau dans un parc Le clocher chante Départ Hermit songs : op. 29. At Saint Patrick's purgatory Church bell at night St. Ita's vision The heavenly banquet The crucifixion Sea-snatch Promiscuity The monk and his cat The praises of God The desire of hermitage Despite and still : op. 41. A last song My lizard In the wilderness Solitary hotel Despite and still Three songs, op. 45. Now have I fed and eaten up the rose A green lowland of pianos O boundless, boundless evening
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