I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky by
Opera, based on the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake.
Performers
Darius de Haas, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Michael McElroy, Richard Muenz, Angela Teek, Welly Yang ; John Adams, conductor.
Program notes by the composer, and libretto (55 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
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Piano music of John Adams & Terry Riley by
The 1st work is based on a theme from the Beatles' I am the walrus.
Performer
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano.
Program notes by the composers, and biographical notes on the performer on insert.
Contents
The walrus in memorium / Terry Riley (7:35) -- China gates / John Adams (4:57) -- The heaven ladder. Book 7. Misha's bear dance ; Venus in '94 ; Ragtempus fugatis ; Fandango on The heaven ladder ; Simone's lullaby / Terry Riley (30:00) -- Phrygian gates / John Adams (25:55).
Concerto for orchestra ; Music for strings, percussion and celesta by
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
Program notes in English by Robert C. Marsh, with French, German and Italian translations (19 p.) inserted in container.
Piano works by
Performer
Robert Hagopian, piano.
Biographical and program notes by K[laas] A. P[osthuma] in English, French and German ([3] p.) inserted in container.
Contents
15 Hungarian peasant songs (15:00) -- Four dirges (10:00) -- Allegro barbaro (2:40) -- 14 bagatelles (27:00).
Wozzeck by
Opera in 3 acts; libretto by the composer, based on Georg Büchner's Woyzeck. Sung in German.
Performers
Hildegard Behrens ; Franz Grundheber ; Aage Haugland ; Philip Langridge ; Walter Raffeiner ; Heinz Zednik ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Sängerknaben ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor.
Notes by Horst Weber in German, Douglas Jarman in English with French translation, and Paolo Petazzi in Italian, and libretto with English, French and Italian translations (172 p. : ill.)
Fanfare for the common man ; Rodeo ; Appalachian spring (suite) by
Performers
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Louis Lane, conductor.
Program notes by Steven Ledbetter ([8] p.) in container.
Contents
Rodeo. Buckaroo holiday (7:15) ; Corral nocturne (3:40) ; Saturday night waltz (4:04) ; Hoe-down (3:12).
Ancient voices of children ; Music for a summer evening : (Makrokosmos III) : for two amplified pianos & percussion by
The first work a song cycle with texts by Federico García Lorca, for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano, and percussion ; sung in Spanish.
Performers
In the 1st work: Jan De Gaetani, mezzo-soprano ; Michael Dash, boy soprano ; Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor. In the 2nd work: Gilbert Kalish, James Freeman, pianos ; Raymond DesRoches, Richard Fitz, percussion.
Program notes by the composer and texts with English translations ([10] p.) inserted in container.
Rhapsody in blue ; An American in Paris by
Second work is a symphonic poem.
Performers
Eugene List, piano ; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; Erich Kunzel, conductor.
Porgy and Bess by
Opera in 3 acts.
Performers
Clamma Dale, Wilma Shakesnider, Betty Lane, sopranos ; Carol Brice, contralto ; Larry Marshall, tenor ; Donnie Ray Albert, Andrew Smith, Alexander B. Smalls, baritones ; supporting soloists ; chorus and orchestra of the Houston Grand Opera ; John DeMain, conductor.
Program notes by Robert Kimball, synopsis, and libretto (109 p. : ill.) in container.
Three places in New England ; Symphony no. 4 ; Central Park in the dark by
The 1st work is a suite; the 3rd work for chamber orchestra.
Performers
Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Jerome Rosen, piano (2nd work) ; Tanglewood Festival Chorus (2nd work) ; Michael Tilson Thomas (1st work), Seiji Ozawa (2nd-3rd works), conductors.
Program notes in English by Eric Salzman with German, French, Italian and Spanish translations (11 p.) inserted in container.
Solo piano music by
Piano music including the sonatas.
Performer
Nina Deutsch, piano.
Program notes (15 p.) in container.
Contents
CD 1: Sonata no. 2 (Concord, Mass. 1840-1890) (45:21) -- Four Emerson transcriptions (14:59). CD 2: Piano sonata no. 1 (30:59) -- Variations on "America" (1891) [originally for organ, arr. by the pianist] (5:08) -- March in G and D (1896) : "Here's to good old Yale" (2:59) -- The bells of Yale (1898) [originally for men's chorus and piano, arr. by the pianist] (2:17) -- The seen and unseen (2:55) -- The 3-page sonata (1905) (6:53).
Bolero ; Alborada del gracioso ; Rapsodie espagnole ; La valse by
Performers
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit, conductor.
Program notes by Piers Burton-Page in English, French, and German in container.
Serenade ; Die eiserne Brigade ; Pierrot lunaire by
Performers
John Shirley-Quirk, bass baritone (1st work) ; Mary Thomas, reciter (3rd work) ; London Sinfonietta ; David Atherton, conductor.
Program notes by Arnold Whittall in English with French, German and Italian translations, and texts in German, French, English and Italian (42 p.) inserted in container.
Symphonies, no. 5, op. 47, D minor by
Performers
New York Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Program notes in English, German and French by Royal S. Brown inserted in container.
The complete string quartets by
Performer
Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
Essay by Alan George in English (19 p.) laid in container.
Contents
No. 1 in C major, op. 49 ; No. 2 in A major, op. 68 (51:39) -- No. 3 in F major, op. 73 ; No. 4 in D major, op. 83 (57:47)-- No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92 ; No. 6 in G major, op. 101 ; No. 7 in F sharp minor, op. 108 (70:56) -- No. 8 in C minor, op. 110 ; No. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117 ; No. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118 (71:43) -- No. 11 in F minor, op. 122 ; No. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133 ; No. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138 (63:32) -- No. 14 in F sharp major, op. 142 ; No. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144 (61:30).
Le sacre du printemps by
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra ; Claudio Abbado, conductor ; Leslie Howard, piano (4th work) ; Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano, Ryland Davies, tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, bass (5th work)..
Contents
Le sacre du printemps = The rite of spring (version de 1947) (33:20) -- L'oiseau de feu = The firebird (version de 1919) (21:59) -- Jeu de cartes = The card party (22:50) -- Pétrouchka (version de 1911) (34:29) -- Pulcinella (version de 1947) (38:54)