1 audio disc (82 min., 53 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in digital optical audio file CD audio
Other Title:
Works. Selections Works of Elizabeth R. Austin
Notes:
Title from disc label Texts by Carl Sandburg (1st work), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (4th work), and Rainer Maria Rilke, in an English translation by the composer (6th work) Biographical notes on the composer, program notes by her, and song texts, all in English (19 pages : portrait) inserted in container In the 1st work: Melinda Liebermann, Anthony King, reciters ; Kraków Radio and Symphony Orchestra ; Szymon Kawalla, conductor. In the 2nd work: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra : Joel Eric Suben, conductor. In the 3rd and 5th works: Ulrich Urban, piano. In the 4th work: Melinda Liebermann, soprano ; Cornelius Witthöft [that is, Cornelis Witthoefft], piano. In the 6th work: Amanda Kohl, soprano ; Christopher Grundy, baritone ; the composer, piano Recorded 1991 June Concert Hall of Kraków, Poland Recorded 2005 May 24 Concert Hall of Olomouc, Czech Republic Recorded 2004 Leipzig, Germany Recorded 1992 Staatliche Musikhochschule, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany Recorded 2019 October 19 Paliesiaus Manor, Mielagenu, Lithuania Recorded 2019 November 12 Harrt School of Music Recording Studio, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT The vocal works sung in English
Contents:
"Wilderness" symphony : (no. 1) (19:03) "Lighthouse" symphony : (numbers 2). Lighthouse/Water tower Mannheim/Watch hill (12:30) ; Burlesque on a theme by Johann Stamitz (5:45) ; Elegia (4:54) An American triptych. Rag/Quodlibet (2:08) ; The Bellagio blues (3:54) ; Hoedown quodlibet (2:39) Sonnets from the Portuguese. The face of all the world (3:04) ; Say over again (2:13) ; Unlike are we (3:00) ; First time he kissed me (1:50) How do I love thee? (2:39) Puzzle preludes : [excerpts] Brahms (2:05) Bach (1:47) Chopin (1:35) Beethoven (1:41) Mendelssohn (1:52) Three Rilke lieder Autumn day (2:33) ; Autumn (2:03) Lovesong (2:36)
