Leaving Home, an Introduction to 20th-Century Music, 1: Rhythm / Eastern Europe / After the Wake

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Music from the Channel 4 (UK) television series 'Leaving Home, An Introduction to 20th Century Music' (produced by LWT) and presented by Sir Simon Rattle.

Annotation last modified on 2010-05-02 16:16 UTC.

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1Dans sacrale (L'élue) (Le Sacre du Printemps - conclusion)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: II. Le Sacrifice: VI. Danse sacrale (L’Élue)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps: II. Le Sacrifice (The Rite of Spring: Part II: The Sacrifice)
Igor Stravinsky5:01
2Ionisation (conclusion)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ionisation
composer:
Edgard Varèse (composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
Edgard Varèse3:37
3Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (sections 1 - 7)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
partial recording of:
Rituel
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1975-04-02)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1974 until 1975)
dedicated to:
Bruno Maderna (Italian composer and conductor)
Pierre Boulez6:29
4Der Abschied (Das Lied von der Erde - 6th movement - excerpt)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Birmingham) in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (in 1995-08)
partial recording of:
Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied (The Song of the Earth: VI. The Farewell) (in 1995-08)
composed in:
Toblach, Bolzano (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (from 1908 until 1909)
additional lyricist:
Gustav Mahler (composer)
lyricist:
孟浩然 (Mèng Hàorán) and 王維 (Wang Wei, 8th century poet)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1908 until 1909)
translator:
Hans Bethge (in 1907)
publisher:
Universal Edition A. G., WIen (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
宿業師山房待丁大不至
is based on:
送別 (Chinese poem by Wang Wei)
part of:
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Gustav Mahler3:30
5Joie du sang des étoiles (Turangalîla-symphonie - 5th movement)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Turangalîla-Symphonie, I/29: V. Joie du sang des étoiles
composer:
Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist) (from 1946 until 1948)
part of:
Turangalîla-Symphonie, I/29
Olivier Messiaen6:41
6The Lake of Tears (Bluebeard's Castle)
bass vocals:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 6 "Csendes fehér tavat látok"
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók6:32
7Music for strings, percussion and celesta (2nd movement - opening)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
partial recording of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: II. Allegro
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1936)
part of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
Béla Bartók4:56
8Symphony no. 14: stanzas 8 & 9. Zaphorazhye Cossaks' Reply to the Sultan of Constantinople & O Delvig, Delvig
bass vocals:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 14, op. 135: IX. Andante. "O, Del'vig, Del'vig!"
lyricist:
Вильгельм Карлович Кюхельбекер (Wilhelm Küchelbecker)
composer:
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer) (in 1969)
part of:
Symphony no. 14, op. 135
recording of:
Symphony no. 14, op. 135: VIII. Allegro. "Réponse des Cosaques Zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople"
lyricist:
Guillaume Apollinaire (French poet)
composer:
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer) (in 1969)
part of:
Symphony no. 14, op. 135
Dmitry Shostakovich6:56
9Symphony no. 3 (conclusion)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 3
premiered in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1983-09-29)
composer:
Witold Lutosławski (Polish composer) (from 1973 until 1983)
dedicated to:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
Witold Lutosławski7:27
10Jeux vénitien (3rd movement)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Jeux vénitiens: III.
composer:
Witold Lutosławski (Polish composer)
part of:
Jeux vénitiens
Witold Lutosławski3:30
11Gailliard, Coda, Interlude & Four Duos - Four Trios - Coda (Agon)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
partial recording of:
Agon
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1957)
premiered at:
New York City Center in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-01)
Igor Stravinsky6:42
12A Survivor from Warsaw
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
spoken vocals:
Franz Mazura (bass / baritone)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
A Survivor From Warsaw, op. 46
composer:
Arnold Schönberg (Arnold Schoenberg, composer)
premiered by:
Kurt Frederick (conductor) and New Mexico Symphony Orchestra (on 1948-11-04)
premiered at:
[concert] (1948-11-04)
part of:
Works of Arnold Schönberg by opus number (number: op. 46)
Arnold Schönberg7:22
13Im Abendrot (Vier Letzte Lieder - 4th song)
soprano vocals:
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss8:17

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ASIN:UK: B000024RHC [info]