| Other author/creator | Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955. |
| Other author/creator | Zorina, Vera, narrator. |
| Other author/creator | Jordan, Irene, 1919-2016, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Boatwright, McHenry, 1928-1994, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Babikian, Virginia, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor. |
| Included Work | Aeschylus. Choephori. |
| Included Work | Roussel, Albert, 1869-1937. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 42, G minor. |
| Included Work | Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. Pacific 231. |
| Included Work | Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. Rugby. |
| Other author/creator | Schola Cantorum (Musical group), performer. |
| Other author/creator | New York Philharmonic performer. |
| Uniform title | Orestie d'Eschyle. Choéphores |
| Variant title |
Parallel title to 1st work on container: Libation bearers |
| Series |
Masterworks heritage stereo era
Masterworks heritage stereo era. ^A527087
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| Contents |
Les choéphores op. 24 = Libation bearers. Vociferation funebre (6:15) ; Libation (2:49) ; Incantation (13:33) ; Presages (3:06) ; Exhortation (2:26) ; La justice et la Iumiere (4:46) ; Conclusion (1:04) / Darius Milhaud -- Symphony no. 3 in G minor, op. 42. Allegro vivo (5:41) ; Adagio (10:41) ; Vivace (2:59) ; Allegro con spirito (6:03) / Albert Roussel -- Pacific 231. Mouvement symphonique no. 1 (6:02) ; Rugby. Mouvement symphonique no. 2 (7:23) / Arthur Honegger. |
| General note | The 1st work incidental music; 3rd-4th works for orchestra. |
| General note | Text to the 1st work by Paul Claudel, after Aeschylus. |
| General note | Previously released in 1962 as Columbia MS 6396 (1st work), in 1964 as Columbia MS 6582 (2nd work), and in 1966 as Cloumbia MS 6659 (3rd-4th works). |
| General note | Compact disc (ADD). |
| General note | Program notes in English, with French and German translations (39 pages : illustrations, portraits) bound in container. |
| Performer |
1st work: Vera Zorina, as Choéphore ; Irene Jordan, as Electra ; McHenry Boatwright, as Orestes ; Virginia Babikian, soprano ; Schola Cantorum of New York. All works: New York Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, Oct. 16, 1961 (1st work), Sept. 25, 1961 (2nd work) and at Philharmonic (now Avery Fisher) Hall, New York City, Oct. 31, 1962 (3rd-4th works). |
| Language | Sung in French (1st work). |
| LCCN | 2008647683 |
| UPC |
074646235225 |
| UPC |
7464623522 |
| Publisher number | MHK 62352 Sony Classical |
