Such sweet thunder / Duke Ellington ; [composed and orchestrated by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn].

Author/creator Ellington, Duke instrumentalist.
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia/Legacy, ℗1999.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (26 pages : portraits).
Subjects

Other author/creatorStrayhorn, Billy performer.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Sonnet for Caesar.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Sonnet to Hank Cinq.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974. Such sweet thunder. Lady Mac.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Sonnet in search of a Moor.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Telecasters.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Up and down, up and down.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Sonnet for Sister Kate.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Star-crossed lovers.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Madness in great ones.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Half the fun.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Circle of fourths.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Suburban beauty.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 A flat minor.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Café au lait.
Other author/creatorDuke Ellington Orchestra, performer.
Contents [Shakespeare plays which inspired each track in square brackets after titles.] Such sweet thunder [Othello, or Antony and Cleopatra; program notes p. 24] (3:22) -- Sonnet for Caesar [Julius Caesar] (2:59) -- Sonnet to Hank Cinq [Henry V] (1:20) -- Lady Mac [Macbeth] (3:39) -- Sonnet in search of a Moor [Othello] (2:23) -- The telecasters [Macbeth] (3:05) -- Up and down, up and down (I will lead them up and down) [Midsummer night's dream] (3:06) -- Sonnet for Sister Kate [Taming of the shrew] (2:22) -- The star-crossed lovers; A.K.A. Pretty girl [Romeo and Juliet] (4:01) -- Madness in great ones [Hamlet] (3:27) -- Half the fun; A.K.A. Lately [Antony and Cleopatra] (4:12) -- Circle of fourths (1:46) -- Bonus tracks, chiefly alternate takes: Star-crossed lovers (4:15) -- Circle of fourths (1:47) -- Suburban beauty (2:56) -- A flat minor (2:33) -- Café au lait (2:44) -- Half the fun (4:08) -- Suburban beauty (2:56) -- A flat minor (3:49) -- Café au lait (6:21) -- Pretty girl (8:54).
General noteSuite for jazz ensemble based on Shakespeare's characters.
General noteOriginally released 1957, 1982, 1984.
General note"Duke 100 years"--Container.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteOriginal 1957 program notes by Irving Townsend, plus discography and 1999 program notes by Bill Berry and Phil Schaap in booklet.
Performer Duke Ellington, piano, and his orchestra.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in New York, Aug. 7, 1956-May 3, 1957.
Technical detailsCompact disc.
LCCN 00521614
UPC 074646556825
Publisher numberCK 65568 Columbia
Publisher numberCK 65568 Columbia/Legacy

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