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Tippett, A Child of Our Time - Faye Robinson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Jon Garrison (tenor) & John Cheek (bass-baritone), City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett.
Hans Werner Henze - various works part three for the rest of today.
Voices is a substantial compendium of songs with texts by a whole host of 20th. century writers and activists from all over the world. Fifteen musicians have to play a wide range of instruments in order to represent the geographical diversity.
Voices - 22 songs in two parts for mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics and fifteen instrumentalists [Texts: Heberto Padilla/Ho Chi Minh/Bertolt Brecht/Victor Hernandez Cruz/Calvin C. Hernton/Erich Fried/Gino de Sanctis/Mario Tobino/Heinrich Heine/Giuseppe Ungaretti/Hans Magnus Enzensberger/Miguel Barnet/Walton Smith/Richard W. Thomas/Dudley Randall/Friedrich Christian Delius] (1973):
Over at the string quartet thread it's Verdi week, it has been a while since I've listened to his quartet so I thought it time as good as any for a listen
Giuseppe Verdi
String Quartet in E minor
Quartetto Italiano
Good mono sound, a more substantial quartet than I remember, I may listen to Amadeus Quartet recording later in the week.
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