Hindemith: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd - Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, William Stone (baritone), Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano) / Telarc Audio CD 1987 / CD-80132
UPC 089408013225
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love (An American Requiem) is a 1946 oratorio by composer Paul Hindemith, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. It is the first musical work to include the entirety of Whitman's 1865 poem. Conductor Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Chorale commissioned the work after the 1945 death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It received its world premiere on May 14, 1946, at New York City Center, with the Collegiate Chorale conducted by Shaw and soloists Mona Paulee, contralto, and George Burnson, baritone. Paulee performed the work again with bass-baritone Chester Watson and the CBS Symphony Orchestra for the work's first recorded broadcast on CBS Radio on June 30, 1946.
David Neumeyer and others regard the Lilacs Requiem as Hindemith's "only profoundly American work." Paul Hume said, "I doubt if we shall ever mourn Abraham Lincoln's untimely death more eloquently than in the words of Walt Whitman set to the music of Paul Hindemith; it is a work of genius and the presence of the genius presiding over its performance brought us splendor and profound and moving glory."
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Telarc – CD-80132 |
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CD
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US |
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Released:
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1987
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| Genre: |
Classical |
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| Style: |
Modern |
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Tracklist:
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When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem For Those We Love |
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I. When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd |
4:36 |
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II. Arioso, In The Swamp |
2:21 |
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III. March, Over The Breast Of Spring |
6:12 |
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V. Arioso, Sing On, There In The Swamp |
1:50 |
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VI. Song, O How Shall I Warble |
3:32 |
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VII. Introduction And Fugue, Lo! Body And Soul |
5:19 |
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VIII. Sing On! You Gray-Brown Bird |
10:00 |
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IX. Death Carol, Come, Lovely And Soothing Death |
7:26 |
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X. To The Tally Of My Soul |
6:26 |
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XI. Finale, Passing The Visions |
8:20 |
- Art Direction – Ray Kirschensteiner
- Baritone Vocals – William Stone (3)
- Chorus – Atlanta Symphony Chorus
- Composed By – Paul Hindemith
- Conductor – Robert Shaw
- Engineer – Jack Renner
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Jan DeGaetani
- Orchestra – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Producer – Robert Woods (2)
