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The Resource Hallelujah junction : a Nonesuch retrospective, John Adams, (sound recording)

Hallelujah junction : a Nonesuch retrospective, John Adams, (sound recording)

Label
Hallelujah junction : a Nonesuch retrospective
Title
Hallelujah junction
Title remainder
a Nonesuch retrospective
Statement of responsibility
John Adams
Creator
Contributor
Conductor
Performer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Member of
Accompanying matter
  • libretto or text
  • biography of composer or author
  • historical information
Cataloging source
TEFMT
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1947-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Adams, John
Date time place
Recorded 1985-2007
Form of composition
multiple forms
Format of music
not applicable
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart (1st work), John Adam (3rd), conductor ; Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams (2nd), Edo de Waart (4th), conductor ; San Francisco Symphony Chorus (3rd), vocal soloists (4th, 7th-9th, 12th-13th) ; instrumental soloists (6th-7th, 9th-10th, 14th) ; London Sinfonietta, John Adams, conductor (5th-6th) ; London Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano, conductor (8th) ; London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor (10th) ; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (11th) ; Theatre of Voices, London Voices, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano, conductor (12th) ; Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, London Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, conductor (13th) ; BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, conductor (14th)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1947-
  • 1951-
  • 1958-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
  • 1947-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Waart, Edo de
  • Adams, John
  • Nagano, Kent
  • Salonen, Esa-Pekka
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Nonesuch Records (Firm)
  • San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
  • Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • San Francisco Symphony Chorus
  • London Sinfonietta
  • London Voices
  • Opéra de Lyon
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Theatre of Voices
  • Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
  • Schola Cantorum de Caracas
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Instrumental music
  • Symphonies
  • String orchestra music
  • Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
  • Operas
  • Clarinet with orchestra
  • Electronic music
  • Concertos (Violin)
  • Orchestral music
  • Oratorios
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Hallelujah junction : a Nonesuch retrospective, John Adams, (sound recording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • A musical companion to his memoir, "Hallelujah junction : composing an American life" (New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008)
  • Compiled from previously-released recordings (1985-2008)
  • Compact discs
  • Program notes by the composer and vocal texts (28 p.) inserted in container
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Contents
  • Harmonium.
  • Part III,
  • Wild nights
  • (11:41)
  • Nixon in China.
  • Act I, Scene 3.
  • Ladies and gentleman
  • (6:36)
  • Mr. Premier, distinguished guests
  • (2:37)
  • Disc 1.
  • Cheers
  • (3:48)
  • Chamber symphony.
  • Movement I.
  • Mongrel airs
  • (7:50)
  • Gnarly buttons.
  • Movement III.
  • Put your loving arms around me
  • (8:32)
  • Harmonielehre.
  • Hoodoo zephyr
  • (10:18) --
  • Part I
  • (17:03)
  • Shaker loops.
  • Part I.
  • Shaking and trembling
  • (8:25)
  • ¡Este pais! = This country!
  • (4:24)
  • Violin concerto.
  • Movement III.
  • Toccare
  • (7:39)
  • Naive and sentimental music.
  • Part III.
  • Chain to the rhythm
  • (10:54)
  • Disc 2.
  • El Niño l : a nativity oratorio.
  • The babe leaped in her womb
  • (3:30)
  • Magnificat
  • (3:23)
  • A flowering tree.
  • Act II, Scene 4.
  • Kumudha and the beggar minstrels
  • (7:08)
  • The dharma at Big Sur.
  • The death of Klinghoffer.
  • Part I.
  • A new day
  • (14:31)
  • Prologue.
  • Chorus of exiled Palestinians
  • (8:33)
  • Chorus of exiled Jews
  • (8:35)
  • I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky.
Control code
261225277
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
2 sound discs
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780981766119
Other control number
075597989212
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
512396-2
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Hallelujah junction : a Nonesuch retrospective, John Adams, (sound recording)
Publication
Note
  • A musical companion to his memoir, "Hallelujah junction : composing an American life" (New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008)
  • Compiled from previously-released recordings (1985-2008)
  • Compact discs
  • Program notes by the composer and vocal texts (28 p.) inserted in container
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Contents
  • Harmonium.
  • Part III,
  • Wild nights
  • (11:41)
  • Nixon in China.
  • Act I, Scene 3.
  • Ladies and gentleman
  • (6:36)
  • Mr. Premier, distinguished guests
  • (2:37)
  • Disc 1.
  • Cheers
  • (3:48)
  • Chamber symphony.
  • Movement I.
  • Mongrel airs
  • (7:50)
  • Gnarly buttons.
  • Movement III.
  • Put your loving arms around me
  • (8:32)
  • Harmonielehre.
  • Hoodoo zephyr
  • (10:18) --
  • Part I
  • (17:03)
  • Shaker loops.
  • Part I.
  • Shaking and trembling
  • (8:25)
  • ¡Este pais! = This country!
  • (4:24)
  • Violin concerto.
  • Movement III.
  • Toccare
  • (7:39)
  • Naive and sentimental music.
  • Part III.
  • Chain to the rhythm
  • (10:54)
  • Disc 2.
  • El Niño l : a nativity oratorio.
  • The babe leaped in her womb
  • (3:30)
  • Magnificat
  • (3:23)
  • A flowering tree.
  • Act II, Scene 4.
  • Kumudha and the beggar minstrels
  • (7:08)
  • The dharma at Big Sur.
  • The death of Klinghoffer.
  • Part I.
  • A new day
  • (14:31)
  • Prologue.
  • Chorus of exiled Palestinians
  • (8:33)
  • Chorus of exiled Jews
  • (8:35)
  • I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky.
Control code
261225277
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
2 sound discs
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780981766119
Other control number
075597989212
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
512396-2
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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