Simple gifts (a Shaker melody) : for men's choir and piano / Aaron Copland (1:26) -- Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27 (11:01) ; The ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (9:31) ; Three folksong arrangements : for men's choir, piano and percussion. The bonnie Earl o'Moray (2:45) ; The Salley Gardens (2:42) ; Oliver Cromwell (0:47) / Benjamin Britten -- Five negro spirituals from A child of our time. Steal away (3:17) ; Nobody knows (1:30) ; Go down, Moses (3:02) ; By and by (1:28) ; Deep river (4:04) / Michael Tippett -- Three old American songs : for men's choir and piano. The boatmen's dance (3:17) ; The dodger (2:17) ; I bought me a cat (2:20) / Aaron Copland -- Agnus Dei, op. 11 / Samuel Barber (8:00) -- Alleluia / Randall Thompson (6:32) -- A stopwatch and an ordnance map : for men's choir and percussion / Samuel Barber (6:27) -- Simple gifts (a Shaker melody) : for women's choir and piano / Aaron Copland (1:29).
Event (note)
Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem.
Language (note)
Sung principally in English.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Rundfunkchor Berlin. Performer
Title
Simple gifts [electronic resource] / Benjamin Britten ... [et. al.].
Imprint
Darmstadt : Coviello Classics, p2006.
Performer
Philip Mayers, piano ; Tobias Schweda, percussion ; Rundfunkchor Berlin ; Simon Halsey, conductor.