Akhmatova requiem (52:20) -- Six Russian folk songs. O dark autumn night ; In the garden stands a pretty birch tree ; Darling, let us walk by the banks of the Volga ; I have seen the great wide world ; Pretty maid, why do you stare so longingly ; Kalinka (16:16).
Note
Previously issued by Chester Classics in its BBC Radio classics series.
Credits (note)
Text of Akhmatova requiem by Anna Akhmatova.
Language (note)
Sung in Russian.
Author
Tavener, John, composer.
Title
Akhmatova requiem / John Tavener.
Publisher
London : NMC Recordings, [2014]
Playing time
005220 001616
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Credits
Text of Akhmatova requiem by Anna Akhmatova.
Performer
With Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor (1st work) ; Elise Ross, soprano; The Nash Ensemble (2nd work).
Event
1st work recorded live 1981 August 27 Royal Albert Hall, London.
2nd work recorded live 1979 September 2 Roundhouse, London.