Agartha or the realm of emotion and experience. The living temple (5:28) ; Answer (Carnahan) (5:21) ; Elegy (Rilke) (5:02) ; Verlaine variations (Verlaine) (6:45) ; Orange : Baroque flute solo (5:40) ; Fear (Lauten) (6:54) ; Death as a shadow (Lauten) (4:19) ; The young thunder : viola d'amore, cello (6:27) ; Duel (3:48) ; The alchemist (Lauten) (5:22) -- Akasha or the realm of the unknowable. Prelude : harpsichord (2:36) ; The architect (Karas) (6:34) ; Buddha in the sunlight (Carnahan) (4:10) ; The empress (4:14) ; The fold : sextet (5:52) ; The two infinites (Pascal) (4:30) ; The exotic world of speed and beauty (Hall) (5:27).
Note
For 2 sopranos, baritone, flute, viola d'amore, harpsichord, 3 violins, viola, and 2 violoncellos, in varying combinations.
Texts by the composer, Melody Sumner Carnahan, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Verlaine, Carl Karas, Blaise Pascal, and Steven Hall.
Language (note)
Sung in English, French, German, Italian, and Latin; in part wordless.
Author
Lauten, Elodie, composer.
Title
The deux ex machina cycle / Elodie Lautin.
Publisher
Amityville, NY : 4Tay, [1999]
Copyright date
℗1999
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Mary Hurlbut, Meredith Borden, sopranos ; Thomas Buckner, baritone ; Andrew Bolotowsky, Baroque flute, alto flute, piccolo ; David Cerruti, viola d'amore ; Elaine Comparone, harpsichord ; Marshall Coid, Juliann Klopotic, Michael Nicholas, violins ; Kurt Cobble, viola ; Matthew Goeke, Anja Wood, violoncellos ; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1997-1998.
Language
Sung in English, French, German, Italian, and Latin; in part wordless.