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Named after the longest work on the CD, this is a collection of both familiar and rarely given vocal works, composed by John Cage, and excellently performed by the Theatre of Voices, directed by Paul Hillier, with guest performer/composer Terry Riley. The selections are: Litany for the Whale for two voices, which establishes a call-and-response interaction on the word "whale"; Solo for Voice 52 (Aria No. 2) Song-Relevant, for voice and electronics, which includes rolling thunder, other weather and sounds, with vowels and consonants from five languages; Five, for five voices, on sustained pure tones which Cage indicates "should be brushed into being"; the classic The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Spring for voice and closed piano (1942), on a text from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake; Solo for Voice 22, Theatre With Electronics -- Relevant, for 2 voices and electronics (from Songbooks), about the multiple "meanings" of breath inflections; Experiences No. 2 for solo voice (1948), "it is at moments after I have dreamed of the rare entertainment of your eyes ... "; 36 Mesostics and not re Marcel Duchamp for 2 voices and electronics (1970); Aria, for 2 voices and electronics, in a fascinating new realization for two voices (1958); and The Year Begins To Be Ripe from Songbooks -- Solo for Voice 49, Song With Electronics -- Relevant: The Year Begins To Be Ripe, using a text from Henry David Thoreau's Journal for voice and closed piano (1970).
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Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Alan Bennett, Featuring - John Cage, Composer - Paul Elliott, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - John Cage, Composer - Paul Hillier, Featuring - Shabda Owens, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Alan Bennett, Featuring - Allison Zelles, Featuring - Andrea Fullington, Featuring - John Cage, Composer - Paul Elliott, Featuring - Shabda Owens, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Alan Bennett, Featuring - John Cage, Composer - Paul Hillier, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Andrea Fullington, Featuring - John Cage, Composer - Paul Hillier, Featuring - Shabda Owens, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Andrea Fullington, Featuring - John Cage, Composer
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - John Cage, Composer - Paul Hillier, Featuring - Shabda Owens, Featuring - Terry Riley, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Alan Bennett, Featuring - Allison Zelles, Featuring - Andrea Fullington, Featuring - John Cage, Composer - Paul Elliott, Featuring - Paul Hillier, Featuring - Shabda Owens, Featuring - Terry Riley, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley, Performer - Alan Bennett, Featuring - John Cage, Composer - Paul Hillier, Featuring
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
Album review
Named after the longest work on the CD, this is a collection of both familiar and rarely given vocal works, composed by John Cage, and excellently performed by the Theatre of Voices, directed by Paul Hillier, with guest performer/composer Terry Riley. The selections are: Litany for the Whale for two voices, which establishes a call-and-response interaction on the word "whale"; Solo for Voice 52 (Aria No. 2) Song-Relevant, for voice and electronics, which includes rolling thunder, other weather and sounds, with vowels and consonants from five languages; Five, for five voices, on sustained pure tones which Cage indicates "should be brushed into being"; the classic The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Spring for voice and closed piano (1942), on a text from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake; Solo for Voice 22, Theatre With Electronics -- Relevant, for 2 voices and electronics (from Songbooks), about the multiple "meanings" of breath inflections; Experiences No. 2 for solo voice (1948), "it is at moments after I have dreamed of the rare entertainment of your eyes ... "; 36 Mesostics and not re Marcel Duchamp for 2 voices and electronics (1970); Aria, for 2 voices and electronics, in a fascinating new realization for two voices (1958); and The Year Begins To Be Ripe from Songbooks -- Solo for Voice 49, Song With Electronics -- Relevant: The Year Begins To Be Ripe, using a text from Henry David Thoreau's Journal for voice and closed piano (1970).
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:35
- Main artist: Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices, with Terry Riley
- Composer: John Cage
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical
1998, 2002 harmonia mundi usa
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