Music of Claudio Spies.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Spies, Claudio.
Uniform title:Works Selections
Imprint:New York, N.Y. : CRI, p1996.
Description:1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
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Format: CD Audio Music recording
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2486689
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Other uniform titles:Feinberg, Alan.
Whittlesey, Christine.
Miller, Robert, 1930-1981
Spies, Claudio. Lament.
Spies, Claudio. Envoi.
Spies, Claudio. Insieme.
Spies, Claudio. Bagatelles, piano (1970).
Spies, Claudio. Sonnet-settings.
Spies, Claudio. Beisamen.
Spies, Claudio. Dádivas. Selections.
Spies, Claudio. Animula vagula, blandula.
Spies, Claudio. Viopiacem.
Spies, Claudio. Impromptu, piano.
Spies, Claudio. Songs on poems by May Swenson.
Notes:The 1st work for baritone and piano; 2nd work for flute and violin; 3rd, 6th, & 9th works for piano; 4th work for vocal quartet and piano; 5th work for 2 oboes/English horns; 7th work for vocal quartet; 8th work for viola and piano; 10th work for soprano and piano.
1st, 2nd, & 5th works are new recordings; other works originally released on CRI SD 257 and SD 445 (analog recordings).
Compact disc.
Program notes, principally by the composer, biographical notes on the composer, and texts of the vocal works (15 p.) inserted in container.
Nathaniel Watson, baritone, Margaret Kampmeier, piano (1st work) ; Elizabeth McNutt, flute, Andrew May, violin (2nd work) ; Alan Feinberg, piano (3rd, 6th, & 10th works) ; Christine Whittlesey, soprano (4th, 7th, & 10th works) ; Johana Arnold, alto, David Ronis, tenor, Jan Opalach, bass, Claudio Spies, conductor (4th & 7th works) ; Henry Martin, piano (4th work) ; Matthew Sullivan, Brian Greene, oboes and English horns (5th work) ; Samuel Rhodes, viola (8th work) ; Robert Miller, piano (8th & 9th works).
1st work recorded May 1994, 2nd work April 1995, 5th work Aug. 1995, in Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University; 9th work recorded in 1970; other works recorded Dec. 1979 and Aug. 1980, New York.
English words (1st, 4th, & 10th works) and Latin words (7th work), also printed as texts on p. 9-14 of inserted booklet.
Standard no.:9043807182
Publisher's no.:CD 718 CRI
Table of Contents:
  • Dylan Thomas' Lament and a complementary Envoi (1990) (10:32)
  • Insieme (1994) (1:29)
  • Bagatelle (1970) (2:04)
  • Five sonnet-settings : for vocal quartet and piano (1976-77) [words by William Shakespeare] (14:02)
  • Beisammen (1995) (5:15)
  • 4 dádivas (1977-80) (10:34)
  • Animula vagula, blandula (1964) [words by Roman Emperor Hadrian] (1:43)
  • Viopiacem : duo for viola and keyboard instruments (1965) (9:42)
  • Impromptu for piano (1963) (2:21)
  • Three songs on poems by May Swenson (1969) (7:34).