Notes: | Streaming audio. Title from image of compact disc cover on Web page (viewed July 10, 2007) Previously released as analog discs: CRI SD 185 (1964) (1st and 7th works), CRI SD 415 (1980) (2nd work), and CRI SD 291 (1973) (3rd-6th works) Biographical and program notes, in part by the composer, and texts (23 p.) inserted in container. Includes program notes. Digital content provided by DRAM; access restricted to users at subscribing institutions and subscribing individuals. In the 1st work: Robert Nagel Brass Trio (2 trumpets, trombone). In the 2nd: members of St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (violin, horn, violoncello, oboe, clarinet, piano). In the 3rd, 5th and 6th: Catherine Rowe, soprano ; instrumental ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor (3rd, 6th works). In the 4th: Iowa Brass Quintet. In the 7th: New York Brass and Woodwind Ensemble (oboe, flute, clarinet, 2 horns, bassoon, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion) ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor. In the 8th: Albert De Ruiter, narrator ; Patricia Price, Rosalind Rees, sopranos ; David Hudson, tenor ; Peabody Conservatory Chorus and Orchestra ; Gregg Smith, conductor. The 1st and 7th works recorded in May 1961, the 5th in Dec. 1969, in New York City; the 2nd recorded in St. Paul, Minn., 1978; the 4th recorded Mar. 1971, in Rutgers Presbyterian Church, N.J. Also available as compact disc; previously issued as CRI CD 767.
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