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Author / Creator:Blitzstein, Marc.
Uniform title:Selections
Imprint:Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl, p1998.
Description:2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 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/8510084
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Other uniform titles:Scheff, Walter.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Holland, Charles.
Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999.
Blitzstein, Marc. Cradle will rock.
Blitzstein, Marc. No for an answer. Selections.
Blitzstein, Marc. Native land. Dusty sun.
Blitzstein, Marc. Airborne.
Other authors / contributors:RCA Victor Chorale.
New York City Symphony.
Notes:Musical (1st work), opera excerpts (2nd work), song from a film score (3rd work), and cantata (4th work).
Originally released as 78-rpm discs by Musicraft, Keynote, and RCA Victor.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Robert Cushman ([8] p. : ill.)--inserted in container.
In the 1st work: original cast of the 1938 Broadway production. In the 2nd work: original cast. In the 3rd work: Walter Scheff, baritone ; Leonard Bernstein, piano. In the 4th work: Charles Holland, tenor ; Walter Scheff, baritone ; Robert Shaw, narrator, choral director ; RCA Victor Chorale (men's voices) ; New York City Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Recorded Apr. 1938 (1st work), ca. Feb. 1941 (2nd work), Nov. 27, 1946 (3rd work), and Oct. 30, 1946 (4th work).
Standard no.:727031000921
Publisher's no.:GEMS 0009 Pearl
Table of Contents:
  • The cradle will rock (55:37)
  • No for an answer : excerpts (37:00)
  • Dusty sun (3:36)
  • The Airborne symphony (44:28).