general information

composition date
1958
duration
40 min
editor
Hans Sikorski, Karlsruhe
Libretto (details, author)

Textes en russe : Anatoli Sofronov, Georgi Fere, Yoneda Eisaku, Shimazaki Toson.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
mezzo-soprano

English horn (also 4 oboes), 2 piccolos (also 4 flutes), bass clarinet (also 4 clarinets, Eb clarinet), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 8 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas, percussionist, 2 harp, celesta, piano

information about the creation

date
November 23, 2006

Afrique du Sud, Cape Town

interpreters

Hanneli Rupert, mezzo-soprano ; Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation ; Cape Philharmonic Orchestra ; Owain Arwel Hughes, direction.

observations

Premier enregistrement en 1959 à Moscou par Nina Postavnicheva, mezzo-soprano, l'Orchestre de la Radio et Télévision de l'URSS et Algis Ziuraitis, direction.


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