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Songfest (A Cycle Of American Poems For Six Singers & Orchestra)
__ I. Opening Hymn - "To The Poem"
__ II. Three Solos - 1. "The Pennycandy Store Beyond The El"
__ II. Three Solos - 2. "A Julia De Burgos"
__ II. Three Solos - 3. "To What You Said"
__ III. Three Ensembles - 1. Duet: "I, Too, Sing America", "Okay 'Negroes'"
__ III. Three Ensembles - 2. Trio: "To My Dear And Loving Husband"
__ III. Three Ensembles - 3. Duet: "Storyette H.M."
__ IV. Sextet: "If You Can't Eat You Have To"
__ V. Three Solos - 1. "Music I Heard With You"
__ V. Three Solos - 2. "Zizi's Lament"
__ V. Three Solos - 3. Sonnet: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed"
__ VI. Closing Hymn - "Israfel"
In Memoriam: Nathalie Koussevitzky (No.5 From "Seven Anniversaries")
Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah"
__ Ⅰ. Prophecy / Weissagung / Prophétie: Largamente
__ Ⅱ. Profanation / Entweihung: Vivace Con Brio
__ ⅡⅠ. Lamentation / Klage: Lento

notes

Total Playing Time -- 66:25

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Recorded April 20 & 21, 1992 (Songfest) and September 17, 1992 (In Memoriam), at Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis.
Symphony recorded February 14, 1945, at Kiel Opera House, St. Louis.

Includes a 23 page booklet with program notes and texts of Songfest in English and German.

credits

Art Direction – J. J. Stelmach
Composed By – Leonard Bernstein
Conductor – Leonard Bernstein (tracks: 14 to 16), Leonard Slatkin (tracks: 1 to 12)
Design – Gina Bello
Engineer – Lawrence Rock (tracks: 1 to 12,), William Hoekstra (tracks: 1 to 12, 13)
Liner Notes – Leonard Slatkin, Richard Freed (2)
Orchestra – Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Photography By [Of Leonard Slatkin] – Carol Weinberg
Producer – Joanna Nickrenz (tracks: 1 to 12)
Technician [Technical Assistance] – Barry Hufker

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