tracks

Symphony On A Hymn Tune
I. Introduction And Allegro
II. Andante Cantabile
III. Allegretto
IV. Allegro
Symphony No. 2
I. Allegro Con Brio
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Five Tenor Solos From The Opera Lord Byron
I. Alas! The Love Of Woman!
II. A Wanderer From the British World Of Fashion
III. Sweet Lady
IV. I'd Sooner Burn In Hell
V. Fare thee Well Thus Disunited
Shipwreck And Love Scene From Byron's Don Juan
I. Shipwreck
II. Juan And Haidee
A Solemn Music
A Joyful Fugue

notes

Total Time = 71:54

Tracks 1-7: Recorded in November, 1987 at the Wellesley College Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Tracks 8-16: Recorded in February, 1988 at the Italian Institute in Budapest, Hungary

Publishers: Peer-Southern (Symphony on a Hymn Tune, Shipwreck and Love Scene, Five Tenor Solos from Lord Byron); Belwin Mills (Symphony No. 2); G. Schirmer Inc. (A Solemn Music and A Joyful Fugue).

This recording was made possible, in part, by Betty Freeman, Alice Tully, and Mary Raley. Symphony on a Hymn Tune and Symphony No. 2 were made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Albany Records
Box 355, Albany, NY 12201
© 1989 Virgil Thomson

CD comes packaged in a standard plastic jewel case, and includes a 12-page booklet with notes and texts in English. Title as printed on spines.

Total Time = 71:54

© 1989 Albany Records
Made in the USA

CD is packaged in a standard plastic black-tray jewel case with Booklet.

credits

Composed By, Liner Notes – Virgil Thomson
Conductor – James Bolle
Engineer – Ferenc Pécsi (tracks: 8 to 16), John Newton (tracks: 1 to 7)
Orchestra – Budapest Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 8 to 16), Monadnock Festival Orchestra (tracks: 1 to 7)
Producer – E. Amelia Rogers, (tracks: 1 to 7), Ibolya Toth, (tracks: 8 to 16)
Tenor Vocals – Martyn Hill
Composed By – Virgil Thomson

companies

Record Company – Albany Records
Copyright (c) – Virgil Thomson
Recorded At – Houghton Chapel
Engineered At – Soundmirror
Recorded At – Italian Institute, Budapest
Engineered At – Hungaroton
Manufactured By – American Helix – E6808
Designed At – Associated Graphic Services, Ltd.
Published By – Peer-Southern
Published By – Belwin Mills
Published By – G. Schirmer Inc.
Copyright (c) – Albany Records

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