A mind of winter : the music of George Benjamin
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A mind of winter : the music of George Benjamin
Nimbus Records, p2000
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For violoncello and orchestra (1st work); for soprano, piccolo trumpet and orchestra (2nd); for oboe and orchestra (3rd); for tape, realized at IRCAM (4th); for 2 flutes, 2 keyboards and orchestra (5th)
Sung in English (2nd work)
Penelope Walmsley-Clarke, soprano (2nd work) ; Paul Archibald, piccolo trumpet (2nd) ; Gareth Hulse, oboe (3rd) ; Sebastian Bell, Richard Blake, flutes (5th) ; Ross Pople, violoncello (1st) ; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ichiro Nodaïra, keyboards (5th) ; BBC Symphony Orchestra (1st) ; London Sinfonietta (2nd-3rd, 5th) ; Mark Elder (1st), George Benjamin (2nd-3rd, 5th), conductor
Recorded: Maida Vale Studios, London, 13 December 1985 (1st work); St. Giles, Cripplegate, 11-12 November 1986 (2nd-3rd); Queen Elizabeth Hall, 9 May, 1989 (5th)
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Text in English
Nimbus Records: NI 5643
Contents of Works
- Ringed by the flat horizon
- A mind of winter : setting of "The snowman" by Wallace Stevens
- At first light
- Panorama
- Antara