Akhmatova requiem ; Six Russian folk-songs

Author(s)

• Tavener, John
• Bryn-Julson, Phyllis
• Ross, Elise
• Shirley-Quirk, John
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Nash Ensemble
• Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Gennadiĭ

Bibliographic Information

Akhmatova requiem ; Six Russian folk-songs

Tavener

BBC Radio Classics, p1997

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

Note

For soprano, bass-baritone and orchestra (1st work); for soprano and instrumental ensemble (2nd-7th)

Sung in Russian

Phyllis Bryn-Julson (1st work), Elise Ross (2nd-7th), sopranos ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone (1st) ; BBC Symphony Orchestra (1st) ; Nash Ensemble (2nd-7th) ; Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor (1st)

Recorded: 27 August 1981, Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London (1st work); 2 September 1979, Promenade Concert at the Roundhouse, London (2nd-7th)

Compact disc; analog recording

Text in English translation (1st work)

BBC Radio Classics: 15656 91972

Contents of Works

• Akhmatova requiem
• Six Russian folk-songs. O dark autumn night
• In the garden stands a pretty birch tree
• Darling, let us walk by the banks of the Volga
• I've seen the great wide world
• Pretty maid, why do you stare so longingly?
• Kalinka (My little berry)

Details

• NCID: BB05680774
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: [England]
• Pages/Volumes: 1 sound disc (69 min., 02 sec.)
• Size: 12 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet (19 p. ; 12 cm.)