"Oh, mother is a chamber reduction drawn from the opera The thirteenth child (2014-16) by the Danish composer Poul Ruders." Title from disc label. David Starobin, guitar (1st-4th works) and conductor (5th work) ; with various performers. 1st work recorded April 1976, at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City. 2nd work recorded December 2011, at Carl Nielsen Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark. 3rd work recorded November 1995, at Eglise de St. Guibert, Belgium. 4th work recorded May 2014, at Thayer Hall, in Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles. 5h work recorded November 2015 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The 1st work was first issued on 20th Century Music for Voice & Guitar, Turnabout 34727. Booklet with program notes by David Starobin in English (27 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Steps / Gregg Smith (1975) (10:02) (Rosalind Rees, soprano ; David Starobin, guitar) -- Variations on a theme by Carl Nielsen : "Underlige aftenlufte" / William Bland (2010) (15:02) (David Starobin, guitar ; Vassily Primakov, piano) -- Four Stevens / Michael Starobin (15:05) (Patrick Mason, baritone ; David Starobin, guitar) -- The girl from Yerevan / Paul Chihara (20:14) (13:50) (David Starobin guitar ; Movses Pogossian, violin ; Paul Coletti, viola) -- Oh, mother (From the opera, The thirteenth child) / Poul Ruders (2015) (5:05) (Camille Zamora, soprano ; Robert Belinić ; guitar; Giovanni Andrea Zanon, violin,1 ; Jee Yoon Kim, violin 2 ; Thomas Howerton, viola ; Blake Anthony Johnson,cello ; David Starobin, conductor).
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