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Sinfonia (1968 Berio album)

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Released
  
1969

Length
  
26:37

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1968

Release date
  
1969

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Sinfonia(1969)
  
The Joy of Singing(1972)

Artists
  
Luciano Berio, The Swingle Singers, New York Philharmonic

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

The Swingle Singers albums
  
Words & Music, Swingle Singers, Bitter Ending, Operazione San Pietro, Spanish Masters

Sinfonia is a 1968 Columbia Records recording of Luciano Berio conducting the New York Philharmonic and The Swingle Singers in the premier of his 4 movement "Sinfonia." The composer would later add a fifth movement.

Contents

In 1992, the London-based "New Swingle Singers" recorded the same work (with an added 5th movement) with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Pierre Boulez (Erato).

Track listing

Side 1: "Sinfonia (Beginning)"

  1. Section I – 6:31
  2. Section II – 4:47

Side 2: "Sinfonia (Conclusion)"

  1. Section III – 12:21
  2. Section IV – 2:58

Personnel

  • Luciano Berio – conductor, composer
  • The New York Philharmonic
  • The Swingle Singers:
  • Christiane Legrand – soprano
  • Nicole Darde – soprano
  • Hélène Devos – alto
  • Claudine Meunier – alto
  • Ward Swingle – tenor
  • Joseph Noves – tenor
  • Jean Cussac – bass
  • José Germain – bass

    • Songs

    1Section I6:31
    2Section II4:47
    3Section III12:21

    References

    Sinfonia (1968 Berio album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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