Recorded 1977 Artist Clara Rock Genre Classical music | Length 43:30 Release date 1977 Label Delos Productions | |
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Released 1977 (LP), 1981 (LP, Japan), 1987 (CD) Classical music albums Switched‑On Bach, Elect the Dead Symphony, Days of Future Passed, Dimensions, This England |
The Art of the Theremin is the first official album by theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, and the only one released in her lifetime. It was produced by Robert Moog and his first wife, Shirleigh Moog, and was released as an LP in 1977 by Delos International Records. As with most of her live performances, she was accompanied minimally by her older sister, Nadia Reisenberg, on piano. The 1977 Delos LP and 1981 Japanese Delos LP release were entitled Theremin. The 1987 Delos CD was titled The Art of the Theremin.
Contents
Track listing
- "Vocalise" (Rachmaninoff) – 3:44
- "Song of Grusia" (Rachmaninoff) – 4:15
- "The Swan" (Saint-Saëns) – 2:56
- "Pantomime" (de Falla) – 3:44
- "Hebrew Melody" (Achron) – 5:22
- "Romance" (Wieniawski) – 4:45
- "Berceuse" (Stravinsky) – 3:06
- "Pièce en Forme de Habanera" (Ravel) – 2:41
- "Berceuse" (Tchaikovsky) – 4:12
- "Valse Sentimentale" (Tchaikovsky) – 2:06
- Sérénade mélancolique (Tchaikovsky) – 7:40
- "Chant du Ménestrel" (Glazunov) – 4:00
Personnel
with
Songs
1VocaliseNadia Reisenberg3:50
2Song of GrusiaNadia Reisenberg4:20
3The SwanNadia Reisenberg3:03
References
The Art of the Theremin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA