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David Lang: The Difficulty of Crossing a Field

Beverly O'Regan Thiele (soprano), Laquita Mitchell (soprano), Mari-Yan Pringle (soprano), Nicole Mitchell (alto), Martin Bakari (tenor), Jorell Williams (baritone), Brandon Coleman (bass), Isaiah Robinson (tenor), Cree Carrico (soprano), Daniel Zippi (actor), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Christopher Burchett...

This is the first recording of David Lang's work, premiered in 2002 with the Kronos Quartet in San Francisco, and it's long overdue. Lang's melancholic, sparse motifs are wonderfully haunting... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…
  • Release Date: 9th Jun 2015
  • Catalogue No: CA21107i
  • Label: Cantaloupe
  • Length: 80 minutes

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Lang, D: The difficulty of crossing a field

Work length1:20:38
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  • Beverly O'Regan Thiele (soprano), Laquita Mitchell (soprano), Mari-Yan Pringle (soprano), Nicole Mitchell (alto), Martin Bakari (tenor), Jorell Williams (baritone), Brandon Coleman (bass), Isaiah Robinson (tenor), Cree Carrico (soprano), Daniel Zippi (actor), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Christopher Burchett (baritone), Melissa White (violin)
  • Harlem String Quartet
  • Douglas Kinney Frost
  • Recording Venue: Studio G Brooklyn and Good Child Music Studios

Opening

Track length2:23
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Scene [belladonna]: The first telling (Mrs. Williamson, Virginia, Chorus, Boy Sam)

Track length8:39
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Interlude 1: Today is the day (Williamson Girl)

Track length1:39
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Scene [monkshood]: The second telling (Armour Wren, Presiding Magistrate, Chorus)

Track length6:26
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Interlude 2

Track length1:10
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Scene [poison hemlock]: The third telling (Williamson Girl, Williamson, Mrs. Williamson)

Track length10:43
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Scene [poison ivy]: The fourth Telling (Boy Sam, Chorus, Old Woman, Virginia)

Track length11:52
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Scene [loco weed]: The fifth telling (Presiding Magistrate, Andrew, Chorus)

Track length10:49
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Interlude 3: The disappearance

Track length2:20
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Scene [black nightshade]: The sixth telling (Williamson, Williamson Girl, Boy Sam, Virginia)

Track length5:01
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Wordless prayer of thanks

Track length1:08
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Scene [foxglove]: The seventh telling (Mrs. Williamson, Williamson Girl, Boy Sam, Chorus, Virginia)

Track length13:21
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Scene [foxglove]: The seventh telling (Opening Aria)

Track length5:07
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