Dante [cd sound recording]
Title:
Dante [cd sound recording]
Author:
Adès, Thomas, composer.
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Physical Description:
2 audio discs (91 min., 46 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.
Compact discs.
Program notes inserted in container.
Ballet in three parts for orchestra with pre-recorded voices and female choir.
Contents:
Inferno. Abandon hope ; The selfish, stung by wasps ; The ferryman ; Pavan of the souls in limbo ; Paolo and Francesca, the endless whirlwind ; The gluttons, in slime ; The suicides, the bleeding trees ; The deviants, on burning sand ; The fortune-tellers, facing both ways ; The Popes' adagio, heads first ; The hypocrites, in coats of lead ; The thieves, devoured by reptiles ; Satan, in the lake of ice.
Purgatorio. Dawn of the Sea of Purgatory ; Mount Purgatory ; The valley of flowers ; The healing fire ; The earthly paradise ; The heavenly procession ; The ascent -- Paradiso. Paradise ; Moon ; Mercury ; Venus ; Sun ; Mars ; Jupiter (The eagle) ; Saturn (The golden ladder) ; Fixed stars ; Empyrean.
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Added Title:
Dante compact disc.