Ruth Crawford Seeger - Oliver Knussen, Lucy Shelton, Reinbert de Leeuw, New London Chamber Choir, James Wood (4), Schönberg Ensemble – Portrait

Ruth Crawford Seeger - Portrait album cover

Label:	Deutsche Grammophon – 449 925-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	Aug 14, 1997
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern

Tracklist

	Music For Small Orchestra	(9:53)
1	I. Slow, Pensive	7:21
2	II. In Roguish Humor. Not Fast	2:32
	Three Chants	(9:17)
3	1. To An Unkind God	2:35
4	2. To An Angel	2:54
5	3. (To A Kind God)	3:48
6	Piano Study In Mixed Accents	1:23
	Three Songs	(8:41)
7	1. Rat Riddles	3:18
8	2. Prayers Of Steel	1:48
9	3. In Tall Grass	3:35
	String Quartet	(11:36)
10	I. Rubato Assai	3:13
11	II. Leggiero	2:04
12	III. Andante	4:18
13	IV. Allegro Possibile	2:01
	2 Ricercare	(9:36)
14	Sacco, Vanzetti	6:07
15	Chinaman, Laundryman	3:29
16	Andante For Strings	3:58
17	Rissolty Rissolty	2:56
18	John Hardy	3:34
	Suite	(10:04)
19	I. Allegretto	3:09
20	II. Lento Rubato	2:33
21	III. Allegro Possibile - Andante - Allegro - Meno Mosso - Tempo Primo	4:22

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Maria Minor, Utrecht
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Deutsche Grammophon Hamburg
Copyright © – Deutsche Grammophon Hamburg
Record Company – PolyGram
Made By – PMDC, Germany
Printed By – Neef

Credits

Alto Vocals, Solo Vocal [Alto Solo] – Jeanette Ager (tracks: 5)
Bassoon – Wilma Van Den Berge (tracks: 19 to 21)
Cello – Hans Woudenberg (tracks: 10 to 13)
Choir – New London Chamber Choir (tracks: 3 to 5)
Clarinet – Pierre Woudenberg (tracks: 19 to 21)
Composed By – Charles Seeger (tracks: 18), Ruth Crawford Seeger (tracks: 1 to 17, 19 to 21)
Conductor – James Wood (4) (tracks: 3 to 5), Oliver Knussen (tracks: 1 to 2, 16 to 18)
Cover, Artwork [Drawing of Ruth Crawford Seeger] – Carl Blohnen
Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Andrew Wedman
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Reinhard Lagemann
Ensemble – Schönberg Ensemble (tracks: 1, 2, 16 to 18)
Executive-Producer – Nigel Boon
Flute – Govert Jurriaanse (tracks: 19 to 21)
French Horn – Hans Dullaert (tracks: 19 to 21)
Liner Notes – Judith Tick
Liner Notes [Traduction] – Dennis Collins (2)
Liner Notes [Übersetzung] – Horst Leuchtmann
Oboe – Marieke Schut (tracks: 7 to 9, 19 to 21)
Percussion – Ger De Zeeuw (tracks: 7 to 9)
Photography By [Photo of Oliver Knussen] – Clive Barda
Piano – John Snijders (tracks: 7 to 9), Reinbert de Leeuw (tracks: 6, 14, 15)
Post Production – Oliver Knussen
Producer [Recording Producer] – Sid McLauchlan
Soprano Vocals – Lucy Shelton (tracks: 7 to 9, 14, 15)
Soprano Vocals, Solo Vocal [Soprano Solo] – Amanda Pitt (tracks: 4, 5)
Text By [Texts] – Carl Sandburg (tracks: 7 to 9), H.T. Tsiang (tracks: 14, 15)
Viola – Karin Dolman (tracks: 10 to 13)
Violin [1] – Marijke van Kooten (tracks: 10 to 13)
Violin [2] – Heleen Hulst (tracks: 10 to 13)

Notes

Music For Small Orchestra (1926)

Three Chants (1930) for women's chorus

Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930)

Three Songs for contralto, oboe, percussion and piano, with [or without] an orchestral ostinato
Rat Riddles (1930)
Prayers of Steel (1932)
In Tall Grass (1931)

String Quartet (1931)

2 Ricercare (1932) for voice and piano

Andante for Strings (1938) (arr. Andante from String Quartet 1931)

Rissolty Rissolty (1939)

John Hardy (1940)

Suite (1952) for wind quintet

Recording: Utrecht, Maria Minor Church, 2/1996
4D audio recording
71'41
Cover: Drawing of Ruth Crawford Seeger [...] (mid-1920s)
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg, a PolyGram company
© 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Printed in Germany by Neef, Wittingen
Made in Germany

Jewelcase packaging with 48-page booklet