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A flowering tree [sound recording] : an opera in two acts / John Adams ; libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars ; adapted from the Indian folktale and poetry in translations by A. K. Ramanujan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 327100-2 | NonesuchSpoken language: English Publication details: New York, NY : Nonesuch, 2008.Description: 2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in + 1 bookletSubject(s):
Contents:
Act I scene I (3:52) -- One morning-- (8:41) -- Kumudha's prayer (6:40) -- Scene 2: Flores chorus (2:44) -- Kumudha and her sister-- (8:53) -- Scene 3: Audience with the king (2:25) -- Mama mama, por que nos pegas? (4:43) -- Scene 4: The wedding (3:50) -- They brought her to me (5:38) -- Bride and groom (6:24) -- The bride sunk her face (5:45) -- Act II Scene I: Orchestral prelude (6:59) -- 'You are cruel' (3:50) -- 'Kumudha once more-- ' (5:45) -- 'Days passed-- ' (5:12) -- Scene 3: Before I laughed with him nightly (6:31) -- Scene 4: Kumudha and the beggar minstrels (10:03) -- We had all but forgotten you, prince (5:43) -- The prince recognizes Kumudha (5:41) -- Kumudha's final transformation (3:15).
Jessica Rivera, soprano ; Russell Thomas, tenor ; Eric Owens, bass-baritone ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Schola Cantorum de Venezuela ; John Adams, conductor.
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John Adams fuses together many sounds and cultures on a dazzling score that features some of the finest talents in the opera world.

Compact discs.

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Act I scene I (3:52) -- One morning-- (8:41) -- Kumudha's prayer (6:40) -- Scene 2: Flores chorus (2:44) -- Kumudha and her sister-- (8:53) -- Scene 3: Audience with the king (2:25) -- Mama mama, por que nos pegas? (4:43) -- Scene 4: The wedding (3:50) -- They brought her to me (5:38) -- Bride and groom (6:24) -- The bride sunk her face (5:45) -- Act II Scene I: Orchestral prelude (6:59) -- 'You are cruel' (3:50) -- 'Kumudha once more-- ' (5:45) -- 'Days passed-- ' (5:12) -- Scene 3: Before I laughed with him nightly (6:31) -- Scene 4: Kumudha and the beggar minstrels (10:03) -- We had all but forgotten you, prince (5:43) -- The prince recognizes Kumudha (5:41) -- Kumudha's final transformation (3:15).

Jessica Rivera, soprano ; Russell Thomas, tenor ; Eric Owens, bass-baritone ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Schola Cantorum de Venezuela ; John Adams, conductor.

Recorded in performance, Aug. 7-12, 2007, Barbican Centre, London.

Sung in English.

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