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Music of Hugh Aitken

Label: CRI

Catalog Number: CR774

Running Time: 1:14:20

Composition Date: 1958 — 1981

Composers: Hugh Aitken

Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor; Julius Levine, bass; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano; Gary Kirkpatrick, piano; Ted Taylor, piano; Jan Opalach, bass-baritone

Tags: chamber, vocal, solo instrumental

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Cantata No. 1		9:58	Hugh Aitken
On Elizabethan Texts Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
	Cantata No. 1: I. Recitative: Behold! O Man	2:53	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
	Cantata No. 1: II. Song: Pluck The fruit and taste The pleasure	1:30	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
	Cantata No. 1: III. Recitative: What if a day	1:06	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
	Cantata No. 1: IV. Song: Drink today and drown all sorrow	1:00	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
	Cantata No. 1: V. Aria: Fair is The Rose	2:43	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
	Cantata No. 1: VI. Song: Hey nonny no	:44	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Fortunato Arico, cello; Ynez Lynch, viola; Helen Kwalwasser, violin; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1958
Cantata No. 3, From This White Island		12:31	Hugh Aitken
on poems by Willis Barnstone Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
	Cantata No. 3, from This White Island: I. For Death Will Come Still Too Soon	1:28	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
	Cantata No. 3, from This White Island: II. An Island	2:41	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
	Cantata No. 3, from This White Island: III. There	1:39	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
	Cantata No. 3, from This White Island: IV. Now	2:38	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
	Cantata No. 3, from This White Island: V. On This Greek Island	1:58	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
	Cantata No. 3, from This White Island: VI. Atlantic Coast: Afterward	2:05	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Ynez Lynch, viola; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Charles Bressler, tenor Composition Date: 1960
Cantata No. 4		14:13	Hugh Aitken
on poems by Antonio Machado Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
	Cantata No. 4: I. Desnuda está la tierra	2:44	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
	Cantata No. 4: II. MI BUFÓN	1:22	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
	Cantata No. 4: III. ¡O tarde luminosa!	2:15	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
	Cantata No. 4: IV. Pegasos, lindos pegasos	1:17	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
	Cantata No. 4: V. El sol un globo de fuego	2:29	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
	Cantata No. 4: VI. CAMPO	4:03	Hugh Aitken
	Performers: Julius Levine, bass; Fortunato Arico, cello; Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Karl Kraber, flute; Jean Hakes, soprano Composition Date: 1961
Piano Fantasy		16:45	Hugh Aitken
Performers: Gary Kirkpatrick, piano Composition Date: 1967
Cantata No. 6, Remembering		20:51	Hugh Aitken
on poems by Rainer Maria Rlke Performers: Ted Taylor, piano; Jan Opalach, bass-baritone Composition Date: 1981