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: London Bridge () 1-1: London Bridge Is Broken Down (12:45) 1-2: Wenceslas Square (29:00) : Berlin Wall () 1-3: Nähe Des Geliebten (7:43) 1-4: Traurig Aber Falsch (17:37) 2-1: Ein Vogel (8:05) : Vienna () 2-2: Viennese Waltz (5:49) 2-3: Für Sie (23:10) : Picardie () 2-4: Blighters (5:09) 2-5: Les Morts (5:18) 2-6: Picardie (15:56) 2-7: Une Fenêtre (11:33) 2-8: Aucassin Et Nicolette (4:22) |
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Number of discs: |
2 |
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.. Zurich 1990 |
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Description: | The first-ever release of this stunning 1990 recording of esteemed British jazz composer/pianist Mike Westbrook's two-and-a-half-hour composition for voice, jazz orchestra and chamber orchestra, "London Bridge is Broken Down".
A collaboration between composer Mike Westbrook and vocalist/ librettist Kate Westbrook, the work was inspired by travelling and performing in the mid 1980's through a Europe at that time divided by the Berlin Wall. It includes settings of poetry in French, German and English. Its five movements are entitled London Bridge, Wenceslas Square, Berlin Wall, Vienna and Picardie. - .. ZURICH 1990London Bridge Live In Zürich 1990
a composition for voice jazz orchestra and chamber orchestra
1: text: [...] based on the traditional children's rhyme
Recorded by SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen)
in concert at Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich
Saturday 10th November 1990
Additional recording, editing and mastering by [...] July / August 2022
cover photograph from Hotel Bellevue, Berlin Wall 1986 by [...]
? &© 2022 westbrook records |
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Manufacturer No.: |
WRCD11 |
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