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CDQuito : a music drama / by Martin & Peter Wesley-Smith.
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Flowers are blue — sextets: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, bass Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 1 mins, 20 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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I am the cock that killed the king — sextets: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, bass Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 3 mins, 39 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Oh Lord — sextets: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, bass Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 1 mins, 37 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Only those — sextets: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, bass Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 3 mins, 44 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Quito, blown by the wind — sextets: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, bass Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 2 mins, 49 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Quito (1994) for opera Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Peter Wesley-Smith and Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 51 mins, 56 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Timor woman — sextets: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, bass Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney |
Martin Wesley-Smith | The Song Company | 1 mins, 21 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
Product details
A powerful radiophonic work about the plight of Quito, a young East Timorese musician in Darwin who suffered from schizophrenia and committed suicide. Telling links are made between his story and the historyof East Timor. This CD was a co-production between Tall Poppies and the ABC. Also included are songs which occur in the drama, but here heard complete without other overlaid sounds.
Duration: 68 min.
Booklet includes programme notes, biographical notes on composer and librettist, and full libretto.
Recording level: DDD
"A documentary music-drama about schizophrenia and East Timor" -- booklet.
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