Persephone
Igor Stravinsky, New York Philharmonic, Vera Zorina, Richard Robinson, Westminster Symphonic Choir, John Finley Williamson
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Album Info
Release Date: 1957-08-12Label: Columbia Masterworks
This release has gray and black "6 eye" label with deep groove.Includes a booklet with the full text of the poem on which the work is based. The poem, "Persephone" is written by Andre Gide, and the English version is translated by Rollo H. Meyers, and both versions are included in booklet, along with photos of Stravinsky and Gide, and an introduction which gives information about how the poem was turned into a musical work.