Luciano Berio Epifanie (1959 1961; 1965 revised)

Luciano Berio (19252003) Epifanie for mezzosoprano and orchestra (19591961; 1965 revised) 1. Orchestra 0:00 2. Je regardais les trois arbres (Marcel Proust) 4:17 3. Orchestra 6:44 4. Las siete cuerdas (Antonio Machado) 9:26 5. Orchestra 10:50 6. Orchestra with spoken parts 11:34 7. A girl stood before him (James Joyce) 14:50 8. Orchestra and recitative 17:49 Se scrivi una poesia (Edoardo Sanguineti) 9. Orchestra 20:30 10. Cette expression de surprise (Claude Simon) 23:41 11. Was sind das für Zeiten (Bertolt Brecht) 25:37 12. Orchestra 26:58 Cathy Berberian, mezzosoprano ORFSymphonieorchester, Leif Segerstam Live recording : Salzburger Festspiele, August 19th 1974 In Italian an epifania (plural: epifanie, with both forms accented on the second i ) indicates a sudden spiritual manifestation (See: Epiphany). Berio composed his Epifanie between 1960 and 1963, and publis