Description |
2 audio discs (1 hr., 50 min., 14 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
015014 |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
Series |
Operetta classics
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Operetta classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
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Note |
Book by Alexander Thompson and Robert Courtneidge ; lyrics by Charles Taylor ; additional lyrics by Harry Beswick |
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Comic opera in 3 acts. |
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Based on the novel by Henry Fielding. |
Performer |
Marianne Hellgren Staykov, soprano ; Heather Shipp, Gaynor Keeble, mezzo-sopranos ; Richard Morrison, Donald Maxwell, Simon Butteriss, Richard Suart, Giles Davies, baritones ; National Festival Orchestra and Chorus ; David Russell Hulme, conductor. |
Event |
Recorded 2008 September 1-3 Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. |
Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by the conductor, biographical notes on the composer by John Prince, synopsis, and biographical notes on the performers (16 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
Contents |
CD 1. Act I -- Act II -- CD 2. Act III -- Additional musical numbers. |
Summary |
Tom Jones, based on Fielding's classic novel, first appeared in 1907. One of the finest British operettas to follow Gilbert and Sullivan, the music has a style of its own and brings a new Romantic sweep to the genre. Full of superb numbers, such as the famous waltz-song For To-night, On a Januairy Morning, A Soldier's Scarlet Coat, Dream o' Day Jill and West Country Lad, this is the first complete recording and includes three numbers cut during the original run.--Container. |
Language |
Sung in English. |
Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Added Author |
Thompson, Alexander M. (Alexander Mattock), 1861-1948, librettist.
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Courtneidge, Robert, 1859-1939, librettist.
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Taylor, Charles H., 1859-1907, lyricist.
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Beswick, Harry, lyricist.
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Hellgren Staykov, Marianne, singer.
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Shipp, Heather, singer.
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Keeble, Gaynor, singer.
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Morrison, Richard, 1967- singer.
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Maxwell, Donald, singer.
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Butteriss, Simon, singer.
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Suart, Richard, singer.
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Davies, Giles (Baritone), singer.
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Hulme, David Russell, conductor, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
History of Tom Jones.
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Container of (work): German, Edward, 1862-1936.
Tom Jones.
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National Festival Chorus, singer.
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National Festival Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Standard No. |
00730099027076 |
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730099027076 |
Music No. |
8.660270-71 Naxos (set) |
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8.660270 Naxos (disc 1) |
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8.660271 Naxos (disc 2) |
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