| Description |
2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| 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 |
| Note |
London: 433 200-2 (433 201-2--433 202-2). |
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The 1st work is an opera in 2 acts; the 2nd-3rd works are songs with piano. |
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Libretto of the 1st work by Myfanwy Piper; words of the 2nd work from poems by Friedrich Hölderlin; words of the 3rd work from poems by Alexander Pushkin. |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave); John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle); Nigel Douglas (Lechmere); Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave); Heather Harper (Mrs. Coyle); Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs. Julian); Janet Baker (Kate Julian); Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave and narrator); English Chamber Orchestra; Benjamin Britten, conductor. In the 2nd work: Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano. In the 3rd work: Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano; Mstislav Rostropovich, piano. |
| Event |
Recorded Nov. 1961 (2nd work) and Dec. 1970 (1st work), Kingsway Hall, London; and July 1968, The Maltings, Snape (3rd work). |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Durations: 1:46:00; 12:00; 18:00. |
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Program notes by Philip Brett in English with French, German, and Italian translations, and texts with English translations (76 p.) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Six Hölderlin fragments. Menschenbeifall = The approval of men ; Die Heimat = Homeland ; Sokrates und Alcibiades = Socrates and Alcibiades ; Die Jugend = Youth ; Hälfte des Lebens = The middle of life ; Die Linien des Lebens = The lines of life -- The poet's echo. Ekho = Echo ; Ya dumal, serdtse pozabilo-- = My heart, I thought you had forgotten-- ; Angel = The angel ; Solovyei i roza = The nightingale and the rose ; Epigramma = Epigram ; Stikhi, sochinyonniye nochye vo vremya bessonnitsi = Lines written during a sleepless night. |
| Language |
Sung in English, German, or Russian, respectively. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
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Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843 -- Musical settings.
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Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 -- Musical settings.
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Piper, Myfanwy, librettist.
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Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843, lyricist.
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837, lyricist.
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Luxon, Benjamin, performer.
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Shirley-Quirk, John, performer.
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Douglas, Nigel, performer.
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Fisher, Sylvia, 1910-1996, performer.
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Harper, Heather, performer.
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Vyvyan, Jennifer, 1925-1974, performer.
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Baker, Janet, performer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, performer, narrator.
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Vishnevskai͡a, Galina, 1926-2012, performer.
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Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007, performer.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, performer, conductor.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Owen Wingrave.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Hölderlin Fragmente.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Ėkho poėta.
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English Chamber Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Vocal music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97116921
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Hölderlin fragments.
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Poet's echo.
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| Music No. |
433 200-2 London |
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433 201-2 London |
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433 202-2 London |
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