Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
003623 000628 003217 |
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 |
British composers
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British composers.
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Note |
The 1st work is an opera in 1 act; the 2nd work for voice and string trio; the 3rd work is a secular cantata for solo baritone, mixed chorus, piano, flute, and string orchestra, adapted by the composer from his masque, The bridal day. |
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Libretto of the 1st work by J.M. Synge; words of the 2nd work attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer; libretto of the 3rd work by Edmund Spenser. |
Performer |
In the 1st work: Norma Burrowes, Margaret Price, Valerie Hill, sopranos; Pauline Stevens, mezzo-soprano; Helen Watts, Gloria Jennings, contraltos; Benjamin Luxon, baritone; Ambrosian Singers (women's voices); Orchestra Nova of London; Meredith Davies, conductor. In the 2nd work: Philip Langridge, tenor; members of the Endellion String Quartet (Andrew Watkinson, James Clarke, violins; David Waterman, cello). In the 3rd work: Stephen Roberts, baritone; Howard Shelley, piano; Jonathan Snowden, flute; Bach Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Willcocks, conductor. |
Event |
Recorded June 15-18, 1970 (1st work) and Apr. 15-17 (3rd work) and May 28 (2nd work), 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. |
Note |
Compact disc. |
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Durations: 36:23; 6:28; 32:17. |
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Program notes by Michael Kennedy, Bernard Benoliel, and Ursula Vaughan Williams in English, and texts (15 p.) in container. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Subject |
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Musical settings.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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Subject |
Cantatas, Secular.
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Cantatas, Secular. |
Genre/Form |
Cantatas, Secular.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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Added Author |
Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909, librettist.
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599, librettist.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, lyricist.
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Burrowes, Norma, performer.
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Price, Margaret, 1941-2011, performer.
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Hill, Valerie (Soprano), performer.
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Watts, Helen, performer.
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Jennings, Gloria, performer.
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Luxon, Benjamin, performer.
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Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010, performer.
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Roberts, Stephen, performer.
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Shelley, Howard, performer.
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Snowden, Jonathan, performer.
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Davies, Meredith, conductor.
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Willcocks, David, 1919-2015, conductor.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Riders to the sea.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Merciless beauty.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Epithalamion.
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Ambrosian Singers, performer.
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Bach Choir (London, England), performer.
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Orchestra Nova of London, performer.
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Endellion String Quartet, performer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
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Added Title |
Vocal music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98006435
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Music No. |
077776473034 EMI Classics |
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