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Author Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.

Title Riders to the sea ; Merciless beauty ; Epithalamion / Vaughan Williams.

Publication Info. London : EMI Classics, [1993]
℗1993

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 Talbott Media  CD 3405 c.2  Available  Ask at Circulation Desk  John P. Murnion Collection
 Talbott CD Annex  CD 3405    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 003623 000628 003217
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Series British composers
British composers.
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.
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.
Durations: 36:23; 6:28; 32:17.
Program notes by Michael Kennedy, Bernard Benoliel, and Ursula Vaughan Williams in English, and texts (15 p.) in container.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Subject Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Musical settings.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Subject Cantatas, Secular.
Cantatas, Secular.
Genre/Form Cantatas, Secular.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Added Author Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909, librettist.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599, librettist.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, lyricist.
Burrowes, Norma, performer.
Price, Margaret, 1941-2011, performer.
Hill, Valerie (Soprano), performer.
Watts, Helen, performer.
Jennings, Gloria, performer.
Luxon, Benjamin, performer.
Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010, performer.
Roberts, Stephen, performer.
Shelley, Howard, performer.
Snowden, Jonathan, performer.
Davies, Meredith, conductor.
Willcocks, David, 1919-2015, conductor.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Riders to the sea.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Merciless beauty.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Epithalamion.
Ambrosian Singers, performer.
Bach Choir (London, England), performer.
Orchestra Nova of London, performer.
Endellion String Quartet, performer.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
Added Title Vocal music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98006435
Music No. 077776473034 EMI Classics