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Author Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959, composer.

Title The epic of Gilgamesh / Bohuslav Martinů.

Publication Info. Prague, Czech Republic : Supraphon, [2017]
℗2017

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Description 1 audio disc (51 min., 08 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 005108
Description digital optical
audio file
CD audio
Medium of Performance soprano voice 1 tenor voice 1 baritone voice 1 bass voice 1 speaker 1 mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 5 2
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Note "Oratorio for soloists, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra"--Back cover.
"The world premiere recording of the original English version"--Back cover.
Title from disc label.
Program notes by Aleš Březina in Czech with English, French, and German translations and sung texts with Czech, French, and German translations (61 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents Gligamesh (17:03) -- The death of Enkidu (17:09) -- Invocation (16:47).
Performer Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Andrew Staples, tenor ; Derek Welton, baritone ; Jan Martiník, bass ; Simon Callow, narrator ; Prague Philharmonic Choir ; Czech Philharmonic ; Manfred Honeck, conductor.
Event Recorded live: 2017 January 25-27 Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague.
Language Sung in English.
Subject Oratorios.
Oratorios.
Genre/Form Oratorios.
Oratorios.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Crowe, Lucy, singer.
Staples, Andrew, singer.
Welton, Derek, singer.
Martiník, Jan, singer.
Callow, Simon, 1949- narrator.
Honeck, Manfred, 1958- conductor.
Březina, Aleš, 1965- writer of added commentary.
Pražský filharmonický sbor, singer.
Česká filharmonie, instrumentalist.
Added Title Gilgameš https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81133658
Gilgamesh
Standard No. 099925422523
Music No. SU42252 Supraphon