Title The burning fiery furnace : [a parable for church performance] / Britten.

Publication Info.	New York, N.Y. : London, [1990]
	℗1967

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott Media	CD 18704	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk		John P. Murnion Collection
Talbott CD Annex	CD 3990	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk

Description	1 audio disc (64 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time	010336
Physical Medium	4 3/4 in.
Description	digital
	optical
	1.4 m/s
	stereo
Note	Subtitle from container verso.
	Libretto by William Plomer, based on the story in the Book of Daniel.
Performer	Peter Pears (Nebuchadnezzar); Bryan Drake (Astrologer); John Shirley-Quirk (Shadrach and Ananias); Robert Tear (Meshach and Misael); Stafford Dean (Abednego and Azarias); Peter Leeming (Herald); supporting soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the English Opera Group; Benjamin Britten and Viola Tunnard, conductors.
Event	Recorded May 1967, Orford Parish Church.
Note	Originally released in 1967.
	Compact disc.
	Program notes by Christopher Palmer, and libretto (21 p.) in container.
Language	Sung in English and Latin.
Genre/Form	Liturgical drama.
	Liturgical drama.
	Operas.
	Operas.
Subject	Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia, -562 B.C. -- Drama.
	Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia, -562 B.C.
Genre/Form	Drama.
	Sound recordings.
	Sound recordings.
	Drama.
Added Author	Plomer, William, 1903-1973, librettist.
	Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, performer.
	Drake, Bryan, 1925-2001, performer.
	Shirley-Quirk, John, performer.
	Tear, Robert, performer.
	Dean, Stafford, performer.
	Leeming, Peter, performer.
	Tunnard, Viola, conductor.
	Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, conductor.
	English Opera Group, performer.
Music No.	414 663-2 London