| Description |
2 audio discs (122 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
020139 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Oratorio. |
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Libretto by Samuel Humphreys, based on Racine's play Athalie. |
| Performer |
Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, sopranos ; Aled Jones, boy soprano ; James Bowman, countertenor ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; David Thomas, bass ; Edward Higginbottom, chorus master ; Choir of New College, Oxford ; Academy of Ancient Music (on authentic instruments) ; Christopher Hogwood, director. |
| Event |
Recorded May-June 1985, St. Jude's Church, London. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Winton Dean, synopsis by Raymond McGill, and libretto, all in English with German and French translations (102 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Genre/Form |
Oratorios.
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Oratorios.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Humphreys, Samuel, 1698?-1738, librettist.
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Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010, performer.
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Kirkby, Emma, performer.
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Jones, Aled, performer.
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Bowman, James, performer.
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Rolfe Johnson, Anthony, performer.
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Thomas, David, 1943- performer.
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Hogwood, Christopher, conductor.
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Higginbottom, Edward, conductor.
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Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
Athalie.
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Academy of Ancient Music (1973- ), performer.
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New College (University of Oxford). Choir, performer.
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| Music No. |
417 126-2 L'Oiseau-Lyre |
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