| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
004246 002053 001037 |
| 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 collection
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British collection.
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| Note |
The 1st work for solo voices (SAT), boys' chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra; the 2nd work for solo voices (SATB), mixed chorus, and orchestra; the 3rd work for unacc. mixed chorus. |
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Words of the 1st work from various authors, including Edmund Spenser, Thomas Nashe, George Peele, John Clare, John Milton, Robert Herrick, Henry Vaughan, W.H. Auden, Richard Barnefield, William Blake, Beaumont, and Fletcher; words of the 3rd work by W.H. Auden. |
| Performer |
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano (1st-2nd works); Norma Procter (1st work), Helen Watts (2nd work), contraltos; Peter Pears, tenor (1st-2nd works); Owen Brannigan, bass (2nd work); Chorus of Boys from Emanuel School, Wandsworth (1st work); Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1st work); London Symphony Chorus (2nd-3rd works) and Orchestra (2nd work), Benjamin Britten (1st work), George Malcolm (2nd-3rd works), conductors. |
| Event |
Recorded Mar. (2nd-3rd works) and Nov. (1st work), 1961, Kingsway Hall, London. |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: Oxford University Press (1st work); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd-3rd works). |
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Compact disc. |
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Durations: 42:46; 20:53; 10:37. |
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Program notes by Michael Kennedy, and texts with English translation of the Latin (13 p. : port.) in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English (1st and 3rd works) or Latin (2nd work). |
| Genre/Form |
Symphonies.
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Symphonies.
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| Subject |
Cantatas, Secular.
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Cantatas, Secular. |
| Genre/Form |
Cantatas, Secular.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Vyvyan, Jennifer, 1925-1974, performer.
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Procter, Norma, performer.
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Watts, Helen, performer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, performer.
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Brannigan, Owen, performer.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, conductor.
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Malcolm, George, 1917-1997, conductor.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Spring symphony.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Cantata academica.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Hymn to St. Cecilia.
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Emanuel School (Wandsworth, London, England). Choir, performer.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus, performer.
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London Symphony Chorus, performer.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra, performer.
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London Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78016671
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Hymn to Saint Cecilia.
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| Music No. |
425 153-2 London |
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