| Description |
3 audio discs (182 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
030125 |
| 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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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera in three acts. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Barbara Hendricks (Romilda) ; Anne-Marie Rodde (Atalanta) ; Carolyn Watkinson (Serse) ; Ortrun Wenkel (Amastre) ; Paul Esswood (Arsamene) ; Ulrik Cold (Ariodate) ; Ulrich Studer (Elviro) ; Ensemble vocal Jean Bridier ; Grande Écurie et la chambre du roy ; Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor. |
| Note |
Libretto adapted from Niccolò Minato. |
| Event |
Recorded 1979 March-April Notre Dame de Liban, Paris. |
| Note |
Analog recording. |
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Duration: 03:01:25. |
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Program notes in English and French by Winton Dean, in German by Karl Dietrich Gräwe, in Italian by Rodolfo Celletti, synopsis in English, German, and French, and libretto (80 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. -- Drama.
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Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Minato, Niccolò, librettist.
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Hendricks, Barbara, singer.
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Rodde, Anne-Marie, singer.
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Watkinson, Carolyn, singer.
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Wenkel, Ortrun, singer.
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Esswood, Paul, singer.
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Cold, Ulrik, singer.
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Studer, Ulrich, singer.
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Malgoire, Jean-Claude, 1940-2018, conductor.
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Dean, Winton, writer of added commentary.
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Gräwe, Karl Dietrich, 1937- writer of added commentary.
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Celletti, Rodolfo, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Minato, Niccolò.
Serse.
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Container of (work): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Serse.
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Ensemble vocal Jean Bridier, singer.
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Grande Écurie et la chambre du roy (Musical group), instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Xerxes |
| Standard No. |
074643694124 |
| Music No. |
SM3K 36941 Sony Classical (set) |
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SM3K 36941 37634 Sony Classical (disc 1) |
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SM3K 36941 37635 Sony Classical (disc 2) |
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SM3K 36941 37636 Sony Classical (disc 3) |
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