| Description |
2 audio discs (101 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
014005 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Performer |
Thomas Young, dramatic tenor (Polo) ; Alexandra Montano, mezzo-soprano (Marco) ; Dong-Jian Gong, bass (Kublai Khan) ; Susan Botti, soprano (Water) ; Shi-zheng Chen, Beijing opera singer (Rustichello/Li Po) ; Nina Warren, dramatic soprano (Sheherazada/Mahler/Queen) ; Stephen Bryant, baritone (Dante/Shakespeare) ; Netherlands Radio Kamerorkest, with assisting instrumentalists ; Cappella Amsterdam ; Tan Dun, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded live 1996 June 20 Beurs Van Berlange, Yakult Hall, Amsterdam. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by the composer and biographical notes on the composer and librettist in English, Chinese, German, and French, and English libretto (54 pages : portraits) laid in container. |
| Awards |
Grawemeyer Award, 1998. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? -- Drama.
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Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? |
| 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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Live sound recordings.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Griffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24- librettist.
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Young, Thomas, 1962- singer.
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Montano, Alexandra, singer.
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Gong, Dong-Jian, singer.
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Botti, Susan, singer.
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Chen, Shizheng, singer.
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Warren, Nina, singer.
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Bryant, Stephen, 1949- singer.
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Container of (work): Tan, Dun, 1957-
Marco Polo.
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Container of (work): Griffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24-
Marco Polo.
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Radio Kamerorkest (Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting), instrumentalist.
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Cappella Amsterdam, singer.
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| Standard No. |
074646291221 |
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7464629122 |
| Music No. |
S2K 62912 Sony Classical (set) |
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62932 Sony Classical (disc 1) |
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62933 Sony Classical (disc 2) |
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