| Description |
2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001524 014800 |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
The 1st work a solo cantata; the 2nd work an opera in 2 acts. |
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Text of the first work from a verse translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell; libretto of the 2nd work by Ronald Duncan, after the play Le viol de Lucrèce by André Obey. |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Janet Baker, alto ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor. In the 2nd work: Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Jenny Hill (Lucia), sopranos ; Elizabeth Bainbridge (Bianca), mezzo-soprano ; Janet Baker (Lucretia), contralto ; Peter Pears (Male Chorus), tenor ; Bryan Drake (Junius), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), baritones ; John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), bass ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor. |
| Event |
1st work Recorded 1977 March All Saints', Petersham, England. |
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2nd work Recorded 1970 July The Maltings, Snape, England. |
| Note |
Eds. recorded: Faber Music (1st work); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd work). |
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Durations: 15:24; 1:47:21. |
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Previously released in 1971 and 1977. |
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Program notes by Rodney Blumer, synopses and librettos (45 pages) laid in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Musical settings.
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Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice) |
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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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Cantatas.
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Cantatas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Musical settings.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982, librettist.
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977, translator.
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Baker, Janet, 1933- singer.
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Bedford, Steuart, conductor.
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Harper, Heather, singer.
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Hill, Jenny, 1944- singer.
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Bainbridge, Elizabeth, singer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, singer.
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Drake, Bryan, 1925-2001, singer.
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Luxon, Benjamin, singer.
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Shirley-Quirk, John, singer.
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Musical setting of (expression): Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
Phèdre. English.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Obey, André, 1892-1975.
Viol de Lucrèce.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Phaedra.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Rape of Lucretia.
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Container of (work): Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982.
Rape of Lucretia.
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English Chamber Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
2894256662 |
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028942566620 |
| Music No. |
425 666-2 London (set) |
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425 667-2 London (disc 1) |
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425 668-2 London (disc 2) |
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