| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
004100 001800 |
| 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 |
| Series |
Digital classics
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Digital classics.
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| Note |
The 1st work is a symphony for viola and orchestra, after Byron's poem, Childe Harold's pilgrimage; the 2nd work for mixed chorus and orchestra. |
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"Tristia is a compilation of three works written at different times and published as a set in 1852. Berlioz assembled them in London in 1848 under the title borrowed from Ovid meaning 'sad things.'"--Notes, p. 5. |
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Words of the 2nd work by the composer, after Louise Swanton Belloc's translation of Thomas Moore, and by Ernest Legouvé, after William Shakespeare. |
| Performer |
Gerard Caussé, viola; Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Oct. 1994, All Hallows, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Hugh Macdonald, and text with English translation (9 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
Harold en Italie : op. 16. Harold aux montagnes ; Marche de pèlerins ; Sérénade d'un montagnard des Abruzzes ; Orgie de brigands (41:00) -- Tristia : op. 18. Méditation religieuse ; La mort d'Ophélie ; Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet (18:00). |
| Language |
The 1st-2nd movements of the 2nd work sung in French; the 3rd movement is wordless. |
| Subject |
Symphonies (Viola with orchestra)
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Symphonies (Viola with orchestra) |
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Symphonies.
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Symphonies.
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| Added Author |
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, lyricist.
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Swanton-Belloc, Louise, 1796-1881, translator.
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Legouvé, Ernest, 1807-1903, lyricist.
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Caussé, Gérard, performer.
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Gardiner, John Eliot, conductor.
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
Childe Harold's pilgrimage.
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Tristia.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Hamlet.
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Tristia.
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Monteverdi Choir, performer.
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Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique, performer.
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| Music No. |
446 676-2 Philips |
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