| Description |
2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011352 003911 004234. |
| 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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mono |
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digital recording |
| Series |
British composers
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British composers.
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| Note |
Title from container verso. |
| Performer |
Nancy Evans, Joan Cross, Peter Pears, English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra (Lucretia) ; Joan Cross, Peter Pears, BBC Theatre Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Grimes scenes) ; Reginald Goodall, conductor (Lucretia & Grimes scenes) ; Sophie Wyss (1st-5th folk songs) or Peter Pears (remaining folk songs), Benjamin Britten, piano (folksongs). |
| Event |
Lucretia recorded July 16-19 & Oct. 19, 1947; Grimes scenes recorded July 12-17, 1948; both in Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London. Folksongs recorded between May 26, 1943 & Nov. 15, 1950 in Decca's West Hampstead Studios, Kingsway Hall, or Abbey Road Studio No. 3, all in London. |
| Note |
Program notes by John Lucas, Eric Crozier, Nancy Evans & Philip Reed, synopsis, and texts, laid in container. |
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Compact discs. |
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In part, originally issued on 78 rpm discs, in part, previously unissued. |
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Issue number for U.S.A.: CDMB 64727. |
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Duration of Lucretia: 74 min.; duration of Grimes scenes: 40 min. |
| Contents |
Folksong arrangements. La belle est au jardin d'amour (v. 2/5) ; Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse (v. 2/4) ; Voici le printemps (v. 2/2) ; La fileuse (v. 2/3) ; Quand j'étais chez mon père (v. 2/8) ; The Sally gardens (v. 1/1) ; Little Sir William (v. 1/2) ; Oliver Cromwell (v. 1/7) ; The ash grove (v. 1/6) ; The bonny Earl o'Moray (v. 1/3) ; Heigh ho, heigh hi! (v. 2/8) ; Sweet Polly Oliver (v. 3/3) ; There's none to soothe (v. 3/2) ; The plough boy (v. 3/1) ; Come you not from Newcastle? (v. 3/7) ; The foggy, foggy dew (v. 3/5) ; The King is gone a-hunting (v. 2/4) ; O Waly, Waly (v. 3/6). |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
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Folk songs, English -- England.
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Folk songs, English. |
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England. |
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Folk songs, French -- England.
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Folk songs, French. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Cross, Joan, performer.
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Wyss, Sophie, performer.
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Evans, Nancy, 1915-2000, performer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, performer.
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Goodall, Reginald, conductor.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Rape of Lucretia. Selections.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Folk song arrangements (1943-1961), v. 1-3. Selections.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Peter Grimes. Selections.
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BBC Theatre Chorus, performer.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra, performer.
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English Opera Group. Chamber Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Vocal music. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97116921
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| Standard No. |
7777647272 |
| Music No. |
0777 7 64727 2 0 (0777 7 64728 2 9, 0777 7 64729 2 8) EMI Classics |
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0777 7 64727 2 0 EMI Classics |
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0777 7 64728 2 9 EMI Classics |
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0777 7 64729 2 8 EMI Classics |
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CMS 7 64727 2 EMI Classics |
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CDMB 64727 EMI Classics |
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