| Description |
2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
013931 000256 002641 002304 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
2nd work men's chorus 1 1 |
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3rd work orchestra 1 1 |
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4th work tenor voice 1 mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 1 2 |
| Note |
The 1st work is an opera, the 2nd a folksong setting for unaccompanied male chorus, the 3rd for orchestra, and the 4th an oratorio for tenor solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra. |
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Libretto of the 1st work by Béla Paulini and Zsolt Harsányi; words of the 4th work a free translation of Psalm 55 by Mihály Kecskeméti Vég. |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Peter Ustinov, narrator ; Margit László (Empress), soprano ; Olga Szőnyi (Marie-Louise), mezzo-soprano ; Erzsébet Komlóssy (Örzse), alto ; László Palócz (Marczi), baritone ; György Melis (Háry/Napoleon), baritone ; Zsolt Bende (Bombazine), baritone ; John Leach, cimbalom ; Edinburgh Festival Chorus ; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; István Kertész, conductor. |
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In the 2nd work: Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra ; Arthur Oldham, conductor. |
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In the 3rd work: London Symphony Orchestra ; István Kertész, conductor. |
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In the 4th work: Lajos Kozma, tenor ; Brighton Festival Chorus ; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; István Kertész, conductor. |
| Event |
1st work Recorded 1968 London. |
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2nd-4th works Recorded 1970 London. |
| Original Version |
Previously released: ℗1969, ℗1971. |
| Note |
Title from container verso. |
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Analog recording, digitally remastered. |
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Program notes in English with French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations (18 pages) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Háry János (1:33:31) -- Peacock (2:56) -- Variations on a Hungarian folk song 'The peacock' (26:41) -- Psalmus hungaricus, op. 13 (23:04). |
| Language |
Sung in Hungarian; narration of the 1st work in English. |
| Subject |
Vég, Mihály, active 16th century -- Musical settings.
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Vég, Mihály, active 16th century. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Folk songs, Hungarian.
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Folk songs, Hungarian. |
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Variations (Orchestra)
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Variations (Orchestra) |
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Folk songs, Hungarian -- Instrumental settings.
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Folk songs, Hungarian -- Instrumental settings. |
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Oratorios.
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Oratorios. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Psalms (Music) -- 55th Psalm.
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Psalms (Music) -- 55th Psalm. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Folk songs.
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Folk songs.
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Variations (Music)
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Variations (Music)
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Oratorios.
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Oratorios.
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Psalms (Music)
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Psalms (Music)
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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Instrumental settings.
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Instrumental settings.
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| Added Author |
Paulini, Béla, 1881-1945, librettist.
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Harsányi, Zsolt, 1887-1943, librettist.
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Vég, Mihály, active 16th century, author.
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Ustinov, Peter, narrator.
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László, Margit, singer.
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Szőnyi, Olga, singer.
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Komlóssy, Erzsébet, singer.
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Palócz, László, singer.
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Melis, György, singer.
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Bende, Zsolt, singer.
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Leach, John, 1931-2014, instrumentalist.
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Oldham, Arthur, 1926-2003, choral conductor.
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Kosma, Lajos, singer.
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Kertész, István, 1929-1973, conductor.
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Container of (work): Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.
Háry János.
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Container of (work): Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.
Fölszállott a páva.
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Container of (work): Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.
Felszállott a páva (Orchestra variations)
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Container of (work): Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.
Psalmus Hungaricus.
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Brighton Festival Chorus, singer.
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Edinburgh Festival Chorus, singer.
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Wandsworth School. Boys' Choir, singer.
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London Symphony Chorus, singer.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85026796
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| Standard No. |
028944348828 |
| Music No. |
443 488-2 Decca (set) |
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443 489-2 Decca (disc 1) |
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443 490-2 Decca (disc 2) |
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