| Description |
1 sound disc (52 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
003602 001457 |
| Note |
The 1st work originally incidental music to a radio play by Edward Sackville-West, based on Homer, as synthesized for concert performance by Chris de Souza; the 2nd work a solo cantata. |
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Compact disc. |
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Editions performed: Faber Music. |
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Notes by Chris de Souza, Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed and vocal texts, all in English with French and German translations (55 p.) inserted in container. |
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Durations: 36:02; 14:57. |
| Performer |
Janet Baker, narrator; Alison Hagley, soprano ; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano ; John Mark Ainsley, tenor ; William Dazeley, bass (all in 1st work) ; Lorraine Hunt, soprano (2nd work) ; Hallé Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Apr. 22-23 and Nov. 4-5, 1995, BBC Studio 7, Manchester; the 1st work "world premiere."--Container. |
| Language |
Both works performed in English; words of the 2nd from Robert Lowell's verse translation of Racine's Phèdre. |
| Subject |
Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Musical settings.
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Incidental music, Arranged.
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Monologues with music (Vocal quartet with orchestra)
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
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| Added Author |
De Souza, Chris. Arranger.
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Sackville-West, Edward, 1901-1965.
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. Translator.
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Baker, Janet. Narrator. 1933-
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Hagley, Alison. voc
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Wyn-Rogers, Catherine. voc
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Ainsley, John Mark. voc
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Dazeley, William, 1966- voc
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Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006 voc
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Nagano, Kent, 1951- Conductor.
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Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
Phèdre.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Phaedra.
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Homer.
Odyssey.
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Hallé Orchestra. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Phaedra.
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Rescue; arranged.
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| Standard No. |
0630127132 |
| Music No. |
0630-12713-2 Erato |
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