| Description |
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005412 |
| Note |
1st work: Secular cantata for baritone, chorus, solo flute, piano and string orchestra, text by Edmund Spenser. 2nd work: three rondels for tenor and string trio, text attributed to Chaucer. 3rd work: four hymns for tenor, solo viola and strings. |
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Sung in English. |
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Compact disc. |
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Durations: 32:11 ; 7:26 ; 15:20. |
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Texts and notes in English (15 p.) in container ; last hymn text translated from Greek. |
| Contents |
Epithalamion -- Merciless beauty -- Four hymns: Lord! come away ; Who is this fair one? ; Come Love, come Lord ; Evening hymn. |
| Performer |
Stephen Roberts, baritone ; Philip Langridge, tenor ; and other soloists and instrumentalists ; Bach Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded in No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London: 1st work, 15-17 Apr. 1986 ; 2nd work, 28 May 1986 ; 3rd work, 8 Apr. 1987. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Musical settings.
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Musical settings.
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Cantatas, Secular.
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Sacred songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Song cycles.
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| Added Author |
Roberts, Stephen, 1949-. Performer.
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Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010- Performer.
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Willcocks, David, 1919- Conductor.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Hymns, tenor, viola, piano, arr. 1987.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Epithalamion. 1987.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Merciless beauty. 1987.
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
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Bach Choir (London, England) Performer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Epithalamion.
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Merciless beauty.
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| Music No. |
CDC 7 47769 2 EMI |
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