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Three 20th-century works based on Edgar Allan Poe.
LIBRA Ang. 38168
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Harp with string orchestra.
- Orchestral music.
- Genre:
- Orchestral music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.
- 12 in.
- Other Title:
- Works based on Poe.
- The fall of the house of Usher.
- La chute de la maison Usher.
- Conte fantastique.
- The masque of the red death.
- Étude pour "Le palais hanté."
- Le palais hanté.
- The haunted palace.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Angel, p1984.
- System Details:
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- stereo
- Contents:
- La chute de la maison Usher / Debussy ; text after Poe ; rev. & orch. Juan Allende Blin (22:54)
- Conte fantastique : after Poe's "The masque of the red death" / André Caplet (16:57)
- Étude pour "Le palais hanté" : after Poe's "The haunted palace" / Florent Schmitt (12:01)
- Participant:
- Christine Barbaux, soprano ; François Le Roux, Jean-Philippe Lafont, baritones ; Pierre-Yves Le Maigat, bass-baritone (1st work) ; Frédérique Cambreling, harp (2nd work) ; Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georges Prêtre, conductor.
- Notes:
- The 1st work an unfinished opera in 1 act; the 2nd, for harp and string orchestra; the 3rd, for orchestra.
- The 1st work sung in French; libretto by the composer.
- Title from container. Title on spine: Works based on Poe. Title of 1st work on container: The fall of the house of Usher.
- Biographical and program notes by Harry Halbreich in English translation by Elisabeth Buzzard, French libretto of the opera with English translations by Buzzard, and poem The haunted palace in English with French translation by Mallarmé (4 p. ; 31 cm.) inserted in container.
- Recorded in Monaco.
- Contains:
- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Chute de la maison Usher.
- Caplet, André, 1878-1925. Masque de la mort rouge.
- Schmitt, Florent, 1870-1958. Palais hanté.
- OCLC:
- 12291093
- Publisher Number:
- 7777381681
- Angel DS-38168
- DS-38168 EMI/Angel
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