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Phaedra ; Lachrymae ; Sinfonietta ; The sword in the stone ; Movement for wind sextet ; Night mail end sequence / Britten.
LIBRA Hyper. 66845 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice).
- Incidental music.
- Wind sextets (Bassoon, clarinets (2), flute, horn, oboe).
- Viola with string orchestra, Arranged.
- Symphonies (Instrumental ensemble).
- Motion picture music--Excerpts.
- Motion picture music.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hyperion, [1996]
- Participant:
- Jean Rigby, mezzo soprano (1st work) ; Roger Chase, viola (2nd work) ; Nigel Hawthorne, narrator (6th work) ; The Nash Ensemble ; Lionel Friend, conductor.
- Notes:
- First work a solo cantata; 2nd originally for viola and piano, acc. arr. for string orchestra; 3rd work for wind quintet, string quartet, and double bass; 4th a suite from incidental music to a BBC production for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, harp, and percussion; 5th for wind quintet and bass clarinet; 6th an excerpt from music for a documentary film.
- Compact disc.
- Durations: 15:51 ; 12:51 ; 14:00 ; 9:45 ; 7:55 ; 4:14.
- Program notes by Philip Reed in English with French and German translations and texts in English (23 p. : ports. ; 12 cm.) in container.
- Recorded Nov. 20-22, 1995 and Feb. 2, 1996.
- Contains:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Phaedra.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Lachrymae; arranged
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sinfonietta, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violins (2), viola, cello, double bass, op. 1
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sword in the stone. Suite.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Moderato con molto moto, woodwinds, horn.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Night mail. This is the night mail crossing the border.
- Lachrymae.
- Sword in the stone.
- Night mail end sequence.
- OCLC:
- 35773003
- Publisher Number:
- 3457116845
- CDA66845 Hyperion
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