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The mask of Orpheus / Harrison Birtwistle.

Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 28724
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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Birtwistle, Harrison.
Contributor:
Zinovieff, Peter, librettist.
Anderson, Barry, 1935-1987.
Angel, Marie, 1953- singer.
Rigby, Jean, singer.
Owens, Anne-Marie, singer.
Garrison, Jon, singer.
Bronder, Peter, 1953- singer.
Opie, Alan, singer.
Ebrahim, Omar, singer.
Davis, Andrew, 1944-2024, conductor.
Brabbins, Martyn, conductor.
BBC Singers, performer.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.
IRCAM (Research institute : France)
Language:
English
French
German
Undetermined
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Electronic music.
Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--Drama.
Orpheus.
Orpheus (Greek mythological character).
Genre:
Electronic music.
Drama.
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Physical Description:
3 audio discs (2:42:17) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
London : NMC Recordings, [1997]
Language Note:
Sung principally in English and, in part, an invented language.
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Participant:
Marie Angel, soprano ; Jean Rigby, Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-sopranos ; Jon Garrison, Peter Bronder, tenors ; Alan Opie, Omar Ebrahim, baritones ; supporting soloists ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, conductors.
Notes:
"Lyric tragedy in three acts"--Program notes.
Libretto by Peter Zinovieff.
Employs extensive electronic music sections realized by Barry Anderson in association with IRCAM.
Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Apr. 11-12, 1996.
Compact discs.
Includes booklet of program notes in English with French and German translations (79 p. : ports.) and libretto (69 [i.e., 138] p.).
Contains:
Birtwistle, Harrison. Mask of Orpheus. Libretto.
OCLC:
39784939
Publisher Number:
023363005029
NMC D050 NMC Recordings

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