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Alexander's feast / Handel.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 03495
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Series:
- Originals (London, England)
- The originals
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Songs and music.
- Alexander.
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
- Saint Cecilia's Day--Songs and music.
- Saint Cecilia's Day.
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Musical settings.
- Dryden, John.
- Cantatas, Secular.
- Concerti grossi.
- Live sound recordings.
- Genre:
- Songs and music.
- Cantatas, Secular.
- Musical settings.
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs (99 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Philips ; London , England : Decca Music Group, [2006]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- digital recording
- Contents:
- disc 1. Alexander's feast (pt. I)
- disc 2. Alexander's feast (pt. II). Concerto grosso in C.
- Participant:
- Donna Brown, soprano ; Carolyn Watkinson, mezzo-soprano ; Ashley Stafford, alto ; Nigel Robson, tenor ; Stephen Varcoe, bass ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
- Credits:
- Recording producer, Wilhelm Hellweg.
- Notes:
- Recorded at Stadthalle Göttingen, June 13 & 14, 1987.
- "Legendary recordings from the Philips classics catalogue"--Container.
- "2 CDs"--Container.
- "Original digital recording"--Container.
- "Live recording"--Insert.
- "On period instuments"--Insert.
- "Alexander's feast or The power of music"--P. 2 of insert.
- "Alexander's feast or The power of musick wrote in honour of St. Cecilia by Mr. Dryden. Set to musick by Mr. Handel"--P. 29 of insert.
- Compact discs.
- Program notes by Winton Dean in English with French and German translations inserted. Includes vocal texts in English and German.
- Contains:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concerti grossi, violins (2), cello, orchestra, HWV 318, C major
- Power of music.
- Power of musick.
- OCLC:
- 122348216
- Publisher Number:
- 028947577744
- 00028947577744
- 475 7774 Philips
- 475 7775--475 7776 Philips
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