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The mask of Orpheus / Harrison Birtwistle.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Birtwistle, Harrison.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- 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:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Place of Publication:
- London : NMC Recordings, [1997]
- Language Note:
- Sung principally in English and, in part, an invented language.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- The Mask of Orpheus / Harrison Birtwistle (Alan Opie, baritone ; Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano ; Jon Garrison, tenor ; Stephen Richardson, bass ; Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Bronder, tenor ; Nicholas Folwell, baritone ; Omar Ebrahim, baritone ; Marie Angel, soprano ; Arwel Huw-Morgan, baritone ; Stephen Allen, tenor ; Juliet Booth, soprano ; Philippa Dames-Longsworth, soprano ; Elizabeth McCormack, mezzo-soprano ; Andrew Davis, conductor ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; BBC Singers).
- 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.
- Includes booklet of program notes in English with French and German translations (79 p. : ports.) and libretto (69 [i.e. , 138] p.).
- Grawemeyer Award, 1987.
- Description based on hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Mask of Orpheus. Libretto.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Birtwistle, Harrison. Mask of Orpheus.
- OCLC:
- 811645315
- Publisher Number:
- GBCML9705001
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- NMCD050 NMC Recordings
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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