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The happy prince / Oscar Wilde.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Standardized Title:
- Happy prince, and other tales. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Computer network resources.
- Music.
- Fairy tales--Ireland.
- Fairy tales.
- Ireland.
- Short stories.
- String orchestra music.
- Piano music (Pianos (2)).
- Piano music.
- Genre:
- String orchestra music.
- Piano music.
- Sound recordings.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services/Nimbus, [2009]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- John Gielgud reads five stories by Oscar Wilde. Includes musical interludes.
- Contents:
- The happy prince (20:27)
- Fantasia on Greensleeves / Ralph Vaughan Williams (4:13)
- The nightingale and the rose (13:47)
- 12 Danzas espanolas / Enrique Granados (4:37)
- The selfish giant (9:47)
- Concerto grosso. Sarabande / Ralph Vaughan Williams (3:55)
- The devoted friend (24:32)
- Ma mere l'oye. Laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes / Maurice Ravel (3:09)
- The remarkable rocket (24:38)
- 24 preludes and fugues, op. 87. Prelude no. 9 in E major (:35) ; Prelude no. 10 in C-sharp minor (2:06) / Dmitry Shostakovich.
- Participant:
- Readings by John Gielgud ; musical works: English String Orchestra ; William Boughton, conductor (1st and 3rd works) ; Youra Guller, piano (2nd work) ; Vlado Perlemuter, Adrian Farmer, pianos (4th work) ; Marta Deyanova, piano (5th work).
- Notes:
- Streaming audio.
- From the book: The happy prince, and other tales.
- Recorded at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, Sept. 2 and 3, 1985.
- Contains:
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Fantasia on Greensleeves; arranged
- Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916. Danzas españolas. Oriental
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Concerto grosso, string orchestra. Sarabande.
- Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Piano duet). Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Preli︠u︡dii i fugi, piano, op. 87. Selections
- OCLC:
- 704955962
- Publisher Number:
- NI1797 Naxos Digital Services/Nimbus
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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