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Phaedra ; The rape of Lucretia / Britten.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer, conductor.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Standardized Title:
- Vocal music. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699--Musical settings.
- Racine, Jean.
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
- Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice).
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Streaming audio.
- Musical settings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Place of Publication:
- [London, England] : Decca, [1990]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- Participant:
- In the 1st work: Janet Baker, alto ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor. In the 2nd work: Heather Harper, Jenny Hill, sopranos ; Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano ; Janet Baker, contralto ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon, baritones ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass ; English Chamber Orchestra ; the composer, conductor.
- Notes:
- The 1st work a solo cantata; the 2nd work an opera in 2 acts.
- Text of the first work from a verse translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell; libretto of the 2nd work by Ronald Duncan, after the play Le viol de Lucrèce by André Obey.
- 1st work recorded 1977 March All Saints', Petersham, England.
- 2nd work recorded 1970 July The Maltings, Snape, England.
- Previously released in 1971 and 1977.
- Hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Container of: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Phaedra.
- Container of: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Rape of Lucretia.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Phaedra.
- OCLC:
- 973553671
- Publisher Number:
- GBF077710691
- GBF077710692
- GBF077710693
- GBF077040601
- GBF077040602
- GBF077040603
- GBF077040604
- GBF077040605
- GBF077040606
- GBF077040607
- GBF077040608
- GBF077040609
- GBF077040610
- GBF077040611
- GBF077040612
- GBF077040613
- GBF077040614
- GBF077040615
- GBF077040616
- GBF077040617
- GBF077040618
- GBF077040619
- GBF077040620
- GBF077040621
- GBF077040622
- GBF077040623
- GBF077040624
- GBF077040625
- GBF077040626
- 00028942566620 Decca
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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