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Esther / Handel.
LIBRA Oiseau 4144232 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Series:
- Florilegium series
- Florilegium
- Standardized Title:
- Esther
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Esther, Queen of Persia--Songs and music.
- Esther.
- Esther, Queen of Persia.
- Oratorios.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Oratorios.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, [1985]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- digital recording
- Participant:
- Patrizia Kwella, Emma Kirkby, sopranos ; Drew Minter, alto ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ian Partridge, Paul Elliott, Andrew King, tenors ; David Thomas, bass ; Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music (performing on "authentic instruments"--container) ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.
- Notes:
- Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre: 414 423-2 (414 424-2 -- 414 425-2).
- Oratorio.
- Sung in English.
- Libretto probably by Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot, based on the play of the same name by Jean Racine.
- "The present performance follows the text of the original 1718 version" -- Program notes.
- Compact discs.
- Digital recording.
- Program notes and synopsis by Anthony Hicks and libretto in English with French and German translations (54 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Recorded Oct. 1984 in St. Jude's Church, London.
- OCLC:
- 19237025
- Publisher Number:
- 2894144232
- 414 423-2 Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre
- 414 424-2 Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre
- 414 425-2 Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre
- 414 423-2 Oiseau-Lyre
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