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The rescue of Penelope ; Phaedra / Benjamin Britten.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer.
- Sackville-West, Edward, 1901-1965, author.
- Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977, author.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699--Musical settings.
- Racine, Jean.
- Incidental music.
- Monologues with music (Vocal quartet with orchestra).
- Penelope (Greek mythological character)--Songs and music.
- Penelope.
- Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice).
- Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
- Phaedra (Greek mythological character)--Songs and music.
- Phaedra.
- Genre:
- Musical settings.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, France : Erato, [1996]
- Language Note:
- Both works performed in English; words of the 2nd from Robert Lowell's verse translation of Racine's Phèdre.
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- Contents:
- The rescue of Penelope (36:14)
- Phaedra (14:57).
- Participant:
- Dame Janet Baker, narrator, Alison Hagley, soprano, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano, John Mark Ainsley, tenor, William Dazeley, bass (1st work) ; Lorraine Hunt, soprano (2nd work) ; Hallé Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, conductor.
- Credits:
- Editions performed: Faber Music.
- Notes:
- The 1st work originally incidental music to a radio play by Edward Sackville-West, based on Homer, as synthesized for concert performance by Chris de Souza; the 2nd work a dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra.
- Recorded 1995 April 22-23 and November 4-5 BBC Studio 7, Manchester.
- Hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Container of: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Rescue; arranged
- Container of: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Phaedra.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Rescue; arranged. Rescue of Penelope.
- OCLC:
- 1411762703
- Publisher Number:
- FRZ209514001
- FRZ209514002
- FRZ209514003
- FRZ209514004
- FRZ209514005
- FRZ209514006
- FRZ209514007
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- FRZ209514010
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- FRZ209514015
- FRZ209514016
- FRZ209514101
- FRZ209514102
- FRZ209514103
- FRZ209514104
- FRZ209514105
- 825646447541 Erato
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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