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Sinfonia antartica The wasps : Aristophonic suite
Uniform Title
Symphonies, no. 7
Title
Sinfonia antartica [electronic resource] : The wasps : Aristophonic suite / Vaughan Williams.
Published
Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, [1991]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
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Notes
Durations: 41:48 ; 25:41.
First work uses music from Vaughan Williams' film score for the 1947 film "Scott of the Antarctic"; 2nd work is an orchestral suite arr. from his incidental music for Aristophanes' play.
Originally issued on analog discs in 1968 & 1970, respectively.
Previously released on compact disc.
The vocal parts in the symphony are textless. There are literary superscriptions for each movement, not set, but to be read by the listener, from Shelley, Coleridge, Donne, Psalm 104 & Scott's Antarctic journal.
Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, Nov. 18-21, 1969 (1st work) & Sept. 23-25, 1968 (2nd work).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Classical music library). Available via World Wide Web.
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Classical music library.
Aristophanic suite.
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Original
Format
Audio / Online
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2012
Series
Performers
Norma Burrowes, soprano, women's voices of the London Philharmonic Choir (1st work) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor.
Contents
Sinfonia antartica
The wasps : Aristophanic suite. Overture ; Entr'acte I ; March past of the kitchen utensils ; Entr'acte II ; Ballet and final tableau.
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Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
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London Philharmonic Choir.
London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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