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The rescue of Penelope Phaedra
Creator
Uniform Title
Rescue; arranged
Title
The rescue of Penelope [sound recording] ; Phaedra / Benjamin Britten.
Published
Paris, France : Erato, p1996.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Compact disc.
Editions performed: Faber Music.
Notes by Chris de Souza, Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed and vocal texts, all in English with French and German translations (55 p.)--inserted in container.
Durations: 36:02; 14:57.
Editions performed: Faber Music.
Recorded Apr. 22-23 and Nov. 4-5, 1995, BBC Studio 7, Manchester; the 1st work "world premiere"--Container.
Both works performed in English; words of the 2nd from Robert Lowell's verse translation of Racine's Phèdre.
Variant and related titles
Phaedra.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 16, 2014
Credits
Editions performed: Faber Music.
Performers
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.
Issue number
0630-12713-2 Erato
Subjects
Also listed under
Hallé Orchestra.
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