Title:
Peter Grimes : scenes ; The rape of Lucretia : abridged version ; Folksong arrangements : the complete early HMV & Decca recordings / Benjamin Britten.
Author:
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Evans, Nancy, 1915-2000.
Pears, Peter, 1910-1986.
Cross, Joan.
Wyss, Sophie, 1897-1983.
Goodall, Reginald.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Rape of Lucretia. Selections.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Folk song arrangements (1943-1961). Selections.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Peter Grimes. Selections.
English Opera Group. Orchestra.
Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra.
BBC Theatre Chorus.
Publication Information:
[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, ℗1993.
Call Number:
B BRIT PGS G20
Series:
British composers
British composers.
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Order of works differs on discs.
In part, originally issued on 78 rpm discs; in part, previously unissued.
Duration of Lucretia: 74 min.; duration of Grimes scenes: 40 min.
Compact discs.
Program notes by John Lucas, Eric Crozier, Nancy Evans & Philip Reed, biographical notes, synopsis, and texts in English (59 p. : ill.) laid in container.
Added Title:
Rape of Lucretia.
Folksong arrangements.
Contents:
The rape of Lucretia : abridged recording of the revised version : (1947) -- Folksong arrangements. La belle est au jardin d'amour ; Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse ; Voici le printemps ; La fileuse ; Quand j'étais chez mon père ; The Salley Gardens ; Little Sir William ; Oliver Cromwell ; The ash grove ; The bonny Earl o' Moray ; Heigh ho, heigh hi! ; Sweet Polly Oliver ; There's none to soothe ; The plough boy ; Come you not from Newcastle? ; The foggy, foggy dew ; The king is gone a-hunting ; O Waly, Waly -- Scenes from Peter Grimes : op. 33.
Added Author:
Uniform Title:
Vocal music. Selections
Personal Author: