Research Catalog

Title

The rape of Lucretia [sound recording] : representative excerpts [from] 1946 Holland performance / Benjamin Britten.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

[S.l.] : Music & Arts, 1995, p1981.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912-1953.
• Cross, Joan.
• Ritchie, Margaret, 1903-1969.
• Pollak, Anna.
• Pears, Peter, 1910-1986.
• Kraus, Otakar, 1909-
• Donleavy, Edmund.
• Brannigan, Owen.
• English Opera Group. Orchestra. prf

Description

1 sound disc (62 min., 7 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Rape of Lucretia. Selections

Alternative Title

Rape of Lucretia.

Subject

• Operas > Excerpts

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Opera excerpts; sung in English.
• Compact disc.
• Notes by the Earl of Harewood and libretto ([42] p.) inserted in container.
• Contents' score designations refer to the Boosey & Hawkes revised edition of the score.

Event (note)

• Recorded during a live performance in Holland, Oct. 5, 1946.

Contents

Prologue : male and female chorus (5:05) -- Act I. one measure before 44 ("My horse!") to end of the act [includes Traquinius does not wait] (22:12) -- Act II. Fig. 13 [Slumber song : She sleeps as a rose upon the night] to fig. 43 (16:17) -- Act II. Recitative before fig. 68 [Hush! here she comes] to 1 measure before fig. 78 [includes Flower song : Flowers bring to every year] (5:39) -- Act II. fig. 81 [Lucretia! Lucretia! : duet of Collatinus and Lucretia] to fig. 102 (12:34).

Call Number

*LDC 14100 (F)

OCLC

34959981

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

The rape of Lucretia [sound recording] : representative excerpts [from] 1946 Holland performance / Benjamin Britten.

Imprint

[S.l.] : Music & Arts, 1995, p1981.

Playing Time

010034

Performer

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto ; Joan Cross, Margaret Ritchie, sopranos ; Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Otakar Kraus, Edmund Donleavy, baritones ; Owen Brannigan, bass ; English Opera Group Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor.

Event

Recorded during a live performance in Holland, Oct. 5, 1946.

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Added Author

Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912-1953. Performer

Cross, Joan. Performer

Ritchie, Margaret, 1903-1969. Performer

Pollak, Anna. Performer

Pears, Peter, 1910-1986. Performer

Kraus, Otakar, 1909- Performer

Donleavy, Edmund. Performer

Brannigan, Owen. Performer

English Opera Group. Orchestra. Performer

Publisher No.

CD-901 Music & Arts

Research Call Number

*LDC 14100 (F) Notes and libretto on file.