Research Catalog

Title

Phaedra ; Five French folksong arrangements ; Les illuminations / Benjamin Britten.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI, [1987], ℗1987.

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Additional Authors

• Palmer, Felicity
• Gomez, Jill
• Whitfield, John
• Endymion Ensemble, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

1 audio disc : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Vocal music. Selections

Alternative Title

• Vocal music.
• Phaedra.
• Five French folksong arrangements.
• 5 French folksong arrangements.
• French folksong arrangements.
• Illuminations.

Subject

• Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 > Musical settings
• Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891 > Musical settings
• Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
• Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
• Folk songs, French > France
• Songs (High voice) with string orchestra
• Song cycles

Note

• The 1st work a dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra; the 2nd work originally for voice and piano, acc. arr. for orchestra by the composer; the 3rd work for high voice and string orchestra.
• The 1st work sung in English; the remaining works sung in French.
• Words of the 1st work from Robert Lowell\u0027s verse translation of Jean Racine\u0027s Phèdre; words of the 3rd work by Arthur Rimbaud.
• Eds. recorded: Faber Music (1st work); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd-3rd works).
• Compact disc.
• Durations: 16:00; 12:00; 23:00.
• Program notes by John Evans and texts in English, French, and German (36 p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded Oct. 24-25 and 29, 1986, in St. John\u0027s Church, Hackney, London.

LCCN

• 88753269
• 077774925921

OCLC

• ocm18646492
• 18646492
• SCSB-5519787

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries