Research Catalog

Title

Sacred music [sound recording] ; Symphonic dramas ; Orchestral songs / Berlioz.

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Publication

[Baarn, The Netherlands] : Philips Classics, p1998.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Colin, 1927-2013.
• Kern, Patricia.
• Tear, Robert.
• Shirley-Quirk, John.
• Baker, Janet.
• Allen, Thomas, 1944-
• Tappy, Eric.
• Gedda, Nicolai.
• Bastin, Jules.
• Tagliavini, Franco.
• Kynaston, Nicolas, 1941-
• Armstrong, Sheila.
• Patterson, Frank, 1938-2000.
• Veasey, Josephine.
• London Symphony Orchestra. prf
• London Symphony Chorus. prf
• John Alldis Choir. prf
• Ambrosian Singers. prf
• Wandsworth School. Boys' Choir. prf

Description

9 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

Works.

Subject

• Choruses (Mixed voices) with orchestra
• Operas
• Oratorios
• Requiems
• Songs with orchestra

Note

• Philips Classics: 462 252-2 (462 253-2--462 261-2).
• Title from container spine.
• All selections previously released.
• Compact discs; analog recording.
• Program notes in English, French, and German; texts in French and Latin (76 p. : ports.) laid in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded in London between 1968 and 1979.

Language (note)

• The Requiem sung in Latin; all other selections sung in French.

Contents

• CD 1. Roméo et Juliette : symphonie dramatique d'après la tragédie de Shakespeare, op. 17. Parts I - III & Part IV (beginning) (Patricia Kern, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass ; John Alldis Choir) -- CD 2. Roméo et Juliette. Part IV (conclusion) ; L'enfance du Christ : trilogie sacrée, op. 25. Part 1 (Le songe d'Hérode) (Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Thomas Allen, baritone ; Eric Tappy, tenor ; supporting soloists ; John Alldis Choir) -- CD 3. L'enfance du Christ (Parts 2-3) -- CD 4. La damnation de Faust : légende dramatique en quatre parties, op. 24. (Parts 1-3) (Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Jules Bastin, bass ; Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano ; Ambrosian Singers ; Wandsworth School Boy's Choir) -- CD 5. La damnation de Faust. (Parts 3-4) -- CD 6. Requiem : grand messe des morts, op. 5. (Ronald Dowd, tenor ; Wandsworth School Boy's Choir) -- CD 7. Requiem (conclusion) ; Te Deum (Franco Tagliavini, tenor ; Nicolas Kynaston, organ ; Wandsworth School Boy's Choir) --
• CD 8. Les nuits d'été, op. 7 ; Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie : monodrame lyrique, op. 14b (Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; Frank Patterson, tenor ; supporting soloists ; John Alldis Choir) -- CD 9. La mort de Cléopâtre : scène lyrique ; Herminie : scène lyrique ; 5 songs. La belle voyageuse, op. 2, no. 4 ; Le chasseur danois, op. 19, no. 6 ; La captive, op. 12 ; Le jeune pâtre breton, op. 13, no. 4 ; Zaïde, op. 19, no. 1 (Janet Baker, mezzo soprano ; Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano ; Frank Patterson, tenor ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass).

OCLC

• ocm48022463
• 48022463

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries