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Hercules

Title
Hercules [sound recording] / George Frideric Handel ; [libretto, Thomas Broughton].
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Publication
Hamburg : Archiv Produktion, p1983.

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Additional Authors
  • Broughton, Thomas, 1704-1774.
  • Smith, Jennifer (Soprano)
  • Walker, Sarah.
  • Denley, Catherine.
  • Rolfe Johnson, Anthony.
  • Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22-
  • Savidge, Peter.
  • Gardiner, John Eliot.
  • Sophocles.
  • Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
  • Monteverdi Choir.
  • English Baroque Soloists.
Description
3 sound discs (153 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.
Subject
  • Heracles (Greek mythological character) > Drama
  • Hercules (Roman mythological character) > Drama
  • Operas
Genre/Form
  • Drama.
  • Operas.
Note
  • Archiv Produktion: 2742 004 (2566 111-2566 113).
  • "A musical drama"--Container.
  • Based on: The women of Trachis / Sophocles. Metamorphoses / Ovid.
  • Pitch: a'=415 Hz.
  • Edition recorded: Hrsg. v. Friedrich Chrysander. Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, 1859. (Händel-Gesamtausgabe ; v. 4)
  • Digital recording.
  • Manual sequence.
  • Program notes and synopsis by Winton Dean and libretto with French and German translations (16 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.) in container.
  • Issued also as cassettes: 3383 004.
Event (note)
  • "Recorded [Aug. 9-14, St. John's Smith Square, London] in collaboration with West German Radio (WDR), Cologne, on the occasion of the 1982 Göttingen Handel Festival"--Container.
LCCN
84755803 /R/r872
OCLC
  • ocm12913226
  • SCSB-2083370
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library