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Phaedra ; Five French folksong arrangements ; Les illuminations

Title
Phaedra ; Five French folksong arrangements ; Les illuminations / Benjamin Britten.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI, ℗1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891
  • Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977
  • Palmer, Felicity.
  • Gomez, Jill.
  • Whitfield, John.
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  • Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
  • Endymion Ensemble. prf
Description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Vocal music. Selections
Alternative Title
  • Vocal music.
  • 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
  • Racine, Jean, 1639-1699
  • Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891
  • Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
  • Folk songs, French > France
  • Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
  • Songs (High voice) with string orchestra
  • Song cycles
  • Folk songs, French
  • Song cycles
  • Songs (High voice) with string orchestra
  • Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
  • France
Genre/Form
  • sound recordings.
  • Sound recordings
  • Musical settings
  • Sound recordings.
  • Enregistrements sonores.
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's verse translation of Jean Racine's 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.
  • Texts in English, French, and German (36 p.) included.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Oct. 24-25 and 29, 1986, in St. John's Church, Hackney, London.
Contents
Phaedra -- Five French folksong arrangements -- Les illuminations.
LCCN
  • 88753269
  • 077774925921
  • 7777492592
OCLC
  • ocm18646492
  • 18646492
  • SCSB-14565085
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library