Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
Contents |
Owen Wingrave (1:45:28) -- 6 Hölderin-Fragmente, op. 61 (11:51) -- The poet's echo, op. 76 (16:09) |
Notes |
The 1st work an opera in 2 acts; the 2nd-3rd works song cycles |
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Libretto of the 1st work by Myfanwy Piper ; text of the 2nd work from poems by Friedrich Hölderlin ; text of the 3rd work from poems by Alexander Pushkin |
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Editions recorded: Faber Music Ltd. (1st and 3rd works); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd work) |
Performer |
In the 1st work: Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley-Quirk, baritones ; Nigel Douglas, tenor ; Sylvia Fisher, Heather Harper, Jennifer Vyvyan, sopranos ; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Pears, tenor, narrator ; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir ; English Chamber Orchestra ; the composer, conductor. In the 2nd work: Peter Pears, tenor ; Benjamin Britten, piano. In the 3rd work: Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano ; Mstislav Rostropovich, piano |
Event |
Recorded 1961, 1968, 1970 England |
Notes |
Sung in English, German, or Russian (respectively) |
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Hard copy version record |
Subject |
Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843 -- Musical settings
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 -- Musical settings
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SUBJECT |
Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843 fast |
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 fast |
Subject |
Operas.
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Song cycles.
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Operas
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Song cycles
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Songs (High voice) with piano
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Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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Musical settings
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Operas
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Song cycles
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Songs
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Operas.
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Song cycles.
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Songs.
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Cycles de mélodies.
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Form |
Streaming audio
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Author |
Piper, Myfanwy, singer
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Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843, author.
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837, author.
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Luxon, Benjamin, singer
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Shirley-Quirk, John, singer
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Douglas, Nigel, singer
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Fisher, Sylvia, 1910-1996, singer.
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Harper, Heather, singer
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Vyvyan, Jennifer, 1925-1974, singer.
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Baker, Janet, 1933- singer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, singer.
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Vishnevskai︠a︡, Galina, 1926-2012.
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Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007, instrumentalist.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Owen Wingrave.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Hölderlin Fragmente.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Ėkho poėta.
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Wandsworth School. Boys' Choir, singer.
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English Chamber Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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