| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Notes |
The 1st work a solo cantata; the 2nd work an opera in 2 acts |
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Text of the first work from a verse translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell; libretto of the 2nd work by Ronald Duncan, after the play Le viol de Lucrèce by André Obey |
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Previously released in 1971 and 1977 |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Janet Baker, alto ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor. In the 2nd work: Heather Harper, Jenny Hill, sopranos ; Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano ; Janet Baker, contralto ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon, baritones ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass ; English Chamber Orchestra ; the composer, conductor |
| Event |
1st work recorded 1977 March All Saints', Petersham, England |
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2nd work recorded 1970 July The Maltings, Snape, England |
| Notes |
Sung in English |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Musical settings
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| SUBJECT |
Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 fast |
| Subject |
Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
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Operas.
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Operas
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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Musical settings
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982, librettist.
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977, translator.
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Baker, Janet, 1933- singer.
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Bedford, Steuart, conductor
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Harper, Heather, singer
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Hill, Jenny, 1944- singer.
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Bainbridge, Elizabeth, singer
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, singer.
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Drake, Bryan, 1925-2001, singer.
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Luxon, Benjamin, singer
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Shirley-Quirk, John, singer
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1st work based on (work): Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
Phèdre.
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2nd work opera adaptation of (work): Obey, André, 1892-1975.
Viol de Lucrèce.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Phaedra.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Rape of Lucretia.
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English Chamber Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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