| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Series |
Archive |
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Archive series (London, England)
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| Contents |
Night mail (5:50) -- The tocher : Rossini suite (9:32) -- The King's stamp (14:07) -- Negroes (Daniel Auchincloss, tenor ; Adam Green, baritone) (13:03) -- The way to the sea (15:29) -- Telegrams (2:30) -- Peace of Britain (1:30) -- Men behind the meters (3:11) -- Coal face (Daniel Auchincloss, tenor ; Adam Green, baritone ; Mike Flower, whistler) (11:47) -- When you're feeling like expressing your affection (Malcolm Wilson, piano) (:53) |
| Notes |
New recordings of film music composed for documentaries; the last work exists as a song but is believed to have been composed for a film |
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Texts by W.H. Auden (1st, 4th-5th works; verses, 9th work), Alberto Cavalcanti (script, 9th work), Montagu Slater (verses, 9th work), and unknown author, possibly Auden (6th work) |
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Eds. recorded: Chester Music (1st work); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd work); Faber Music (10th work); the remaining works transcribed and edited by Colin Matthews and others |
| Performer |
Simon Russell Beale, narrator (1st, 5th, and 9th works) ; Mary Carewe, soprano (4th and 10th works) ; with assisting musicians ; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (4th and 9th works) ; Choir of King Edward's School, Birmingham (2nd and 6th works) ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ; Martyn Brabbins, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded Mar. 11-12, 2006, at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham (music), and July 10 and Sept. 26, 2006, at the Sound Company, London (narration) |
| Notes |
Sung and spoken in English |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Musical settings
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Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956 -- Musical settings
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| SUBJECT |
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 fast |
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Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956 fast |
| Subject |
Motion picture music.
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Motion picture music
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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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Musical settings.
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Mises en musique.
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
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Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956.
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Cavalcanti, Alberto.
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Beale, Simon Russell, narrator.
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Carewe, Mary, singer.
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Brabbins, Martyn, conductor.
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chorus, singer.
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Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth (Birmingham, England). Choir, singer.
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, instrumentalist.
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