Other author/creator | Roberts, R. Ellis (Richard Ellis), 1879-1953, librettist. |
Other author/creator | Barkworth, Peter, performer. |
Other author/creator | Allen, Sheila, 1932-2011, performer. |
Other author/creator | Pope, Cathryn, performer. |
Other author/creator | Forbes, Patricia (Soprano), performer. |
Other author/creator | Mills, Bronwen, performer. |
Other author/creator | Dressen, Dan, performer. |
Other author/creator | Murgatroyd, Andrew, performer. |
Other author/creator | Smith, Angus, performer. |
Other author/creator | Herrick, Christopher, performer. |
Other author/creator | Brunelle, Philip, 1943- conductor. |
Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Paul Bunyan (1941). Selections. |
Other author/creator | English Chamber Orchestra, performer. |
Uniform title | Company of heaven |
Contents |
Company of heaven (50:00) -- Paul Bunyan. Overture ; Lullaby of dream shadows ; Inkslinger's love song (18:00) |
General note | Virgin Classics: VC 7 91107-2 (additional no. on container: Deutsche Bestellnummer 260 416-231). |
General note | First work a cantata for speakers, soprano, tenor, chorus, timpani, organ, and string orchestra; the excerpts from Paul Bunyan (2nd work) were rejected by the composer for his final revision of the operetta. |
General note | Words of 1st work selected by R. Ellis Roberts; words of 2nd work by W.H. Auden; Overture orchestrated by Colin Matthews. |
General note | Compact disc. |
General note | Durations: 50:00; 18:00. |
General note | Accompanied by program notes by Philip Reed with French and German translations and texts ([40] p. : ill.). |
Performer |
Peter Barkworth, Sheila Allen, speakers (1st work) ; Cathryn Pope (1st work), Patricia Forbes (2nd work), Bronwen Mills (2nd work), sopranos ; Dan Dressen, Andrew Murgatroyd (2nd work), Angus Smith (2nd work), tenors ; Christopher Herrick, organ (1st work) ; London Philharmonic Choir ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Philip Brunelle, conductor. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded June 1989, Henry Wood Hall, London. |
Other title | Company of heaven. |
Other title | Paul Bunyan. |
LCCN | 91758675 |
UPC |
075679110725 |
Publisher number | VC 7 91107-2 Virgin Classics |
Publisher number | 260 416-231 Virgin Classics |