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The company of heaven : Paul Bunyan. Overture ; Lullaby of dream shadows ; Inkslinger's love song / Britten.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoLondon : Virgin Classics, ℗1990.
Description1 audio disc (67 min., 37 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorRoberts, R. Ellis (Richard Ellis), 1879-1953, librettist.
Other author/creatorBarkworth, Peter, performer.
Other author/creatorAllen, Sheila, 1932-2011, performer.
Other author/creatorPope, Cathryn, performer.
Other author/creatorForbes, Patricia (Soprano), performer.
Other author/creatorMills, Bronwen, performer.
Other author/creatorDressen, Dan, performer.
Other author/creatorMurgatroyd, Andrew, performer.
Other author/creatorSmith, Angus, performer.
Other author/creatorHerrick, Christopher, performer.
Other author/creatorBrunelle, Philip, 1943- conductor.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Paul Bunyan (1941). Selections.
Other author/creatorEnglish Chamber Orchestra, performer.
Uniform titleCompany of heaven
Contents Company of heaven (50:00) -- Paul Bunyan. Overture ; Lullaby of dream shadows ; Inkslinger's love song (18:00)
General noteVirgin Classics: VC 7 91107-2 (additional no. on container: Deutsche Bestellnummer 260 416-231).
General noteFirst 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 noteWords of 1st work selected by R. Ellis Roberts; words of 2nd work by W.H. Auden; Overture orchestrated by Colin Matthews.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteDurations: 50:00; 18:00.
General noteAccompanied 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 noteRecorded June 1989, Henry Wood Hall, London.
Other titleCompany of heaven.
Other titlePaul Bunyan.
LCCN 91758675
UPC 075679110725
Publisher numberVC 7 91107-2 Virgin Classics
Publisher number260 416-231 Virgin Classics

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