| Other author/creator | Pierard, Catherine, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Holton, Ruth, 1961- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Montague, Diana performer. |
| Other author/creator | Sears, Nicholas, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Padmore, Mark, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Wallace, Stephen, 1970- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Kraemer, Nicholas conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performer. |
| Uniform title | Alfred. Selections |
| Variant title |
Title on container: Thomas Arne's Alfred : an early English opera |
| Series |
BBC music magazine ; vol. 5, no. 10
BBC music magazine ; vol. 5, no. 10. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Act I. Overture (6:30) -- The shepherd's plain life (3:33) -- Sweet valley say (2:01) -- Let not those who love complain (4:00) -- Act II. Love's the tyrant of the heart (3:32) -- From the dawn of early morning (5:44) -- Hear, Alfred, hear (2:29) -- Gracious heav'n, O hear me (5:30) -- Vengeance, O come inspire me! (6:15) -- There honour comes (2:28) -- Act III. Ah me, what fears oppress... Guardian angels, O descend (3:02) -- March with a side drum (1:34) -- Rule, Britannia (4:17). |
| General note | Extended excerpts from his "English opera"--Program notes. |
| General note | Issued with BBC music magazine, June 1997. |
| General note | Track-by-track listening guide accompanying this CD and published in BBC music magazine on file in the MBRS Recorded Sound Section paperwork file. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes by Jonathan Keates ([2] p.) inserted in container. |
| General note | Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
Catherine Pierard, Ruth Holton, sopranos ; Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano ; Nicholas Sears, Mark Padmore, tenors ; Stephen Wallace, countertenor ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, Oct. 16-17, 1995. |
| Other title |
BBC music magazine. |
| LCCN | 2008643783 |
| Publisher number | BBC MM58 BBC Music Magazine |
