| Other author/creator | Herbage, Julian, 1904-1976, arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, vocalist. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Gloriana. Suite. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sinfonia da requiem. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. First music; arranged. |
| Variant title |
Subtitle on original container: Historical recordings, 1956 |
| Series |
Historic
Historic (SWR Music (Sound recording label)) ^A1165001
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| Contents |
Symphonic suite = Sinfonische Suite "Gloriana," op. 53a (25:08) -- Sinfonia da requiem, op. 20 (20:07) -- Variations on an Elizabethan theme = Variationen über ein Elisabethanisches Thema (1953) (15:15): Thema, Sellinger's round / William Byrd ; Variation 1 / Arthur Oldham ; Variation 2, A lament / Michael Tippett ; Variation 3 / Lennox Berkeley ; Variation 4, Quick and gay / Benjamin Britten ; Variation 5, Nocturne / Humphrey Searle ; Variation 6, Finale / William Walton -- Chaconne aus der Oper King Arthur : für Striecher und Cembalo F-Dur / Henry Purcell ; arr. Julian Herbage. |
| General note | Program notes in German and English ([6] p.) in original container. |
| Performer |
SWR Sinfonieorchester ; Peter Pears, tenor (1st work) ; Benjamin Britten, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in 1956. |
| Language | 1st work sung in English. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
| Other title |
Variations on an Elizabethan theme. |
