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Riders to the sea : Merciless beauty ; Epithalamion / Vaughan Williams.

Author/creator Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoLondon : EMI Classics, ℗1993.
Description1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Musical settings.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Musical settings.
Operas.
Cantatas, Secular.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Other author/creatorSynge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909.
Other author/creatorSpenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Other author/creatorChaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Other author/creatorBurrowes, Norma singer.
Other author/creatorPrice, Margaret, 1941-2011 singer.
Other author/creatorWatts, Helen singer.
Other author/creatorLuxon, Benjamin, singer.
Other author/creatorStevens, Pauline, singer.
Other author/creatorLangridge, Philip, 1939-2010, singer.
Other author/creatorRoberts, Stephen singer.
Other author/creatorShelley, Howard instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorSnowden, Jonathan instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorWillcocks, David, 1919-2015 conductor.
Other author/creatorDavies, Meredith conductor.
Included WorkVaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Merciless beauty.
Included WorkVaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Epithalamion.
Other author/creatorAmbrosian Singers performer.
Other author/creatorOrchestra Nova of London, performer.
Other author/creatorEndellion String Quartet performer.
Other author/creatorBach Choir (London, England) performer.
Other author/creatorLondon Philharmonic Orchestra performer.
Series British composers
British composers. ^A345919
General noteThe 1st selection, an opera in one act with words by J.M. Synge; the 2nd a cantata, based on the composer's The bridal day, with words set to Spenser's poetry; the 3rd, musical settings to 3 poems attributed to Chaucer.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteDurations: 36:21; 6:27; 32:13.
General noteProgram notes by Ursula Vaughan Williams, 1987, and text (15 p. : port.) inserted in container.
Performer Norma Burrowes, Margaret Price, sopranos ; Pauline Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Helen Watts, contralto ; Benjamin Luxon, baritone ; Ambrosian Singers ; Orchestra Nova of London ; Meredith Davies, conductor (1st work) ; Philip Landridge, tenor ; members of the Endellion String Quartet (2nd work) ; Stephen Roberts, baritone ; Howard Shelley, piano ; Jonathan Snowden, flute ; Bach Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor (3rd work).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, 1970 (1st work) and 1986.
UPC 0777764730
Publisher number077776473034 EMI Classics
Publisher numberCDM7647302 EMI Classics

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