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Phaedra ; The rape of Lucretia [sound recording] / Britten.

By: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Contributor(s): Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 | Baker, Janet, 1933- [voc.] | Harper, Heather [voc] | Hill, Jenny [voc ] | Pears, Peter, 1910-1986 [voc.] | Luxon, Benjamin [voc] | Shirley-Quirk, John [voc] | Bedford, Steuart [cnd] | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 [cnd] | English Chamber Orchestra [prf].

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BookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : London, [1990]Description: 2 compact discs (123:24) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (46 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.).Contained works: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Rape of Lucretia.Subject(s): Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 -- Musical settings | Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)

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DDC classification: CD/1252 Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Heather Harper, soprano (2nd work) ; Jenny Hill, soprano (2nd work) ;Peter Pears, tenor (2nd work) ; Benjamin Luxon, baritone (2nd work) ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass (2nd work) ; supporting vocalists (2nd work) ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford (1st work), Benjamin Britten (2nd work), conductors.

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London: 425 666-2 (415 667-2--425 668-2)

Cantata (1st work) and opera in 2 acts (2nd work)

Words of the 1st work from Robert Lowell's verse translation of Racine's Phèdre; libretto of the 2nd work by Ronald Duncan, after André Obey's play Le viol de Lucrèce.

Eds. recorded: Faber Music (1st work); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd work)

Previously released material (p1977, p1971)

[Analog recording]--ADRM [Analog-Digital-Re-Mastered]--ADD

Durations: 15:24; 108:00.

Program notes by Rodney Blumer, synopsis of the 2nd work, and texts inserted in container.

Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Heather Harper, soprano (2nd work) ; Jenny Hill, soprano (2nd work) ;Peter Pears, tenor (2nd work) ; Benjamin Luxon, baritone (2nd work) ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass (2nd work) ; supporting vocalists (2nd work) ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford (1st work), Benjamin Britten (2nd work), conductors.

Recorded Mar. 1977, All Saints', Petersham (1st work), and July 1970, The Maltings, Snape (2nd work)

Compact discs.