Nocturne / Britten. A midsummer night's dream / Mendelssohn.
| Author/creator | Britten, Benjamin |
| Format | Audio (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | [Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2005] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Access restricted to subscribers |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Dawson, Lynne, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Mentzer, Susanne, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream. |
| Other author/creator | Tate, Jeffrey, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Tear, Robert performer. |
| Included Work | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. |
| Other author/creator | English Chamber Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Philharmonisch Koor Toonkunst (Rotterdam, Netherlands), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, performer. |
| Uniform title | Nocturnes, tenor, orchestra, op. 60 |
| Contents | A midsummer night's dream. op. 21; op. 61 -- Nocturne for tenor solo, seven obbligato instruments and string orchestra, op. 60. On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley) ; Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) (Robin O'Neill, bassoon) ; Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp) ; Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) (Frank Lloyd, french horn) ; But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani) ; She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) (James Brown, cor anglais) ; What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet) ; When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare). |
| General note | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| General note | The 1st work is incidental music; the 2nd work for tenor, 7 obligato instruments, and string orchestra. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012). |
| Performer | In the 1st work: Lynne Dawson, soprano ; Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano ; Woman of the Philharmonisch Koor Toonkunst ; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor. In the 2nd work: Robert Tear, tenor ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor. |
| Language | Sung in German (1st work) or English (2nd work). |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |