Curlew River / Britten.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : London, ℗1989.
Description1 audio disc (70 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorPlomer, William, 1903-1973 librettist.
Other author/creatorPears, Peter, 1910-1986 singer.
Other author/creatorShirley-Quirk, John singer.
Other author/creatorBlackburn, Harold.
Other author/creatorDrake, Bryan, singer.
Other author/creatorWebb, Bruce, singer.
Other author/creatorBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 conductor.
Other author/creatorTunnard, Viola, conductor.
Other author/creatorEnglish Opera Group, performer.
General note"A parable for church performance"--Container.
General noteSung in English.
General noteLibretto based on the medieval Japanese No-play Sumidagawa of Juro Montomasa by William Plomer.
General notePreviously issued, 1966, on analog disc as Decca SLT 301.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteAnalog recording.
General noteProgram notes by the composer and Colin Graham and libretto (26 p.) in container.
Performer Peter Pears as the Madwoman ; John Shirley-Quirk as the Ferryman ; Harold Blackburn as the Abbott ; Bryan Drake as the Traveller ; Bruce Webb as the Voice of the Spirit ; vocal and instrumental ensembles of the English Opera Group ; the composer and Viola Tunnard, conductors.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded June 1965 at Orford Parish Church.
UPC 2894218582
Publisher number421 858-2 London
Publisher numberSET 301 Decca

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