Research Catalog

Title

Phaedra ; Five French folksong arrangements ; Les illuminations [sound recording] / Benjamin Britten.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI, p1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Palmer, Felicity.
• Gomez, Jill.
• Whitfield, John.
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
• Endymion Ensemble.

Description

1 sound disc : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Vocal music. Selections

Alternative Title

• Vocal music.
• Phaedra.
• Five French folksong arrangements.
• 5 French folksong arrangements.
• French folksong arrangements.
• Illuminations.

Subjects

• Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891 > Musical settings
• Folk songs, French > France
• Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 > Musical settings
• Song cycles
• Songs (High voice) with string orchestra
• Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
• Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)

Note

• The 1st work a dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra; the 2nd work originally for voice and piano, acc. arr. for orchestra by the composer; the 3rd work for high voice and string orchestra.
• The 1st work sung in English; the remaining works sung in French.
• Words of the 1st work from Robert Lowell's verse translation of Jean Racine's Phèdre; words of the 3rd work by Arthur Rimbaud.
• Eds. recorded: Faber Music (1st work); Boosey & Hawkes (2nd-3rd works).
• Compact disc.
• Durations: 16:00; 12:00; 23:00.
• Texts in English, French, and German (36 p.) included.

Event (note)

• Recorded Oct. 24-25 and 29, 1986, in St. John's Church, Hackney, London.

Contents

Phaedra -- Five French folksong arrangements -- Les illuminations.

LCCN

88753269 /R/r91

OCLC

• ocm18646492
• SCSB-14565085

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library