The red cockatoo and other songs / Benjamin Britten.
| Author/creator | Britten, Benjamin |
| Format | Audio (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | London : Hyperion, ℗1995. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?CLMU;379955 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bostridge, Ian vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Birthday song for Erwin. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 Cradle song. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Fish in the unruffled lakes. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. If thou wilt ease thine heart. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Night covers up the rigid land. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Not even summer yet. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Poison tree. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Red cockatoo. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Selections. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. To lie flat on the back. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Um Mitternacht. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. When you're feeling like expressing your affection. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Wild with passion. |
| Included Work | Croft, William, 1678-1727. What art thou. |
| Included Work | Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. Lord! I have sinned. |
| Included Work | Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. Wilt thou forgive that sin. |
| Uniform title | Songs. Selections |
| Contents | Realizations from Harmonia sacra (Lord! I have sinned (2:51) ; Hymn to God the Father / Pelham Humfreys (2:26) ; A hymn on divine musick / William Croft (5:22)) -- From Ronald Duncan's This way to the tomb (Evening (1:41) ; Morning (1:05) ; Night (1:49)) -- W.H. Auden settings (Night covers up the rigid land (2:32) ; Fish in the unruffled lakes (2:47) ; To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed (2:20)) -- The red cockatoo & other songs (A poison tree (2:52) ; When you're feeling like expressing your affection (0:42) ; Not even summer yet (1:41) ; The red cockatoo (0:39) ; Wild with passion (2:23) ; If thou wilt ease thine heart (1:50) ; Cradle song for Eleanor (3:01) ; Birthday song for Erwin (1:21) ; Um Mitternacht (3:33)) -- The holy sonnets of John Donne : op. 35 (Oh my blacke Soule! (3:10) ; Batter my heart (1:16) ; O might those sighes and teares (3:06) ; Oh, to vex me (1:03) ; What if this present (2:54) ; Since she whom I loved (3:25) ; At the round earth's imagined corners (2:40) ; Thou has made me (1:25) ; Death, be not proud (3:58)). |
| General note | Originally issued as a compact disc. |
| General note | Texts (the German song with English translation) and program notes by Philip Reed (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| General note | The Duncan songs from incidental music; the final group is a song cycle. |
| Performer | Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Graham Johnson, piano. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded June 27-30, 1995. |
| Language | Sung in English or (track 18) German; words by Ronald Duncan, W.H. Auden, John Donne, and others. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |