Sinfonia antartica ; The wasps : Aristophonic suite / Vaughan Williams.

Author/creator Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication InfoHayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, [1991]
Description1 online resource.
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Subjects

Other author/creatorBoult, Adrian, 1889-1983 conductor.
Other author/creatorBurrowes, Norma, performer.
Other author/creatorVaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Wasps (Suite)
Other author/creatorLondon Philharmonic Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
Uniform titleSymphonies, no. 7
SeriesBritish composers
British composers. ^A345919
Contents Sinfonia antartica -- The wasps : Aristophanic suite. Overture ; Entr'acte I ; March past of the kitchen utensils ; Entr'acte II ; Ballet and final tableau.
General noteDurations: 41:48 ; 25:41.
General noteFirst work uses music from Vaughan Williams' film score for the 1947 film "Scott of the Antarctic"; 2nd work is an orchestral suite arr. from his incidental music for Aristophanes' play.
General noteOriginally issued on analog discs in 1968 & 1970, respectively.
General notePreviously released on compact disc.
General noteThe vocal parts in the symphony are textless. There are literary superscriptions for each movement, not set, but to be read by the listener, from Shelley, Coleridge, Donne, Psalm 104 & Scott's Antarctic journal.
Performer Norma Burrowes, soprano, women's voices of the London Philharmonic Choir (1st work) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Kingsway Hall, London, Nov. 18-21, 1969 (1st work) & Sept. 23-25, 1968 (2nd work).
Genre/formSound recordings.
Other titleAristophanic suite.

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