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The Resource A midsummer night's dream, Benjamin Britten, (sound recording)

A midsummer night's dream, Benjamin Britten, (sound recording)

Label
A midsummer night's dream
Title
A midsummer night's dream
Statement of responsibility
Benjamin Britten
Creator
Contributor
Conductor
Librettist
Narrator
Performer
Singer
Subject
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • ger
  • eng
  • eng
Accompanying matter
  • libretto or text
  • biography of composer or author
  • biography of performer or history of ensemble
  • historical information
  • other
Cataloging source
BTCTA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1913-1976
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Britten, Benjamin
Date time place
Recorded live, July-Aug. 2006, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Form of composition
operas
Format of music
not applicable
Language note
Sung in English
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Íride Martínez, Kate Royal, sopranos ; Tove Dahlberg, Louise Poole, mezzo-sopranos ; Bejun Mehta, countertenor ; Timothy Robinson, Michael Smallwood, Alasdair Elliott, tenors ; Jared Holt, Simon Kirkbride, baritones ; Iain Paterson, bass-baritone ; Henry Waddington, Geoffrey Moses, Matthew Rose, basses ; Jack Morlen, speaker ; Trinity Boys Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Ilan Volkov, conductor
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1910-1986
  • 1973-
  • 1968-
  • 1970-
  • 1973-
  • 1968-
  • 1564-1616
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Pears, Peter
  • Martínez, Íride
  • Royal, Kate
  • Dahlberg, Tove
  • Poole, Louise
  • Mehta, Bejun
  • Robinson, Timothy
  • Smallwood, Michael
  • Elliott, Alasdair
  • Holt, Jared
  • Kirkbride, Simon
  • Paterson, Iain
  • Waddington, Henry
  • Moses, Geoffrey
  • Rose, Matthew
  • Morlen, Jack
  • Volkov, Ilan
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Trinity School Boys' Choir of London
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Operas
  • Live sound recordings
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
A midsummer night's dream, Benjamin Britten, (sound recording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Opera in 3 acts
  • Libretto by the composer and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare
  • Compact discs
  • Program and biographical notes by John Evans in English, with synopsis in English with French and German translations, and libretto (63 p. : ports., ill.) bound in container
Accompanying material
1 libretto (66 p. ; 12 cm)
Bar code
31223112699914
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
performed music
Content type code
  • prm
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
2 sound discs (148 min., 40 sec.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Lccn
2013620474
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
878280000139
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
GFOCD 013-06
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)758439773
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
A midsummer night's dream, Benjamin Britten, (sound recording)
Publication
Note
  • Opera in 3 acts
  • Libretto by the composer and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare
  • Compact discs
  • Program and biographical notes by John Evans in English, with synopsis in English with French and German translations, and libretto (63 p. : ports., ill.) bound in container
Accompanying material
1 libretto (66 p. ; 12 cm)
Bar code
31223112699914
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
performed music
Content type code
  • prm
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
2 sound discs (148 min., 40 sec.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Lccn
2013620474
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
878280000139
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
GFOCD 013-06
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)758439773
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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