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Author/Creator:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Contributors:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Dryden, John, 1631-1700

Hall, Carol , performer

Thomas, David, 1943-

Earle, Roderick , performer

Varcoe, Stephen , performer

Elwes, John , performer

Gardiner, John Eliot , performer

Smith, Jennifer (Soprano)

Monteverdi Choir , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Monteverdi Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Main Work:

Tempest [by Purcell, H.]

Subjects:

Incidental music

Performers:

Rosemary Hardy, Jennifer Smith, sopranos ; Carol Hall, mezzo soprano ; John Elwes, tenor ; Stephen Varcoe, baritone ; David Thomas, Roderick Earle, basses ; Monteverdi Choir ; Monteverdi Orchestra ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

Performance Medium:

7 performers: solo bass voice (2); solo mezzo-soprano voice; solo soprano voice (2); solo baritone voice; solo tenor voice
3 performers and 1 ensemble: cello; harpsichord (2); orchestra

General Notes:

Incidental music for Shakespeare's play, as adapted by John Dryden.
Program notes by Peter Holman on slipcase; text ([1] l.) bound as supplement.
Licensed from Erato 71274.
Recorded in February 1979 in Henry Wood Hall, London.
(C.2) From the collection of John Irish.
(C.3) From the collection of Richard Taruskin

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (58 min.) : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

vinyl; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; microgroove; stereo

Call Numbers:

LPZ 25745
SORT LPZ 0025745

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Musical Heritage Society: MHS 4479

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

81750420

OCLC Numbers:

8286872