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Contributors:

Bowie, David , narrator

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985 , conductor

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Philadelphia Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Russian
French
German

Language Notes:

The 1st work narrated in English.

Included Works:

Peti︠a︡ i volk [by Prokofiev, S.] (English)

Young person's guide to the orchestra [by Britten, B.]

Related Works:

(First work) Based on: Abdelazer [by Purcell, H.] > Rondeau

Alternate Titles:

Titles on container: David Bowie narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the wolf; Eugene Ormandy conducts Britten's Young person's guide to the orchestra

Subjects:

Monologues with music (Orchestra)

Variations (Orchestra)

Genres:

Monologues (Drama)

Variations (Music)

Performers:

David Bowie, narrator (1st work) ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Performance Medium:

Speaker; orchestra
1 ensemble: orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: voice; orchestra

General Notes:

The 2nd work is a set of variations on a theme by Henry Purcell from incidental music for Abdelazar or the Moor's revenge.
Title from disc label.
Durations: 27:08; 17:10.
Program notes by Mary Campbell in English with German and French translations (7 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.
From the collection of Bill Park.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 150,248

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, RCA Red Seal: RCD1-2743

OCLC Numbers:

11705968