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Author/Creator:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Contributors:

Dryden, John, 1631-1700

Hardy, Rosemary , performer

Smith, Jennifer (Soprano) , performer

Hall, Carol , performer

Elwes, John , performer

Varcoe, Stephen , performer

Thomas, David, 1943- , performer

Earle, Roderick , performer

Gardiner, John Eliot , conductor

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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

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

Languages:

English
French

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Librettos: English, French
Librettos translated from (original): English
Accompanying materials: English, French

Main Work:

The tempest [by Purcell, H.]

Related Works:

Tempest [by Shakespeare, W.]

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 (baroque instruments) ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

General Notes:

Incidental music for Shakespeare's play, as adapted by John Dryden.
Recorded Feb. 1979 at Henry Wood Hall, London.
Also issued on cassette: MCE 71274.
Program notes in English and French by Peter Holman and text, with French translation, on container.
From the collection of John Gilchrist IV.

Physical Description:

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

Physical Characteristics:

vinyl; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; stereo

Call Numbers:

LPZ

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Erato: STU 71274

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

81760104

OCLC Numbers:

8961270