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Author/Creator:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 , composer

Contributors:

Child, Harold, 1869-1945 , librettist

Armstrong, Sheila , singer

Watts, Helen , singer

Tear, Robert , singer

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- , singer

Rippon, Michael , singer

Groves, Charles, 1915-1992 , conductor

Ambrosian Opera Chorus , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England) > Choristers , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

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

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in English.

Main Work:

Hugh the drover [by Vaughan Williams, R.]

Included Works:

Hugh the drover [by Vaughan Williams, R.]

Related Series:

British music (Sir Charles Groves) (Complete); [volume] 13

British music (Sir Charles Groves) (Complete); [volume] 14

Alternate Titles:

Other title on insert: Love in the stocks

Subjects:

Operas

Genres:

Operas

Performers:

Robert Tear, tenor (Hugh the Drover) ; Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; (Mary the Constable's daugther) ; Michael Rippon, bass-baritone (John the Butcher) ; Robert Lloyd, bass (The Constable) ; Helen Watts, contralto (Aunt Jane the Constable's sister) ; additional soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Groves, conductor.

Performance Medium:

5 performers and 2 ensembles: solo soprano voice; solo alto voice; solo tenor voice; solo bass-baritone voice; solo bass voice; mixed chorus; orchestra

General Notes:

A romantic ballad opera in two acts; libretto by Harold Child.
Title from disc labels.
Consists of previously released material (originally ℗1979).
Part of a boxed set (24 CDs).
Booklet with brief notes on the conductor in English, French, and German, with cast lists for operas (11 pages : illustrations) included in the set.
Recorded 1978 May 31 - June 9 Kinsway Hall, London.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (1:45:54) ; 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 163,606 vol. 14
LPCD 163,606 vol. 13
LPCD 163,606

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 825646147243
Publisher Number, Warner Classics (set): 0825646147243

OCLC Numbers:

964631555