Before life & after [sound recording]
- Responsibility
- Britten.
- Uniform Title
- Songs. Selections
- Imprint
- Arles [France] : Harmonia Mundi ; Burbank, Calif. : Production USA, p2009
- Physical description
- 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Contributor
- Donne, John, 1572-1631.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 Arranger
- Padmore, Mark Singer
- Vignoles, Roger Instrumentalist
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- The Holy sonnets of John Donne : op. 35, 1945 (24:46)
- A morning hymn ; Job's curse ; An evening hymn / Henry Purcell ; realized by Benjamin Britten (12:56)
- Winter words : op. 52, 1953 / lyrics and ballads of Thomas Hardy (21:47)
- Folksongs. I wonder as I wander ; sail on, sail on ; the miller of Dee ; At the mid hour of night ; There's none to soothe / arranged by Benjamin Britten (12:36)
- Included Work
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Winter words.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Folk song arrangements (1943-1961). Selections.
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Thou wakeful shepherd arranged.
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Let the night perish arranged.
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Now that the sun hath veiled his light arranged.
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Bibliographic information
- Release date
- 2009
- Production date
- 2008
- Note
- Sung in English.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes in English, German and French, and texts with French and German translations in container.
- Participant
- Mark Padmore, tenor ; Roger Vignoles, piano.
- Event
- Recorded June 2008, Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London.
- Publisher Number
- HMU 907443 Harmonia Mundi