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Sinfonia antartica ; The wasps : Aristophonic suite
Symphonies, no. 7
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Details
- Creator
- Vaughan Williams
- Included Title
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- Aristophanic suite
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, [1991]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn815762997
- Credits
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- Norma Burrowes, soprano, women's voices of the London Philharmonic Choir (1st work) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor
- First work uses music from Vaughan Williams' film score for the 1947 film "Scott of the Antarctic"; 2nd work is an orchestral suite arr. from his incidental music for Aristophanes' play.
- Originally issued on analog discs in 1968 & 1970, respectively.
- The vocal parts in the symphony are textless. There are literary superscriptions for each movement, not set, but to be read by the listener, from Shelley, Coleridge, Donne, Psalm 104 & Scott's Antarctic journal.
- Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, Nov. 18-21, 1969 (1st work) & Sept. 23-25, 1968 (2nd work).
- Sinfonia antartica -- The wasps : Aristophanic suite. Overture ; Entr'acte I ; March past of the kitchen utensils ; Entr'acte II ; Ballet and final tableau