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The folk songs
Folk song arrangements (1943-1961)
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- Creator
- Benjamin Britten
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Lott, Felicity, singer
- Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010, singer
- Allen, Thomas, 1944- singer
- Bonell, Carlos, instrumentalist
- Ellis, Osian, instrumentalist
- Van Kampen, Christopher, 1945-1997, instrumentalist
- Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist
- Barnett, Christopher, conductor, conductor
- Norris, David Owen, instrumentalist
- Joly, Simon, conductor
- Bedford, Steuart, conductor
- Wenhaston Boys Choir
- BBC Singers
- Northern Sinfonia
- Publication
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- [England] : Collins Classics, [1995]
- ℗1995
- Physical Details
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- 3 audio discs : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide
- OCLC
- ocm34332901
- Credits
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- Felicity Lott, soprano ; Philip Langridge, tenor ; Thomas Allen, baritone ; Carlos Bonell, guitar ; Osian Ellis, harp ; Christopher Van Kampen, violoncello ; Graham Johnson, piano ; The Wenhaston Boys Choir, Christopher Barnett, conductor, David Owen Norris, piano ; BBC Singers, Simon Joly, conductor ; Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford, conductor
- Includes Britten's orchestral settings of 14 of the songs and the unpublished and miscellaneous published songs, all done within the same span of years (1943-1961) as the 7 published volumes.
- Compact discs.
- Program notes in English, French and German by Philip Reed, and texts (79 p.) inserted.
- Recorded in 1995: CD3 tracks 10-12, Jan. 21-22 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall; CD1 tracks 1-8 & 10-24, CD2 tracks 1-24, and CD3 tracks 1-8, Feb. 20-25 & March 20-21, St. Giles Cripplegate, London; CD1 track 9, June 9 at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, London; CD1 tracks 25-26, CD2 tracks 25-26, March 25, Henry Wood Hall, London; CD3 tracks 13-26, March 31 at All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle.
- Sung in English and French.