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The red cockatoo and other songs
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- Creator
- Benjamin Britten
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, German
- Contributors
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- Bostridge, Ian, singer
- Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist
- Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. Lord! I have sinned
- Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. Wilt thou forgive that sin
- Croft, William, 1678-1727. What art thou
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Selections
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Night covers up the rigid land
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Fish in the unruffled lakes
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. To lie flat on the back
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Poison tree
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. When you're feeling like expressing your affection
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Not even summer yet
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Red cockatoo
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Wild with passion
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. If thou wilt ease thine heart
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Cradle song
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Birthday song for Erwin
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Um Mitternacht
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne
- Hyperion Records Ltd
- Publication
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- London : Hyperion, [1995]
- ℗1995
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc (66 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4³/₄ in
- OCLC
- ocm34253503
- Credits
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- Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Graham Johnson, piano
- The Duncan songs from incidental music; the final group is a song cycle.
- Compact disc.
- Texts (the German song with English translation) and program notes by Philip Reed (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
- Recorded June 27-30, 1995.
- Sung in English or (track 18) German; words by Ronald Duncan, W.H. Auden, John Donne, and others.
- Realizations from Harmonia sacra (Lord! I have sinned (2:51) ; Hymn to God the Father / Pelham Humfreys (2:26) ; A hymn on divine musick / William Croft (5:22)) -- From Ronald Duncan's This way to the tomb (Evening (1:41) ; Morning (1:05) ; Night (1:49)) -- W.H. Auden settings (Night covers up the rigid land (2:32) ; Fish in the unruffled lakes (2:47) ; To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed (2:20)) -- The red cockatoo & other songs (A poison tree (2:52) ; When you're feeling like expressing your affection (0:42) ; Not even summer yet (1:41) ; The red cockatoo (0:39) ; Wild with passion (2:23) ; If thou wilt ease thine heart (1:50) ; Cradle song for Eleanor (3:01) ; Birthday song for Erwin (1:21) ; Um Mitternacht (3:33)) -- The holy sonnets of John Donne : op. 35 (Oh my blacke Soule! (3:10) ; Batter my heart (1:16) ; O might those sighes and teares (3:06) ; Oh, to vex me (1:03) ; What if this present (2:54) ; Since she whom I loved (3:25) ; At the round earth's imagined corners (2:40) ; Thou has made me (1:25) ; Death, be not proud (3:58))