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Midsummer night
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Kate Royal presents here a personal selection of arias that ventures beyond such perennial favourites as Dvorak's 'Songs to the Moon' and Lehar's 'Vilja' to rarities by William Alwyn, Bernard Herrm...
Kate Royal presents here a personal selection of arias that ventures beyond such perennial favourites as Dvorak's 'Songs to the Moon' and Lehar's 'Vilja' to rarities by William Alwyn, Bernard Herrmann and Carlisle Ford.
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- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, Russian, Czech, German, French
- Contributors
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- Royal, Kate, singber
- Gardner, Edward, 1974- conductor
- Staples, Andrew, singer
- Allen, Thomas, 1944- singer
- Alwyn, William, 1905-1985. Miss Julie
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Soloveĭ
- Walton, William, 1902-1983. Troilus and Cressida
- Floyd, Carlisle. Susannah
- Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Rusalka
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Peter Grimes
- Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Vanessa
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Paul Bunyan
- Messager, André, 1853-1929. Monsieur Beaucaire
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Turn of the screw
- Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Wuthering Heights
- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Tote Stadt
- Crouch End Festival Chorus
- English National Opera. Orchestra
- Publication
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- [London] : EMI Classics, [2009]
- ℗2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn891184016
- Credits
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- Kate Royal, soprano; Crouch End Festival Chorus; Orchestra of English National Opera; Edward Gardner, conductor
- Opera excerpts.
- Recorded Dec. 3-8, 2008 and Mar. 10, 2009, at Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London.
- Sung in English, Russian, Czech, German, and French.
- Miss Julie. Midsummer night / Alwyn (3:42) -- The nightingale. The nightingale's aria / Stravinsky (Andrew Staples, tenor) (3:36) -- Troilus & Cressida. At the haunted end of the day / Walton (3:06) -- Susannah. The trees on the mountains / Floyd (5:09) -- Rusalka. Song to the moon / Dvořák (6:31) -- Peter Grimes. Embroidery aria / Britten (Thomas Allen, baritone) (6:07) -- Die lustige Witwe. Vilja-Lied / Lehár (6:06) -- Vanessa. Do not utter a word / Barber (4:49) -- Paul Bunyan. Tiny's song / Britten (4:10) -- Monsieur Beaucaire. Rossignol / Messager (4:25) -- The turn of the screw. How beautiful it is / Britten (5:35) -- Wuthering Heights. I have dreamt / Herrmann (2:30) -- Die tote Stadt. Mariettas Lied / Korngold (5:55)