Britten to America : music for radio and theatre
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Britten to America : music for radio and theatre
NMC, c2013
Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）
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For narrator and instrumental ensemble (2nd); for mezzo-soprano and piano (3rd); for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble (5th)
Sung in English (1st and 3rd-5th works); narrated in English (1st-2nd and 4th)
Jean Rigby (1st work), Mary Carewe (3rd and 5th), mezzo-sopranos ; Andrew Kennedy, tenor (1st) ; Samuel West, narrator (1st-2nd and 4th) ; Jonathan Holland, Bruce Nockles, trumpets (4th) ; Nigel Woodhouse, ukulele (1st) ; Mervyn Cooke (1st and 4th), Lucy Walker (1st and 4th), Huw Watkins (3rd), pianos ; Matthew Dickinson, percussion (1st and 4th) ; Ex Cathedra (1st and 4th) ; Hallé (2nd and 5th) ; Jeffrey Skidmore (1st and 4th), Sir Mark Elder (2nd), Harry Ogg (5th), conductors
Recorded in the Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham, on 7 and 8 July 2013 (1st and 4th works); in Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London on 28 April 2013 (3rd); at Hallé St Peters, Manchester on 14-15 September and Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 3 October 2013 (2nd and 5th)
Compact disc
Texts in English (1st and 3rd-5th works)
NMC: D190
Contents of Works
- The ascent of F6 : incidental music
- An American in England : from the BBC/CBS Radio series
- Roman wall blues : from Hadrian's Wall
- On the frontier : incidental music
- Where do we go from here? : from the BBC/NBC Radio series "Britten to America"