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Curlew River : a parable for church performance / Britten ; libretto based on the medieval Japanese no-play Sumidagawa of Juro Montomasa by William Plower.

By: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 [composer, conductor].
Contributor(s): Plomer, William, 1903-1973 [librettist] | Pears, Peter, 1910-1986 [vocalist] | Shirley-Quirk, John [vocalist] | Blackburn, Harold [vocalist] | Drake, Bryan, 1925-2001 [vocalist] | Webb, Bruce (Boy soprano) [performer] | Tunnard, Viola [conductor] | English Opera Group [performer].
Material type: materialTypeLabelMusicPublisher: London : The Decca Record Company Limited, [1989]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 028942185821.Subject(s): Operas | Liturgical dramasDDC classification: CD/1217 Peter Pears, as the Madwoman ; John Shirley-Quirk, as the Ferryman ; Harold Blackburn, as the Abbott ; Bryan Drake, as the Traveller ; Bruce Webb, as the Voice of the Spirit ; English Opera Group ; Benjamin Britten, Viola Tunnard, conductors.

Recorded in Orford Parish Church in June 1965.

Notes concerning the work by the composer and Colin Graham.

Peter Pears, as the Madwoman ; John Shirley-Quirk, as the Ferryman ; Harold Blackburn, as the Abbott ; Bryan Drake, as the Traveller ; Bruce Webb, as the Voice of the Spirit ; English Opera Group ; Benjamin Britten, Viola Tunnard, conductors.

Recorded June 1965 at Orford Parish Church.

Compact disc.

John Gibson Collection.