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Alceste

Title
Alceste / Gluck. Arias / Handel.
Author
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Publication
London, England : London, [1993], ℗1969.

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AudioUse in library M1500.G56 A3 1993gOff-site

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Additional Authors
  • Ochs, Siegfried.
  • Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.
  • Jobin, Raoul.
  • Young, Alexander, 1920-2000.
  • Jones, Geraint, 1917-1998.
  • Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983.
  • McCormack, John, 1884-1945.
  • Woodgate, Leslie, 1902-1961.
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
  • Geraint Jones Orchestra. prf
  • Geraint Jones Singers. prf
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra. prf
Description
3 audio discs (192 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Grand opera
Uniform Title
  • Alceste (1767)
  • Dank sei dir Herr. English.
  • Grand opera.
Alternative Title
Alceste (1767)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Excerpts.
  • Compact discs.
Note
  • London: 436 234-2 (436 235-2--436 237-2).
  • Handel's authorship of last aria is doubtful; attributed to Siegfried Ochs.
  • Previously released: p1969 (opera), p1957 (arias).
  • Compact discs.
  • Digitally remastered analog recording.
  • Synopsis of opera in English, French, German and Italian, and libretto with English translation; and program notes and text of arias (54 p.) inserted in container.
Language (note)
  • Opera sung in Italian; arias sung in English.
Contents
Alceste -- Arias: Gods all-powerful (Radamisto). O sleep! Why dost thou leave me? (Semele). He shall feed his flock (Messiah). I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah). Praise ye the Lord.
OCLC
  • ocm29857377
  • 29857377
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries