Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 3. Scene 1. Once More Into The Breach
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Prologue. Now Enter Conjecture Of A Time
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 1. Upon The King! Let Us Our Lives, Our Souls...
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 3. This Day Is Called The Feast Of Crispian
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 3. Scene 1. Once More Into The Breach
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Prologue. Now Enter Conjecture Of A Time
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 1. Upon The King! Let Us Our Lives, Our Souls...
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 3. This Day Is Called The Feast Of Crispian
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 3. My Duty To You Both With Equal Love
Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Epilogue
Edith Sitwell participated in three recordings of Façade, "An Entertainment," which consists of William Walton's setting of her poetry, for reciter and six instruments. The first, from 1929, conducted by the composer, captured only 11 of the poems, but this 1953 recording, her third, made for Decca, is the "complete" version. (In the 1970s, Walton created a new version, with an additional eight poems.) She is joined by Peter Pears, as the performing tradition had evolved into using two reciters, one male and one female. ...
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Edith Sitwell participated in three recordings of Façade, "An Entertainment," which consists of William Walton's setting of her poetry, for reciter and six instruments. The first, from 1929, conducted by the composer, captured only 11 of the poems, but this 1953 recording, her third, made for Decca, is the "complete" version. (In the 1970s, Walton created a new version, with an additional eight poems.) She is joined by Peter Pears, as the performing tradition had evolved into using two reciters, one male and one female. Sitwell's performance of the speaking part must be considered definitive; she delivers the absurd texts with imperious panache. Pears displays an astonishing virtuosity, speaking clearly yet so rapidly that the ear can barely keep up with him. The English Opera Group Ensemble, led by Anthony Collins, plays Walton's loopy score with abandon and style. The bugaboo in any performance of Façade is the balance between the speaking voices and the instrumental ensemble, and the Decca engineers...
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