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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
Corporate Authors: Chetham's Chamber Choir (Performer), Gabrieli Consort & Players (Performer)
Other Authors: Milton, John, 1608-1674, Swieten, Gottfried van, 1733-1803 (Librettist), Piau, Sandrine (Performer), Persson, Miah (Performer), Padmore, Mark (Performer), Davies, Neal (Performer), Harvey, Peter, 1958- (Performer), McCreesh, Paul (Performer)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Language Notes:Sung in English.
Published: Hamburg : Archiv Produktion, [2008]
Subjects:
Creation > Songs and music.
Oratorios.
Description
Item Description:Oratorio in 3 parts; libretto by Gottfried van Swieten, based on Milton's Paradise lost.
"Performed ... with large-scale choral and orchestral forces as in its 1799 premiere"--Container.
Compact discs.
Program notes by David Wynn Jones and Paul McCreesh in English with German and French translations inserted. Includes vocal texts in German with English and French translations.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:2 sound discs (107 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:46:56
Awards:Gramophone Choral Award, 2008.