Every good boy deserves favour : a play for actors and orchestra /
Original London cast recording of the play. Its plot concerns a dissident, Alexander Ivanov, who is imprisoned in a Soviet mental hospital, from which he will not be released until he admits that his statements against the government were caused by a (non-existent) mental disorder. In the hospital,...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, New York] :
RCA Red Seal : Sony Classical,
[2018]
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| Series: | Classic André Previn, the complete RCA and Columbia album collection ;
CD 35. |
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| Summary: | Original London cast recording of the play. Its plot concerns a dissident, Alexander Ivanov, who is imprisoned in a Soviet mental hospital, from which he will not be released until he admits that his statements against the government were caused by a (non-existent) mental disorder. In the hospital, he shares a cell with a genuinely disturbed schizophrenic, also called Ivanov, who believes himself to have a symphony orchestra under his command. Alexander receives visits from the Doctor and from a Colonel in the KGB. Meanwhile, his son, Sacha, is seen in a school classroom with a teacher who attempts to convince him of the genuineness of his father's illness |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as an analog disc in 1978: ABL 1-2855. Part of a 55-disc set with accompaniying booklet (98 pages) with an essay by Richard Evidon in English, German and French. Title from disc label. |
| Physical Description: | 1 audio disc (59 min., 53 sec.) : digital, CD-audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Production Credits: | Directed by Trevor Nunn. |