Physical Description
1 sound disc (60 min., 42 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Contents
Five Tudor portraits. Ballad : the tunnyng of Elinor Rummyng (12:37) ; Intermezzo : my pretty Bess (3:15) ; Burlesca (3:25) ; Romanza : lament for Phyllyp Sparowe (20:45) ; Scherzo (4:55).
Other Authors/Editors
Sudaby, Elsie.
Harrison, Felicity.
Walker, Peter.
Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
BBC Chorus.
BBC Children's Choir.
BBC Symphony Orchestra.
BBC Northern Singers.
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.
Notes
The 1st work, written near the end of World War II, for soprano, speaker, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra; 2nd work a choral suite for contralto, baritone, chorus, and orchestra.
Sung in English; text of 1st work from the Bible, Shakespeare and Kipling; text of 2nd from poems by John Skelton.
Compact disc.
Durations: 15:26 ; 45:00.
Leaflet contains program notes and notes on the conductor.
"Historical recordings"--Container.
Five Tudor portraits. Ballad : the tunnyng of Elinor Rummyng (12:37) ; Intermezzo : my pretty Bess (3:15) ; Burlesca (3:25) ; Romanza : lament for Phyllyp Sparowe (20:45) ; Scherzo (4:55).
Elsie Sudaby, soprano ; BBC Chorus and Children's Choir ; BBC Symphony Orchestra (1st work) ; Felicity Harrison, contralto ; Peter Walker, baritone ; BBC Northern Singers and Orchestra (2nd work) ; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor.
