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The Choice of Hercules
Hercules
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor)
Pleasure
ELIZABETH HARWOOD (soprano)
Virtue....YVONNE MINTON (contralto)
An attendant....JOHN ELWES (tenor)
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
CHARLES SPINKS (harpsichord and organ continuo)
ORCHESTRA
Led by Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS
Yvonne Minton broadcasts by permission of the Gen. Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Contributors

Soprano:
Elizabeth Harwood
Contralto:
Yvonne Minton
Tenor:
John Elwes
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks
Unknown:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
Conducted By:
Yvonne Minton
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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