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The Fairy Queen

BBC Radio 3
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Music by Purcell
A version for concert performance devised by PETER PEARS , with music edited by BENJAMIN BRITTEN and IMOGEN HOLST (gramophone records)
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) MARY WELLS (soprano)
NORMA BURROWES (soprano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (mezzo-sop) JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) CHARLES BRETT (counter-tenor) PETER PEARS (tenor)
IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
OWEN BRANNIGAN (bass)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (bass) AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN Part 1: Oberon's Birthday Part 2: Night and Silence Part 3: The Sweet Passion Part 4: Epithalamium

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Pears
Edited By:
Benjamin Britten
Edited By:
Imogen Holst
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Soprano:
Norma Burrowes
Soprano:
Alfreda Hodgson
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Bass:
John Shirley-Quirk
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Source: Radio Times

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