Gloriana
Benjamin Britten, Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Jonathan Summers, Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Artists
Album Info
Release Date: 1993Label: Argo
Total timing 148.13A recording made in association with the Britten Estate Limited
This recording was made in the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 26 October - 6 November 1992
The following microphones were used: Neumann M50, KM 84, TLM170; Schoeps 2S, MK21.
The recording was monitored on B & W Loudspeakers.
Slipcase/Front inlay/Booklet cover: Queen Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard — The Tate Gallery, London
Liner notes: © 1993 Donald Mitchell, © 1993 Peter Evans
The excerpts from Britten's letters are quoted by kind permission of the Trustees of the Britten-Pears Foundation, © 1993.
Compilation and editing © 1993 Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed
Synopsis: © 1993 Avril Bardoni
Printed on rear inlay:
℗ 1993 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
© 1993 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Printed in Germany/Imprimé en Allemagne. Made in Germany
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Trade Mark
The Decca Record Company Limited
London, England
Catalog number is printed as 440 213-2 on the discs, and as 440 213-2 ZHO2 (last 4 characters boxed) on the box, spines, rear inlay card and booklet rear.
CDs come packaged in a fatbox double jewel case, housed in a cardboard slipcase and including a 208-page booklet with notes and libretto in English, French, German, and Italian.