The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 / Gustav Holst ; Clifford Bax (Michael Rippon, baritone ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Michael Langdon, bass ; Norma Burrowes, soprano ; Steuart Bedford, conductor ; English Chamber Orchestra) -- At the Boar's Head, Op. 42 / Gustav Holst ; William Shakespeare (Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano ; Philip Langridge, tenor ; David Wilson-Johnson, baritone ; John Tomlinson, bass ; Richard Suart, baritone ; Peter Hall, tenor ; Michael George, bass ; Elise Ross, soprano ; David Atherton, conductor ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir).
Note
First work a chamber opera in one act (edition by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst), libretto by Clifford Bax; second work a musical interlude in one act, libretto taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV.
Performer (note)
First work: Michael Rippon ; Norma Burrowes ; Michael Langdon ; Robert Tear. Second work: Philip Langridge ; John Tomlinson ;Elise Ross ; Felicity Palmer ; others.
Event (note)
First work recorded July 17-19, 1974; Second work recorded May 12-13, 1981.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934.
Title
Wandering scholar [electronic resource] ; At the Boar's Head / Holst.
Imprint
[London] : EMI Classics, p1995.
Series
British composers
British composers.
Performer
First work: English Opera Group ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor. Second work: men's voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Edmund Walters) ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Atherton, conductor.
Cast
First work: Michael Rippon ; Norma Burrowes ; Michael Langdon ; Robert Tear. Second work: Philip Langridge ; John Tomlinson ;Elise Ross ; Felicity Palmer ; others.
Event
First work recorded July 17-19, 1974; Second work recorded May 12-13, 1981.