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L'Oiseau-Lyre
tracks 6-4 bass vocals Gregory Reinhart
tracks 6-4 chorus London Symphony Chorus
chorus master John Alley
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
conductor Christopher Hogwood
tracks 5-1 to 5-8 edited by Deborah Rogers
tracks 4-1 to 4-7 edited by Jonathan Stokes
tracks 2-1 to 2-4 edited by Neil Hutchinson
tracks 3-1 to 3-8, 6-1 to 6-4 edited by Nigel Gayler
tracks 1-1 to 1-8 edited by Sue Parkinson
tracks 1-1 to 2-4, 4-1 to 6-4 engineer John Dunkerley
tracks 3-1 to 3-8 engineer Simon Eadon
liner notes Barry Cooper
liner notes Clive Brown
liner notes William Drabkin
liner notes [french, german, italian translations] Decca
tracks 6-4 mezzo-soprano vocals Catherine Robbin
orchestra The Academy Of Ancient Music
producer Peter Wadland
tracks 6-4 soprano vocals Arleen Auger
tracks 6-4 tenor vocals Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Made By PMDC, Germany
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
CD1 duration - 59:23
CD2 duration - 50:03
CD3 duration - 72:30
CD4 duration - 55:39
CD5 duration - 63:24
CD6 duration - 63:14

℗ 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
© 1989 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Cover: Portrait of Beethoven by W.J. Mahler (1915) (Beethoven-Haus, Bonn)
EDITIONS DE L'OISEAU-LYRE
CD is made in West Germany
Printed in West Germany / Imprimé en Allemagne. Made in West Germany

The Academy of Ancient Music on authentic instruments · sur instruments d'époque · auf authentischen Instrumenten · con strumenti originali

Recording locations:
Kingsway Hall, London, November 1983 (1)
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, August 1984 (2), August 1985 (3), August 1986 (4,5), September 1987 (6, Overtures), September 1988 (9), May 1989 (7,8)

6 CDs packaged in two plastic black-tray 'fat box' multi-chambered jewel cases (3 discs in each), including a 92-page booklet with notes in English, French, German and Italian, and two blank white cardboard spacers, all inside a cardboard slipcase.


Barcode: 0 28942 56962 1 (Text)
Label Code: LC 0171
SPARS Code: DDD
Rights Society: MCPS
Cistribution Code: TDC ZD - BA 930 (Printed below Barcode)
Other: OH6 (Boxed-in, follows Catalog Number on Slipcase and Jewel Case Sleeves)
Other: 414 338-2 (CD1 Catalog #)
Other: 417 235-2 (CD2 Catalog #)
Other: 417 615-2 (CD3 Catalog #)
Other: 421 416-2 (CD4 Catalog #)
Other: 425 695-2 (CD5 Catalog #)
Other: 425 517-2 (CD6 Catalog #)
Matrix / Runout: 414 338-2 03 ✲ YG (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 417 235-2 01 ✲ YC (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: 417 615-2 03 # YA (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: 421 416-2 02 ·/ (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: 425 695-2 01 # YB (CD5)
Matrix / Runout: 425 517-2 01 # YD (CD6)
Other: MADE IN GERMANY (Stamped on Inner Hub, CDs 2,3,4)
Other: MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC (Stamped on Inner Hub, CDs 1,5,6)