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Benjamin Britten
Curlew River
1966 Vinyl
Opera
Modern
Decca, Decca
composed by
Benjamin Britten
directed by
Viola Tunnard
directed by, liner notes
Benjamin Britten
double bass
Stuart Knussen
ensemble [opera company]
The English Opera Group
flute
Richard Adeney
harp
Osian Ellis
horn
Neill Sanders
lacquer cut by
G
libretto by
William Plomer
liner notes
Colin Graham
liner notes
Donald Mitchell
organ
Philip Ledger
percussion
James Blades
photography by
Reg Wilson
photography by, cover
Shuhei Iwamoto
producer, liner notes
John Culshaw
viola
Cecil Aronowitz
voice [abbot]
Harold Blackburn
voice [ferryman]
John Shirley-Quirk
voice [madwoman]
Peter Pears
voice [pilgrim]
David Reed
voice [pilgrim]
Edgar Boniface
voice [pilgrim]
Edmund Bohan
voice [pilgrim]
Gerald Stern
voice [pilgrim]
Michael Kehoe
voice [pilgrim]
Patrick Healy
voice [pilgrim]
Peter Lemming
voice [pilgrim]
Robert Tasman
voice [pilgrim]
William McKinney
voice [traveller]
Bryan Drake
voice [voice of the spirit]
Bruce Webb
Recorded At St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford
Made By British Celanese Limited
Printed By MacNeill Press Ltd.
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Pressed By Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Lacquer Cut At Decca Studios
Rear sleeve notes:
Libretto based on the Mediaeval Japanese Nō-play 'Sumidagawa' of Jūro Montomasa by William Plomer.
A leaflet containing the full text and descriptive articles will be found inside this sleeve.
Under the direction of Benjamin Britten and Viola Tunnard. Cover Photo: Shuhei Iwamoto.
Recorded in Orford Parish Church. Produced for records by John Culshaw.
FFSS Deep Groove Wide Band ED1 is first label.
Rights Society: M.C.P.S.
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.7019 (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.7020 (Side B label)
Other: K/T (Tax code label)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-7019-4G 1 KT C (Side A runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-7020-4G 1 KT C (Side B runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-7019-4G 1 KT I (Side A runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-7020-4G 2B KT A (Side B runout, variant 2)