Benjamin Britten Curlew River
1966 Vinyl
Opera
Modern

Main image
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)