Notes: | EMI Classics: 0777 7 64736 2 8 (on container: CDM 7 64736 2). The 2nd work, opera excerpts, for orchestra. Words to 1st work by various poets. Phonogram dates: 1979 (1st work); 1975 (2nd work); 1986 (compilation). Compact disc. Durations: 45:00; 17:00. Program notes by Hugh Graham and Douglas Pudney, and texts (8 p.) inserted in container. Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; Janet Baker, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; St. Clement Danes School Boys' Choir ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor. Recorded June 28-29, 1978, in Kingsway Hall, London (1st work), and Oct. 27-28, 1974, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (2nd work).
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