Description
Decca Records – SET 492-3 Stereo Vinyl 2 x LP 1971 UK Pressing
Side 1.
Act I Scene 1…….. Rome Is Now Ruled By The Etruscan Upstart…… Who Reaches Heaven First
Side 2.
Scene 1 (Conclusion)…. My Horse! My Horse! ; Interlude ; Tarquinius Does Not Wait ; Scene 2…… Their Spinning- Wheel Unwinds; The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep
Side 3.
Act II : Scene 1; The Prosperity Of The Etruscans Was Due; She Sleeps As A Rose; Interlude….here In This Scene You See; Scene 2 Oh! What A Lovely Day!
Side 4.
Scene 2 (Conclusion) …we’ll Leave The Orchids For Lucretia To Arrange ; Where Is Lucretia? ; Epilogue…..Is It All?
Credits:
• Baritone Vocals – Benjamin Luxon, Bryan Drake
• Bass Vocals – John Shirley-Quirk
• Conductor – Benjamin Britten
• Contralto Vocals – Janet Baker
• Design – Decca Record Publicity Art Department
• Engineer – James Lock, Kenneth Wilkinson
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Elizabeth Bainbridge
• Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
• Producer – Michael Woolcock, Ray Minshull
• Soprano Vocals – Heather Harper, Jenny Hill
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears