Playing time: 44' 50"
Performers: The Clerkes of Oxenford [Alison Stamp (narrator, second Angel), James Stockley (narrator), Christopher Hodges (Balthazar), Robin Barda (satrap = governor), Richard Price (satrap = governor), Helen Dixon (Queen), Nigel Nixon (man # 1), Frederic Goodwin (man # 2), Michael Smedley (man # 3), Marcus Creed (Daniel), Roger Phillipson (Darius), Joseph Polglase (counsellor # 1), John Bain (counsellor # 2), David Wulstan (messenger # 1), David Watson (messenger #2), Peter Hayward (jealous counsellor # 1), Michael Hartley (jealous counsellor # 2), Giles Dawson (Habacuc), Mary King (first Angel), Chorus of Dignitaries (Sally Dunkley, Elizabeth Norman, Theodora Rudge, Suella Darkins, Cynthia Bain, Una Goble, Elizabeth Rees, Peter Herron, Brian Spooner, Andrea Gobble), Peter Walls (rebec), Joan Brickley (rebec), David Hiley (percussion), Simon Thorne (percussion), Sarah Cobbold (percussion), Margaret Rees (flutes with mouthpiece), Frances Trafford-Walker (small harp)] - David Wulstan, dir.
Recording site and date:
Oxford, UK [12/1975]
Compilation
Calliope CAL 9848
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 207-67 (may 1976)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 54/642-844 (november 1976)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Comments: Information from owned LP (Nonesuch).
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