Album UK 1974 on Classics for Pleasure label
Classical (Modern)
LABELS: - Cream label 1st variant), i.e.: --- brown swirl design across upper half of label --- red Classics For Pleasure logo - "℗ 1974 EMI Records Limited" at 6 o'clock - "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" at 12 o'clock SLEEVE: - No lamination - No flipbacks - Hallé logo on front cover (bottom left) - "Recording produced by JOHN BOYDEN for Classics for Pleasure September 1973" - "℗ 1974 Music for Pleasure Limited" - Sleeve Notes in English only. - Sung texts on sleeve back - "Text compiled from Biblical sources by Sir Osbert Sitwell, reproduced by kind permission of the Oxford University Press" - "The painting Belshazzar's Feast by John Martin, 1820, reproduced by kind permission of Mrs. Ruth F. Wright" - "MUSIC FOR PLEASURE LIMITED. ASTRONAUT HOUSE - HOUNSLOW ROAD - FELTHAM - MIDDLESEX"
![]() | Sir William Walton , 1902-1983 GB album by |
![]() | Hallé Orchestra , GB orchestra, album by |
![]() | Hallé Choir , *1858 GB choir, album by |
![]() | Michael Rippon voc, 1938-2004 GB baritone vocals, album by |
![]() | James Loughran , *1931 GB conductor, album by |
![]() | Osbert Sitwell , 1892-1969 GB adapted by (text) |
Ronald Frost chorus master |
Clare Osborn design, sleeve |
John Martin painting |
John Boyden producer |
W. A. Chislett sleeve notes |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Belshazzar's Feast | Sir William Walton, Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Michael Rippon, James Loughran | ||
2 | Part 1 | Sir William Walton, Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Michael Rippon, James Loughran | ||
3 | Part 2 | Sir William Walton, Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Michael Rippon, James Loughran |