Hoffnung* – The Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival 1961

Description

VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT AND SLEEVE IS IN A VERY GOOD+ CONDITION (ACCORDING the Record Collector (UK) standard)
Label: World Record Club, World Record Club – TP 717, STP.717
Format: LP, Album, Club
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Non-Music, Classical
Style: Comedy, Classical, Parody
Condition
Media: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Tracklist
A1a – Introductory Music Played In The Foyer
Brass – Trumpeters Of The Royal Military School Of Music
Composed By – Francis Baines
A1b – Festival Anthem
Brass – Trumpeters Of The Royal Military School Of Music
Chorus – Festival Choral Society
Composed By – Francis Baines
Conductor – Norman Del Mar
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
A2 – Overture, Leonora No. 4
Brass – Trumpeters Of The Royal Military School Of Music
Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor – Norman Del Mar
Ensemble – The Happy Wanderers
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Organ – Lionel Salter
A3 – Duet From The Comic Opera “The Barber Of Darmstadt”
Bass Vocals [Herr Knochen] – Owen Brannigan
Chorus – The Hoffnung Festival Choral Society
Composed By – Bruno Heinz Jaja
Conductor – Humphrey Searle
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Tenor Vocals [Der Redepartner] – John Amis
Translated By [Libretto Translated into German by] – William Mann
A4 – Ballad Of County Down, Mostly In D Major
Composed By – Francis Chagrin
Conductor – Francis Chagrin
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Voice [Speaker] – Forbes Robinson
B1 – Excerpt From “Belshazzar’s Feast”
Chorus – The Hoffnung Festival Choral Society
Composed By – Sir William Walton
Conductor – Sir William Walton
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Soloist – Owen Brannigan
Voice [Speaker] – Ernest Bean
B2 – Horrortorio
Bass Vocals [Count Dracula] – John Frost
Chorus – The Hoffnung Festival Choral Society
Composed By – Joseph Horovitz
Conductor – Joseph Horovitz
Contralto Vocals [Dowager Baroness Frankenstein] – Pamela Bowden
Harpsichord – Lionel Salter
Libretto By – Alistair Sampson
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Soprano Vocals [Dracula’s Daughter] – April Cantelo
Tenor Vocals [Edgar Allan Poe] – Stephen Manton
Tenor Vocals [Frankenstein’s Son] – Stephen Manton
B3 – Mobile For Seven Orchestras
Brass – Trumpeters Of The Royal Military School Of Music
Chorus – The Hoffnung Festival Choral Society
Composed By – Lawrence Leonard
Conductor – Lawrence Leonard
Orchestra – The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Organ – Lionel Salter
Companies, etc.
Record Company – The World Record Club Limited
Credits
Directed By [Artistic Director] – Malcolm Arnold
Leader – Olive Zorian
Liner Notes – Annetta Hoffnung
Liner Notes – Peter Andry
Management [Festival Manager] – Jack Phipps
Presenter – Harold Holt
Producer – Colin Graham (2)