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Revelation And Fall · Leopardi Fragments · Five Pieces Op. 2 / Tragœdia --- 2004

℗ 1965 (Leopardi Fragments, Five Pieces Op. 2), 1968 (Revelation & Fall), 1967 (Tragoedia). The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation and digital remastering ® 2004 by EMI Records Ltd - © EMI Records Ltd, 2004 Recorded in No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. 29 & 30 Dec 1963 (Leopardi Fragments), 29 Feb 1968 (Revelation & Fall), 30 Sept 1964 (Five Pieces Op. 2), 23 & 24 April 1967 (Tragoedia). Recorded under the auspices of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Leopardi Fragments, Tragoedia), Koussevitzky Music Foundation (Revelation and Fall) and British Council (Five Pieces Op.2). Front cover: Etude pour le Pierrot (1921) by Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925) (private collection; photo Sotheby’s, New York) Publishers: Schott & Co. Ltd (Leopardi Fragments, Five Pieces), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd, (Revelation and Fall), Universal Edition (London) Ltd. 12-page booklet includes detailed tracklist (pp.2-3), names of artists / recording team (p.3), notes by Andrew Clements / both composers (pp.4-7, in English only), original Italian / German sung texts with parallel-text English translations (pp.7-8), 3-page catalogue of British Composers Series (pp.9-11), and jacket photographs of two of the four original LPs from which this compilation was gathered, [m903456] (Leopardi Fragments) and [r2004301] (Revelation and Fall). (The other two are [r3501702] (Five Pieces) and [m816479] (Tragoedia). Total Playing Time: 77:48