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Released on London Records, also Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones), The Girl Can’t Help It (Little Richard) and You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
Engineered by James Lock, also Ave Maria (Luciano Pavarotti), Etude in E major, op. 10 no. 3 “Tristesse” (Vladimir Ashkenazy) and La bohème: Atto I. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo) (Mirella Freni)
Produced by John Mordler, also Lakmé : « Viens, Mallika » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Flower duet) (Jane Berbié), Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Joan Sutherland) and Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès) (Plácido Domingo)
Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, also Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès) (Plácido Domingo), Fedora: Act II. “Amor ti vieta” (Loris) (Luciano Pavarotti) and Concerto for Piano No. 21 in C major, K. 467 “Elvira Madigan”: III. Allegro vivace assai (cadenza: Radu Lupu) (Alfred Brendel)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
518 other songs on fono were recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, by London Symphony Orchestra and Benjamin Britten and others
Benjamin Britten wrote 529 songs on fono
Gordon Parry engineered 526 songs on fono
Gordon Parry’s most frequent co-engineer is James Brown (133 songs together)
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Benjamin Britten
- Produced by
- John Culshaw and John Mordler
- Performed by
- Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, Peter Pears, Stephen Terry and Thomas Hemsley
- Engineered by
- Gordon Parry, James Brown and James Lock
- Part of
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Recorded at
- Walthamstow Assembly Hall
- Released on
- London Records
- Written by
- Benjamin Britten
- Produced by
- John Culshaw and John Mordler
- Performed by
- Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, Peter Pears, Stephen Terry and Thomas Hemsley
- Engineered by
- Gordon Parry, James Brown and James Lock
- Part of
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Recorded at
- Walthamstow Assembly Hall
- Released on
- London Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: James Lock
Same producer: John Mordler
Same engineer: Gordon Parry
Same label: London Records
Same studio: Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Same release: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "If we offend, it is with our good will"
Owen Brannigan, Kenneth MacDonald, Norman Lumsden, David Kelly, Robert Tear, Keith Raggett, John Shirley‐Quirk, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
1990Same engineer: James Lock
Same producer: John Mordler
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Heather Harper
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Heather Harper
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2MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Josephine Veasey
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Josephine Veasey
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3MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Peter Pears
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Peter Pears
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4MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Stephen Terry
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Stephen Terry
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5MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Thomas Hemsley
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was performed by Thomas Hemsley
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6MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was produced by John Culshaw
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was produced by John Culshaw
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7MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was produced by John Mordler
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was produced by John Mordler
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8MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was written by Benjamin Britten
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was written by Benjamin Britten
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9MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" is part of the release A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" is part of the release A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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10MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall
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11MusicBrainz London Records is the label of the song A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?"
London Records is the label of the song A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?"
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12MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was engineered by Gordon Parry
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was engineered by Gordon Parry
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13MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was engineered by James Brown
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was engineered by James Brown
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14MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was engineered by James Lock
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was engineered by James Lock
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15MusicBrainz A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was released on 1990
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?" was released on 1990
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