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La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Raymond Agoult

8 cited facts

1996
5:06
101 BPM · G major

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Released on Decca Classics, also Ave Maria (Luciano Pavarotti), La bohème: Atto I. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo) (Mirella Freni) and Well... All Right (Buddy Holly)
Engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson, also La traviata: Atto I. “Libiamo ne’lieti calici” (Brindisi) (London Opera Chorus), L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. “Una furtiva lagrima” (Luciano Pavarotti) and Mattinata (Luciano Pavarotti)
Written by Jules Massenet, also Méditation from Thaïs (Nigel Kennedy), Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m’aurait dit… Des cris joyeux ! » (Air des lettres) (Maria Callas) and Le Cid : Acte III. « De cet affreux combat » … « Pleurez, mes yeux ! » (Maria Callas)
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
Kenneth Wilkinson engineered 9 of New Symphony Orchestra of London’s top 10 songs
Kenneth Wilkinson engineered 876 songs on fono
Jules Massenet wrote 215 songs on fono

Credits

All 7 credits

Written by: Charles Grandmougin and Jules Massenet
Produced by: Michael Williamson
Engineered by: Kenneth Wilkinson
Part of: Sensual Classics
Recorded at: Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Released on: Decca Classics

Written by: Charles Grandmougin and Jules Massenet
Produced by: Michael Williamson
Engineered by: Kenneth Wilkinson
Part of: Sensual Classics
Recorded at: Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Released on: Decca Classics

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Same engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
La traviata: Atto I. “Libiamo ne’lieti calici” (Brindisi)
London Opera Chorus, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
1980
Same writer: Jules Massenet
Méditation from Thaïs
Nigel Kennedy, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
1990
Same producer: Michael Williamson
Coppélia: Act 1: Introduction (Allegro marcato) and Mazurka
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ernest Ansermet
1959
Same writer: Charles Grandmougin
La Vierge : Extase de la vierge « Rêve infini, divine extase »
Véronique Gens, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hervé Niquet
2017
Same label: Decca Classics
Ave Maria
Luciano Pavarotti
1984
Same studio: Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
Plácido Domingo, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
1977
Same engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. “Una furtiva lagrima”
Luciano Pavarotti, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
1986
Same writer: Jules Massenet
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m’aurait dit… Des cris joyeux ! » (Air des lettres)
Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre
1963

Elsewhere

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1MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was produced by Michael Williamson
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was produced by Michael Williamson
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2MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was written by Charles Grandmougin
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was written by Charles Grandmougin
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3MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was written by Jules Massenet
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was written by Jules Massenet
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4MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin is part of the release Sensual Classics
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin is part of the release Sensual Classics
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5MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall
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6MusicBrainz Decca Classics is the label of the song La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin
Decca Classics is the label of the song La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin
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7MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson
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8MusicBrainz La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was released on 1996
La Vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin was released on 1996
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