ROBERTO GERHARD / ANTAL DORATI: "THE PLAGUE" (STUNNING NEAR-MINT) DECCA HEAD 6
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LP GRADING SCALE
NEAR MINT (NM): LITTLE TO NO EDGE WEAR ON COVER, OR VERY LIGHT PAPER SCUFFS ON VINYL
VERY GOOD ++ (EXCELLENT EX): GLOSSY WITH FAINT SURFACE MARKS ON VINYL, MINOR EDGE WEAR/RING WEAR ON THE COVER
VERY GOOD + (VG+): SOME SURFACE MARKS/MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE WITH NICE GLOSS, AND GREAT PLAY-ABILITY ON VINYL. HEAVIER WEAR ON COVER EDGES AND RING WEAR
VERY GOOD (VG): HEAVIER SURFACE MARKS OR SCRATCHES THAT HAVE GREATER SURFACE NOISE, BUT DO NOT HINDER PLAY ABILITY. HEAVY WEAR ON COVER EDGES, AS WELL AS HEAVIER RING WEAR.
VERY GOOD - (VG-): DEEPER SCRATCHES, SURFACE MARKS, AND SCUFFS ON VINYL THAT CREATE HEAVY SURFACE NOISE, BUT PLAYS THROUGH. SPLITTING EDGES ON COVER AND/OR SERIOUS WEAR ON THE COVER.]
GOOD + (G+): SIGNIFICANT SURFACE NOISE DUE TO SCRATCHES AND OTHER VISIBLE GROOVE WEAR. COVER/SLEEVE WILL HAVE SEAM SPLITS, ESPECIALLY AT THE BOTTOM OR ON THE SPINE. TAPE, WRITING, RING WEAR AND/OR OTHER DEFECTS WILL PROBABLY BE PRESENT. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A FILLER ITEM UNTIL YOU HOPEFULLY FIND ANOTHER COPY IN BETTER SHAPE.
GOOD / GOOD - / POOR: I WILL ONLY LIST RECORDS IN THIS SHAPE THAT ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND DIFFICULT TO FIND
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Roberto Gerhard - Antal Dorati ?– The Plague
Label: Decca ?– HEAD 6, Decca ?– HEAD.6 Series: Headline (2) – Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 1974 Genre: Classical Style: Contemporary
Tracklist
A The Plague: 1. Beginning To "Declare State Of Plague." "Close The Town" B The Plague: 1. "Exile" To The EndCompanies etc
- Recorded At – Constitution Hall, Washington D.C.
- Printed By – Robert Stace
- Printed By – Mundoprint B.V.
Credits
- Adapted By (Text) [Translated] – Stuart Gilbert
- Chorus – National Symphony Orchestra Chorus
- Composed By – Roberto Gerhard
- Conductor – Antal Dorati
- Design – Decca Record Publicity Art Department
- Engineer – Colin Moorfoot, Kenneth Wilkinson, Michael Mailes
- Liner Notes – Antal Dorati, Roberto Gerhard
- Narrator – Alec McCowen
- Orchestra – National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C.*
- Photography By – Eric Auerbach
- Producer – James Mallinson
- Text By – Albert Camus
Notes
Comes with 12" 6-page insert.Belongs to the Decca Headine series, being number 6.
The Plague was commissioned by the BBC and Antal Dorati, who gave the first performance on April 1st 1964 in the presence of, and in consultation of the composer. The version that appears on this record, recorded on May 11th 1973 at the Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
Features on TAS list Best of the Bunch Classical.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label): ZAL 13125/6
- Rights Society: M.C.P.S.
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