A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams..."
~ Recording by Owen Brannigan, Helen Watts, Thomas Hemsley, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.18 | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams..." | 1:52 | Benjamin Britten | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Britten | Album |
| London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present) | 425 663-2 |
| 2.18 | A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64, Act 3: "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams" | 1:52 | Benjamin Britten | Britten Conducts Britten: Operas II: A Midsummer Night's Dream / The Rape of Lucretia / The Turn of the Screw / Bedford: Death in Venice / Mackerras: Gloriana | Benjamin Britten; Steuart Bedford, Charles Mackerras | Album + Compilation |
| Decca Records | 475 6029 |
| 16.18 | A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64, Act 3: "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams" | 1:52 | Benjamin Britten | The Complete Works | Britten | Album + Compilation |
| Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only), Decca Records | 00028947853640, 478 5364 |
| 2.18 | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee For Thy Sunny Beams" | 1:52 | Benjamin Britten | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Benjamin Britten; Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Downside School Choir, Emanuel School Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | Album | Decca Music Group (Not for release label use! See annotation.) | ||
Relationships
| recording engineer: | James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (in 1966) James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1966) Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1966) |
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| assistant producer: | John Mordler (producer) |
| producer: | John Culshaw |
| baritone vocals [Demetrius]: | Thomas Hemsley (baritone) (in 1966) |
| bass-baritone vocals [Bottom]: | Owen Brannigan (operatic bass) (in 1966) |
| contralto vocals [Hippolyta]: | Helen Watts (contralto) (in 1966) |
| orchestra: | London Symphony Orchestra (in 1966) |
| conductor: | Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1966) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1967) |
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| recorded at: | Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966) |
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| recording of: | A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams" (Bottom/Pyramus) (in 1966) |
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Related works
A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams" (Bottom/Pyramus)
| composer: | Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1960) |
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| part of: | A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III |
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