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William Walton: Façade; Henry V Music; Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre" - Edith Sitwell (speech/speaker/speaking part); English Opera Group Ensemble; Laurence Olivier (speech/speaker/speaking part);...
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  1. Façade, for reciter & ensemble
  2. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 3. Scene 1. Once More Into The Breach
  3. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Prologue. Now Enter Conjecture Of A Time
  4. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 1. Upon The King! Let Us Our Lives, Our Souls...
  5. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 3. This Day Is Called The Feast Of Crispian
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  1. Façade, for reciter & ensemble
  2. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 3. Scene 1. Once More Into The Breach
  3. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Prologue. Now Enter Conjecture Of A Time
  4. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 1. Upon The King! Let Us Our Lives, Our Souls...
  5. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 3. This Day Is Called The Feast Of Crispian
  6. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Act 4. Scene 3. My Duty To You Both With Equal Love
  7. Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer): Epilogue
  8. Orb and Scepter, coronation march for orchestra
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Edith Sitwell participated in three recordings of Façade, "An Entertainment," which consists of William Walton's setting of her poetry, for reciter and six instruments. The first, from 1929, conducted by the composer, captured only 11 of the poems, but this 1953 recording, her third, made for Decca, is the "complete" version. (In the 1970s, Walton created a new version, with an additional eight poems.) She is joined by Peter Pears, as the performing tradition had evolved into using two reciters, one male and one female. ...

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