Sitwell and Walton -- Facade with Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears

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Facade, An Entertainment-- poems by Edith Sitwell (first picture), music by William Walton (second picture); Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears, reciters; Anthony Collins conducting The English Opera Group Ensemble; a British Decca recording, made in 1953, issued in the United States on London long-play disc A4104. The selections presented here are-- Orchestral Fanfare; Poem 3, Mariner Man ("What are you staring at, mariner man..."), recited by Sitwell; Poem 6, Tango-Pasodoble ("When Don Pasquito ...