Within the Quota
A "Ballet-sketch" in One Act
Music by Cole Porter
Libretto by Gerald Murphy
First performed on October 25, 1923 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees,
Paris
Presented by Les Ballets Suedois
Choreography by Jean Borlin
Scenery and Costumes by Gerald Murphy
Orchestrations by Charles Koechlin
American premiere: November 28, 1923 at the Century Theatre, New York
Recordings
Special Occasions: Richard Rodney Bennett Plays the Ballet
Music of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen & Richard Rodgers
Recorded Apr. 25-26 and May 2-3, 1978, at Dick Charles Recording
Studios, New York City
LP, 1978 [DRG Records 6102]
Compact Disc, 1990 [DRG Records 6102] [includes "Within
the Quota" (11:31 mins.)]
Cole Porter: Overtures and Ballet Music
London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn
Recorded in December, 1990 at No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Compact Disc, 1991 [EMI CDC 7 54300 2] [includes "Within
the Quota" (16:11 mins.)]
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