5023363020022

Birtwistle: Gawain

Marie Angel; Anne Howells; Francois Le Roux; John Tomlinson; The Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra Of T

£24.99
£24.99
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Format: 2CD

Cat No: NMCD200

Release Date:  19 May 2014

Label:  NMC Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5023363020022

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Birtwistle

  • Description

    Birtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal apparitions, evil magical powers, amorous entanglements and a singing decapitated head.

    This production of Gawain for the Royal Opera House, recorded by BBC Radio 3, was supported by the Arts Council of England, The Friends of Covent Garden, The John S Cohen Foundation and The Po-Shing Woo Charitable Foundation. It was originally released on Collins Classics.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Overture
      • 2. The Story Begins
      • 3. The Court
      • 4. Three Riddles
      • 5. Arthur's Response
      • 6. Door Knock - Prophesies and Threats
      • 7. Mystery of the Open Door
      • 8. Another Riddle
      • 9. Door Knock - Prophesies and Threats
      • 10. Entrance of the Green Knight
      • 11. The Green Knight Rides Into the Court
      • 12. The Green Knight's Challenge
      • 13. The Court's Reaction - Gawain Accepts the Challenge
      • 14. The Raising of the Axe
      • 15. Time Frozen
      • 16. Gawain Decapitates the Green Knight
      • 17. The Severed Head Instructs Gawain
      • 18. The Green Knight Rides Off
      • 19. The Court's Reaction
      • 20. Prophesies and Threats
      • 21. Winter - Day
      • 22. Winter - Night
      • 23. Spring - Day
      • 24. Spring - Night
      • 25. Summer - Day
      • 26. Summer - Night
      • 27. Autumn - Day
      • 28. Autumn - Night
      • 29. Winter - Day
      • 30. Winter - Night
      • 31. Coda

      Disc 2

      • 1. Morgan Le Fay's Prediction
      • 2. The Journey
      • 3. A Glimpse
      • 4. The Journey Continues
      • 5. A Glimpse of the Future
      • 6. The Journey Continues
      • 7. A Glimpse of the Future
      • 8. The Journey Continues
      • 9. A Glimpse of the Future
      • 10. The Journey Continues
      • 11. Castle De Hautdesert
      • 12. Dance Aria
      • 13. Bertilak's Welcome and Gawain's Foreboding
      • 14. The First Lullaby
      • 15. The First Hunt and Temptation
      • 16. An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (1)
      • 17. Bertilak De Hautdesert's Return (1)
      • 18. The Second Lullaby
      • 19. The Second Hunt and Temptation
      • 20. An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (2)
      • 21. Bertilak De Hautdesert's Return (2)
      • 22. The Third Lullaby
      • 23. The Third Hunt and Temptation
      • 24. An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (3)
      • 25. Bertilak De Hautdesert's Return (3)
      • 26. Prophesies and Threats
      • 27. The Green Chapel
      • 28. Gawain Faces Death
      • 29. Gawain's Reprieve
      • 30. The Journey Back Begins
      • 31. The Court
      • 32. Gawain's Return
      • 33. Gawain's Epilogue
      • 34. Coda

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