5023363013826

Harrison Birtwistle Punch And

London Sinfonietta/David At

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: NMCD138

Release Date:  26 May 2007

Label:  NMC Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5023363013826

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

  • Description

    A reissue of the acclaimed recording by the London Sinfonietta under David Atherton, with soloists including Phyllis Bryn-Julson, David Wilson-Johnson and John Tomlinson.

    Premiered in 1968 at Aldeburgh, Punch and Judy – together with Verses for Ensembles and The Triumph of Time - firmly established Birtwistle as a leading voice in British music. It elaborates the traditional puppet-play into an opera of stylised violence and ritual: the simplicity of the children's entertainment contrasts with Punch's homicidal actions.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Prologue
      • 2. Homage to Judy
      • 3. Resolve I
      • 4. Passion Chorale I
      • 5. Pretty Polly's Rhapsody I
      • 6. Sinfonia
      • 7. War-Cry
      • 8. Toccata II B
      • 9. Pretty Polly's Rhapsody II

      Disc 2

      • 1. Roundel - 1st movement
      • 2. Recitative and Passion Aria II
      • 3. Proclamation III
      • 4. Nightmare
      • 5. Tarot-Game - 1st Draw
      • 6. Quartet
      • 7. Toccata III A
      • 8. Melodrama IV
      • 9. Death March
      • 10. Triumph