5023363017022

Robert Saxton: The Wanderin

Roderick Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: NMCD170

Release Date:  13 June 2011

Label:  NMC Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5023363017022

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary  

  • Description

    Saxton's epic opera merges Christian and Jewish tradition in the myth of the eternal outsider, the Wandering Jew.

    The action shuttles through space and time, beginning in a Nazi death camp, going back to Jerusalem during the Roman occupation, then forward to Córdoba in the 11th century and to the Venice carnival in the 18th, and including confrontations with Faust, Mephistopheles, Odin and Kundry en route. Guardian

    Commissioned for broadcast by BBC Radio 3, the work features soloists including Roderick Williams, Tim Mirfin, Teresa Cahill and Brindley Sherratt; the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre de Ridder; and post-production from Antony Pitts.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. A Nazi Death Camp During World War II
      • 2. Flashback to Jerusalem
      • 3. Interlude
      • 4. The Desert at Night
      • 5. Interlude
      • 6. The Synagogue, Cordoba
      • 7. The Ballad of the Wandering Jew
      • 8. An Olive Grove at Night
      • 9. Interlude
      • 10. Auerbach's Cellar, Leipzig
      • 11. Interlude
      • 12. Wild Terrain - Odin's Rebirth
      • 13. Odin's Three Cries
      • 14. Interlude
      • 15. Venice - Carnival
      • 16. Venice - The Wandering Jew Encounters the Beggar/Jesus
      • 17. The Wandering Jew's Arioso and Encounter With the Fortune Teller
      • 18. The Wandering Jew Passes Through the Carnival

      Disc 2

      • 1. The Mystery Play
      • 2. Interlude: Whirling Through Time
      • 3. The World War II Death Camp
      • 4. Interlude
      • 5. The Desert in Daylight