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Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès
The Importance Of Being Earnest
Album UK 2014 on NMC label
Classical (Opera, Contemporary)
Recorded by BBC Radio 3 live at the Barbican Hall, London, 26 April 2012 Total timing 79:49 ℗ 2012 BBC © 2014 NMC Recordings Ltd Full English libretto included
Musicians
 | Gerald Barry p, *1952 IE composed by, libretto by, album by |
 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group , *1987 GB ensemble, album by |
 | Thomas Adès p, hps, *1971 GB conductor, album by |
 | Alan Ewing voc, b, IE bass vocals |
 | Benjamin Bevan voc, b, GB bass vocals |
 | Christopher Cook booklet editor, synopsis |
 | Hilary Summers voc, contralto vocals |
 | Oscar Wilde , 1854-1900 IE libretto by, based on the text by |
 | Katalin Karolyi voc, mezzo-soprano vocals |
 | Barbara Hannigan voc, *1971 CA soprano vocals |
Producers
| Paul Griffiths booklet editor |
| Betty Freeman photography by |
Composers
| Gerald Barry |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Importance Of Being Earnest, Opera In Three Acts | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | ||
| 2 | | Act I | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 25:16 | |
| 3 | | Auld Lang Syne | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:15 | |
| 4 | | Algernon: 'Did You Hear What I Was Playing?' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 4:36 | |
| 5 | | Lane: 'Lady Bracknell And Miss Fairfax' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 3:29 | |
| 6 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Freude, Schöner Götterfunken' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:15 | |
| 7 | | Jack: 'Miss Fairfax, Ever Since I Met You' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:56 | |
| 8 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Mister Worthing!' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:58 | |
| 9 | | Lady Bracknell: 'I Feel Bound To Tell You' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:05 | |
| 10 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Are Your Parents Living?' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:10 | |
| 11 | | Jack: 'What Should I Do?' (i) | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:24 | |
| 12 | | Jack: 'What Should I Do?' (ii) | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:26 | |
| 13 | | Jack: 'Will You Stop!!' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:42 | |
| 14 | | Act II | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 25:08 | |
| 15 | | Garden At The Manor House | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 3:31 | |
| 16 | | Cecily: 'I Wish Uncle Jack Would Allow' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 0:19 | |
| 17 | | Miss Prism: 'Freude, Schöner Götterfunken' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 3:18 | |
| 18 | | Algernon: 'You Are My Little Cousin Cecily' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:08 | |
| 19 | | Miss Prism: 'Mister Worthing!' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:44 | |
| 20 | | Algernon: 'He's Going To Send Me Away' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:08 | |
| 21 | | Algernon: 'Cecily, Ever Since I Looked' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:00 | |
| 22 | | Cecily: 'You Must Not Laugh At Me' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:51 | |
| 23 | | Merriman: 'Miss Fairfax' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 3:32 | |
| 24 | | Orchestral Interlude | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:12 | |
| 25 | | Gwendolen: 'I Had No Idea' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 3:49 | |
| 26 | | Jack: 'And This Is What You Call Bunburying!?' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:31 | |
| 27 | | Act III | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 26:10 | |
| 28 | | Orchestral Introduction | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:34 | |
| 29 | | Gwendolen/Cecily: 'Your Christian Names' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 0:51 | |
| 30 | | Merriman: 'Lady Bracknell' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:49 | |
| 31 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Mister Worthing, Is Miss Cardew' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:32 | |
| 32 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Pretty Child!' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:09 | |
| 33 | | Jack: 'I Am Miss Cardew's Guardian' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:42 | |
| 34 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Miss Prism!' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:21 | |
| 35 | | Lady Bracknell: 'Twenty-Eight Years Ago' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:10 | |
| 36 | Miss Prism: 'Lady Bracknell' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:26 | ||
| 37 | Jack: 'But Where Did You Deposit The Handbag?' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:08 | ||
| 38 | Chasuble: 'What Do You Think This Means' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:49 | ||
| 39 | Jack: 'Is This The Handbag?' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:18 | ||
| 40 | Jack: 'Lady Bracknell, Who Am I?' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 1:48 | ||
| 41 | All: 'Explosion!' | Gerald Barry, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès | 2:33 |
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