Album UK 1996 on Collins Classics label
Classical (Opera)
68 page booklet contains liner notes, synopsis in English, French & German. English libretto- no translation.
Harrison Birtwistle , *1934 GB album by | |
Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , chorus, album by | |
Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , GB orchestra, album by | |
Elgar Howarth tr, *1935 GB conductor, album by | |
François Le Roux voc, *1955 FR baritone vocals, gawain | |
Omar Ebrahim voc, *1956 GB baritone vocals, the fool | |
Alan Ewing voc, b, IE bass vocals, agravain | |
John Tomlinson voc, *1946 GB bass vocals, green knight / bertilak de hautdesert | |
Kevin Smith voc, countertenor vocals, bishop baldwin | |
David Harsent , *1942 GB libretto by | |
Anne Howells voc, *1941 GB mezzo-soprano vocals, lady de hautdesert | |
Penelope Walmsley-Clark voc, GB soprano vocals, guinevere | |
Marie Angel voc, *1953 AU soprano vocals, morgan le fay | |
Richard Greager voc, tenor vocals, king arthur | |
John Marsden tenor vocals, ywain |
Harrison Birtwistle |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | Act 1 | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
2 | Overture | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
3 | The Story Begins 'Night after night' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
4 | The Court 'They tire me.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
5 | Three Riddles 'There was a man.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
6 | Arthur's Response 'How can I eat? | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
7 | Door Knock, Prophesies and Threats 'This is the hour of legacy or loss.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
8 | Mystery of the Open Door | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
9 | Another Riddle 'Something stranger than charity' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
10 | Door Knock, Prophesies and Threats 'Now is the hour of legacy or loss' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
11 | Entrance of the Green Knight 'Now I shall test his strength | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
12 | The Green Knight Rides into the Court | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
13 | The Green Knight's Challenge 'Which of you is king?' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
14 | The Court's Reaction, Gawain Accepts the Challenge 'God's Name' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
15 | The Raising of the Axe | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
16 | Time Frozen (Reprise; Prophesies; Riddles; Door Knock) 'This is the moment...' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
17 | Gawain Decapitates The Green Knight 'God's Name! | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
18 | The Severed Head Instructs Gawain 'My Title is Knight of the Green Chapel.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
19 | The Green Knight Rides Off | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
20 | The Court's Reaction 'It's nothing.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
21 | Duet: Prophesies and Threats 'Now that you've seen its face.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
22 | Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation... | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
23 | Tableau I: Winter: Day | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
24 | Tableau I: Winter:Night... | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
25 | Tableau II: Spring: Day | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
26 | Tableau II: Spring: Night. | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
27 | Tableau III: Summer: Day | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
28 | Tableau III: Summer: Night... | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
29 | Tableau IV: Autumn: Day | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
30 | Tableau IV: Autumn: Night.. | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
31 | Tableau V: Winter: Day | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
32 | Tableau V: Winter: Night... | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
33 | Tableau V: Coda... | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
34 | Act 2 | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
35 | Morgan Le Fay's Prediction 'Now with a single step.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
36 | The Journey | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
37 | Glimpse 'Soon...what you most love.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
38 | The Journey Continues | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
39 | A Glimpse of the Future 'Soon...what you want, you'll have.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
40 | The Journey Continues | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
41 | A Glimpse of the Future 'Soon you'll see its face.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
42 | The Journey Continues | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
43 | A Glimpse of the Future 'This is the hour of vanity or choice.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
44 | The Journey Continues | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
45 | Castle de Hautdesert 'Welcome,welcome, welcome.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
46 | Dance Aria 'Now we shall learn.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
47 | Bertilak de Hautdesert's Welcome and Gawain's Foreboding 'This house is yours.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
48 | The First Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark. | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
49 | The First Hunt and Temptation | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
50 | An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (1) 'A gift he must not refuse.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
51 | Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (1) | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
52 | The Second Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
53 | The Second Hunt and Temptation | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
54 | An Aside From Morgan Le Fay (2 | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
55 | Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (2) 'Here's your trophy.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
56 | The Third Lullaby 'Lie down without fear of the dark. | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
57 | The Third Hunt and Temptation | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
58 | An Aside From Morgan Le Fay (3) | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
59 | : Bertilak de Hautdesert's Return (3) 'I hunted all day.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
60 | Prophesies and Threats | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
61 | The Green Chapel 'Fear of Death.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
62 | Gawain Faces Death 'Now I acquit myself.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
63 | Gawain's Reprieve 'The first blow.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
64 | The Journey Back Begins | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
65 | The Court (Riddles and Prophesies) 'Arthur-join us.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
66 | Gawain's Return | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
67 | Gawain's Epilogue 'I left this place.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth | |||
68 | Coda 'Now at the year's dead end.' | Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth |
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