Other author/creator | Gardner, Edward, 1974- conductor. |
Included Work | Alwyn, William, 1905-1985. Miss Julie. Midsummer night. |
Included Work | Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Vanessa. Do not utter a word. |
Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 Paul Bunyan (1941). Tiny's song. |
Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Peter Grimes. Embroidery in childhood. |
Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Turn of the screw. Tower. |
Included Work | Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Rusalka. |
Included Work | Floyd, Carlisle. Susannah. Trees on the mountains. |
Included Work | Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Wuthering Heights. I have dreamt. |
Included Work | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Tote Stadt. Glück, das mir verblieb. |
Included Work | Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe. Es lebt’ eine Vilja. |
Included Work | Messager, André, 1853-1929 Monsieur Beaucaire. Rossignol. |
Included Work | Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Soloveĭ. |
Included Work | Walton, William, 1902-1983. Troilus and Cressida. At the haunted end of the day. |
Other author/creator | Crouch End Festival Chorus performer. |
Other author/creator | English National Opera. Orchestra, performer. |
Contents |
Midsummer night (Miss Julie) (3:42) / Alwyn -- The nightingale's aria (The nightingale) (3:36) / Stravinsky -- At the haunted end of the day (Troilus & Cressida) (3:06) / Walton -- The trees on the mountains (Susannah) (5:09) / Floyd -- Song to the moon (Rusalka) (6:32) / Dvorak -- Embroidery aria (Peter Grimes) (6:08) / Britten -- Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe) (6:07) / Lehar -- Do not utter a word (Vanessa) (4:49) / Barber -- Tiny's song (Paul Bunyan) (4:11) / Britten -- Rossignol (Monsieur Beaucaire) (4:26) / Messager -- How beautiful it is (The turn of the screw) (5:35) / Britten -- I have dreamt (Wuthering Heights) (2:30) / Herrmann -- Marietta's Lied (Die tote Stadt) (5:57) / Korngold. |
General note | Previously released as a compact disc. |
General note | Songs and excerpts from operas. |
Performer |
Kate Royal, soprano ; and assisting soloists ; Crouch End Festival Chorus ; Orchestra of English National Opera ; Edward Gardner, conductor. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 3,4,6 & 8, Dec. 2008, and March 3, 2009, at Studio No. 1, London. |
Language | Selections sung in English, French, and German. |
Genre/form | Sound recordings. |