The sacrifice / MacMillan ; libretto by Michael Symmons Roberts, based on a story from the Mabinogion.

Author/creator MacMillan, James, 1959- composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationColchester, Essex, England : Chandos, [2010]
Copyright Date℗2010
Description2 audio discs (132 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Operas.

Other author/creatorRoberts, Michael Symmons, 1963- librettist.
Other author/creatorMilne, Lisa, performer.
Other author/creatorTynan, Sarah, performer.
Other author/creatorHoare, Peter, 1965- performer.
Other author/creatorPurves, Christopher, performer.
Other author/creatorMelrose, Leigh, performer.
Other author/creatorNegus, Anthony, conductor.
Other author/creatorWelsh National Opera, performer.
Contents Disc 1 (55:01). Act I. Prelude (3:44) -- Sian, Evan: 'I should not be here. Not tonight' (5:20) -- Sian, Evan: 'The guests are laying out their clothes' (2:37) -- Interlude (andante) (2:01) -- General, Sian, Megan: 'How is the dress, Megan?' (6:43) -- Evan, General, Megan: 'Excuse me, Sir' (2:14) -- Interlude (andante) (1:29) -- Megan, Mal, Sian: 'Queen of the blossom' (6:56) -- Interlude (passacaglia) (3:57) -- Chorus: 'God bless us all!' (4:50) -- The Birds: 'The moon became a man today' (1:57) -- General, All: 'As father I could burst with pride' (3:04) -- Mal, All, Sian: 'I toast my wife. My wife! Ye Gods!' (4:44) -- Mal, Chorus, Sian, General: 'Get him!' (1:12) -- Evan, The Birds: 'Why bring a knife to a wedding?' (4:05).
Contents Disc 2 (76:05). Act II. Sian, Megan: 'Again, Megan' (4:43) -- Mal, Sian: 'A question for you: whose is this?' (7:49) -- Interlude (2:51) -- Evan, Sian: 'So he's found the coat...' (10:08) -- Interlude (4:59) -- Guests, The Birds, Megan: 'Hail the king, long live the boy king!' (3:55) -- Mal: 'Thank you, Megan, a fitting gift for a nephew' (4:53) -- Mal, Guests, Evan, General: 'Come, the man who wounded me!' (3:49) -- Act III. Chorus, General, Mal, Mal's Men: 'Give this our son your peace eternal, O Lord' (4:43) -- Sian, General: 'I thought my hands were heaven-blessed' (4:10) -- Interlude (2:19) -- General, Megan: 'Thanks, Megan, you make a good thief' (7:24) -- Interlude (1:42) -- General, Mal, Sian: 'Mal! Mal! Mal!' (3:57) -- Mal, Guests, Sian, Megan: 'I cannot say I haven't dreamt a thousand times of killing him' (8:25).
General noteOpera in three acts.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes by David Nice, synopsis, and biographical notes on the performers, in English with German and French translations, and libretto (74 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Performer Lisa Milne, Saray Tynan, sopranos ; Peter Hoare, tenor ; Christopher Purves, Leigh Melrose, baritones ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of Welsh National Opera ; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera ; Anthony Negus, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live, October 6, 2007, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.
LanguageSung in English.
Other title Mabinogion.
LCCN 2015618927
UPC 095115157220
Publisher numberCHAN 10572(2) Chandos

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