The sofa ; The departure / Elizabeth Maconchy.

Author/creator Maconchy, Elizabeth composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationColchester, Essex, England : Chandos Records, [2009]
Copyright Date℗2009
Description1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorWheeler, Dominic, conductor.
Other author/creatorVaughan Williams, Ursula, librettist.
Other author/creatorRidler, Anne, 1912-2001, librettist.
Included WorkMaconchy, Elizabeth, 1907-1994. Departure.
Other author/creatorIndependent Opera at Sadler's Wells, performer.
Variant title Departure
Contents The Sofa (39:01). 'Ah, my sweet consolation!' (Dominic, Monique) (2:14) -- 'How light the grace, the delicate twist' (Dominic, Monique) (3:07) -- 'Dominic, Casimir, Marie-Joseph, St Just, Balthasar' (Grandmother) (2:29) -- 'This time my patience cannot still endure' (Grandmother, Dominic) (4:36) -- 'My mother says all girls grow sad and languish for love' (Lucille, Yolande, Laura, Two Young Men) (4:14) -- 'Lucille. Ah, Lucille?' (Suitor, Lucille (sic), Sofa (Dominic)) (3:24) -- 'Ha, ha, ha! Where's Dominic?...' (Ensemble, Guests, Sofa (Dominic)) (4:38) -- 'Come and dance!' (Ensemble, Edward, Monique, Dominic) (6:01) -- 'What's happened? What's happened? Has anything happened?' (Ensemble, Dominic, Edward) (1:55) -- 'Oh, what an intriguing, fascinating situation!' (Ensemble, Edward, Lucille, Laura, Yolande, Dominic, Monique) (3:05) -- 'Have they all gone?' (Dominic, Monique) (3:15) -- The Departure (31:00). 'I shall never be ready in time' (Julia, Ensemble) (3:20) -- 'Weightless beyond the burning margin of our air' (Julia, Ensemble) (5:03) -- 'But what has happened?' (Julia) (3:41) -- 'Julia, are you trying to speak to me?' (Mark, Julia, Ensemble) (2:53) -- 'Where is that Death they paint...' (Julia, Ensemble) (0:47) -- 'Oh, why did we leave the house that day?' (Mark, Julia) (1:33) -- 'Don't leave me!' (Mark, Julia) (1:39) -- 'But our child lives still' (Mark, Julia) (2:09) -- 'Then do not leave me' (Mark, Julia, Ensemble) (6:14) -- 'But I hear nothing! Not a voice, not a word' (Mark, Julia, Ensemble) (3:36).
General noteLibretto of the 1st work by Ursula Vaughan Williams; libretto of the 2nd work by Anne Ridler.
General noteEdition recorded: Chester Music.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram and biographical notes in English with French and German translation, and texts in English (99 pages : illustrations (some color)) inserted in container.
CreditsNatalie Murray: recording producer; Simon Eadon: sound engineer; Wiliam Brown: assistant engineer.
Performer Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells ; Dominic Wheeler, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded November 23 (2nd work), 24-25 (1st work), 2007, Henry Wood Hall, London.
LanguageSung in English.
LCCN 2013624950
UPC 095115150825
Standard identifier# 00095115150825
Publisher numberCHAN 10508 Chandos Records
Publisher number10508 Chandos Records

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