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CHAN 10108
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet . Festival Overture
Running Time: 61:49
Release Date: August 2003
Originally recorded in January 1981
Composer (1840-1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Solo soprano*
Janis Kelly
Janis Kelly
Solo baritone†
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Geoffrey Simon
Geoffrey Simon
Venue
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Bill Todd
Bill Todd
Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Russian
Orchestral & Concertos
Russian
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893)1.
Festival Overture on the Danish National Hymn, Op. 15
13:10
Hamlet, Op. 67bis
49:16
Overture and incidental music
2.
Overture
10:03
ACT I
3.
Scene 1: Mélodrame
1:34
Moderato assai
First appearance of Ghost
4.
Scene 4: Fanfare
0:22
Allegro vivo
'A Flourish of Trumpets'
5.
Scene 4: Mélodrame
0:41
Moderato assai
Appearance of Ghost to Hamlet
6.
Scene 5: Mélodrame
3:07
Allegro giusto ed agitato
The Ghost tells Hamlet of his father's death
ACT II
7.
Entr'acte
3:02
Allegro semplice
Prelude to Scene 1 and first appearance in the play of Ophelia
8.
Scene 2: Fanfare
0:21
'A Room in the Castle' - 'Flourish'
First appearance of King, Queen, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Attendants
ACT III
9.
Entr'acte
3:16
Andante quasi allegretto
Prelude to Scene 1 which features Hamlet's soliloquy
'To be or not to be'
10.
Scene 2: Fanfare
0:10
'A Flourish' - Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and others
11.
Scene 2: Fanfare
0:15
'The Dumb Show enters'
12.
Scene 2: Mélodrame
2:04
Allegro giusto ed agitato
The Players enact the Scene of the Poisoning
ACT IV
13.
Entr'acte
7:12
Andante non troppo ('Elegy for Strings')
Prelude to Scene 1 - 'A Room in the Castle'
14.
Scene 5: Scène d'Ophélie*
2:24
Andantino
'Elsinore' - Ophelia's 'Mad Scene'
15.
Scene 5: Deuxième scène d'Ophélie*
2:07
Moderato
'Re-enter Ophelia, fantastically dressed with straws and flowers'
ACT V
16.
Entr'acte
5:27
Marcia. Moderato assai
Prelude to Scene 1 - 'A Churchyard'
17.
Scene 1: Chant du Fossoyeur†
0:54
Andantino
18.
Scene 1: Marche funèbre
4:36
Marcia. Moderato assai
'Funeral March' - 'Enter Priests and others in procession; the Corpse of Ophelia; Laertes and Mourners following: King, Queen and their Trains'
19.
Scene 2: Fanfare
0:21
Allegro giusto
'Trumpets sound'
20.
Scene 2: Marche finale
0:43
Allegro risoluto ma non troppo
62:35
Solo: Janis Kelly soprano*
Solo: Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone†
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
January 1981
