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CHAN 10508
Maconchy: The Sofa/ The Departure
CD UPC: 0095115150825
Release Date: February 2009
Originally recorded in 2007
Release Date: February 2009
Originally recorded in 2007
Composer (1907-1994)
Elizabeth Maconchy
Elizabeth Maconchy
Solo tenor - Prince Dominic
Nicholas Sharratt
Nicholas Sharratt
Soprano Voice soprano - Monique
Sarah Tynan
Sarah Tynan
Solo mezzo-soprano - Dominic's Grandmother
Josephine Thorpe
Josephine Thorpe
Solo soprano - Lucille
Alinka Kozari
Alinka Kozari
Solo soprano - Laura
Anna Leese
Anna Leese
Solo mezzo-soprano - Yolande
Patricia Orr
Patricia Orr
Solo tenor - A Suitor
Patrick Ashcroft
Patrick Ashcroft
Solo baritone - Edward
George von Boden
George von Boden
Solo mezzo-soprano - Julia
Louise Poole
Louise Poole
Solo baritone - Mark
Hakan Vramsmo
Hakan Vramsmo
Orchestra
Independent Opera Orchestra
Independent Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Dominic Wheeler
Dominic Wheeler
Venue
Henry Wood Hall, London
Henry Wood Hall, London
Producer
Natalie Murray
Natalie Murray
Engineer
Simon Eadon
Simon Eadon
Engineer
William Brown
William Brown
Genre:
Opera
Opera
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ELIZABETH MACONCHY
(1907-1994)The Sofa
39:01
Comic Opera in One Act
Libretto by Ursula Vaughan Williams
Freely adapted from Le Sofa by Crébillon fils
1.
'Ah, my sweet consolation!'
2:14
Dominic, Monique
2.
'How light the grace, the delicate twist'
3:07
Dominic, Monique
3.
'Dominic, Casimir, Marie-Joseph, St Just, Balthasar'
2:29
Grandmother
4.
'This time my patience cannot still endure'
4:36
Grandmother, Dominic
5.
'My mother says all girls grow sad and languish for love'
4:14
Lucille, Yolande, Laura, Two Young Men
6.
'Lucille. Ah, Lucille?'
3:24
Suitor, Lucille, Sofa (Dominic)
7.
'Ha, ha, ha! Where's Dominic?…'
4:38
Ensemble, Guests, Sofa (Dominic)
8.
'Come and dance!'
6:01
Ensemble, Edward, Monique, Dominic
9.
'What's happened? What's happened! Has anything happened?'
1:55
Emsemble, Dominic, Edward
10.
'Oh. what an intriguing, fascinating situation!'
3:05
Ensemble, Edward, Lucille, Laura, Yolande, Dominic, Monique
11.
'Have they all gone'
3:15
Dominic, Monique
Solo: Nicholas Sharratt tenor - Prince Dominic
Solo: Josephine Thorpe mezzo-soprano - Dominic's Grandmother
Solo: Alinka Kozari soprano - Lucille
Solo: Anna Leese soprano - Laura
Solo: Patricia Orr mezzo-soprano - Yolande
Solo: Patrick Ashcroft tenor - A Suitor
Solo: George von Boden baritone - Edward
premiere recording
The Departure
31:00
Libretto by Anne Ridler
12.
'I shall never be ready in time'
3:20
Julia, Ensemble
13.
'Weightless beyond the burning margin of our air'
5:03
Julia, Ensemble
14.
'But what has happened?'
3:41
Julia
15.
'Julia, are you trying to speak to me?'
2:53
Mark, Julia, Ensemble
16.
'Where is that Death they paint…'
0:47
Julia, Ensemble
17.
'Oh, why did we leave the house that day?'
1:33
Mark, Julia
18.
'Don't leave me!'
1:39
Mark, Julia
19.
'But our child lives still'
2:09
Mark, Julia
20.
'Then do not leave me'
6:14
Mark, Julia, Ensemble
21.
'But I hear nothing! Not a voice, not a word'
3:36
Mark, Julia, Ensemble
Solo: Louise Poole mezzo-soprano - Julia
Solo: Hakan Vramsmo baritone - Mark
Orchestra: Independent Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Dominic Wheeler
23 November (The Departure) and 24 & 25 November (The Sofa) 2007
