RICHARD STRAUSS
(1864-1949)
Opera in one act
Libretto by the composer after Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name
English translation of the German by Tom Hammond
Scene One
1.
'How fair the royal Princess Salome looks tonight'
2:43
Narraboth, Page, First Soldier, Second Soldier
2.
'After me shall come another'
2:41
Jokanaan, Second Soldieer, First Soldier, Cappadocian, Naarraboth, Page
Scene Two
3.
'I will not stay there. I cannot stay there'
2:09
Salome, Page, Jokanaan
4.
'Who spoke then, who was that calling out?'
3:51
Salome, Second Soldier, Narraboth, Slave, First Soldier, Jokanaan, Page
5.
'You will do this for me, Narraboth'
3:21
Salome, Narraboth
Scene Three
6.
'Where is he, he, whose sins are now without number?'
5:07
Jokanaan, Salome, Narraboth
Salome, Narraboth, Jokanaan
8.
'Jokanaan! I am in love with your pale flesh, Jokanaan!'
2:59
9.
'I'm enamoured of your hair, Jokanaan'
2:43
Salome, Jokanaan
10.
'It's your mouth that I desire, Jokanaan'
11:08
Salome, Jokanaan, Narraboth
Scene Four
11.
'Where is Salome?'
4:06
Herod, Herodias, First Soldier
12.
'Salome, come drink wine with me'
2:47
Herod, Salome, Herodias
13.
'See, the tiem is upon us'
3:38
Jokanaan, Herodias, Herod, Jews, First Nazarene
14.
'Brothers, they day is near us, the day of the Lord'
2:51
Jokanaan, Herod, First Nazarene, First Jew, Second Nazarene, Herodias
15.
'Men shall soon rebel against this dissolute woman'
2:12
Jokanaan, Herodias, Herod
16.
'Dance for me, Salome'
4:25
Hrod, Herodias, Salome, Jokanaan
1.
Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils
9:30
2.
'Ah, heavenly! Wonderful, woonderful!'
7:27
3.
'Salome, just think what you're doing'
3:13
4.
'Gie me the head of Jokanaan!'
2:12
5.
'I hear no noise from below there'
2:36
6.
'Ah! You would not let me kiss your mouth, Jokanaan!'
6:47
7.
'Your body was an ivory column'
5:32
8.
'You have an evil monster for a daughter'
5:29
9.
Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils (concert version)
9:37
Solo: John Graham-Hall tenor - Herod Antipas
Solo: John Wegner baritone - Jokanaan
Solo: Andrew Rees tenor - Narraboth
Solo: Rebecca de Pont Davies mezzo-soprano - Herodias's page
Solo: Anton Rich tenor - First Jew
Solo: Wynne Evans tenor - Second Jew
Solo: Colin Judson tenor - Third Jew
Solo: Alasdair Elliott tenor - Fourth Jew
Solo: Jeremy White bass - Fifth Jew
Solo: Michael Druiett bass - First Nazarene
Solo: Robert Parry tenor - Second Nazarene
Solo: Graeme Broadbent bass - First Soldier
Solo: Alan Ewing bass - Second Soldier
Solo: Roger Begley bass - Cappadocian
Solo: Gerald Strainer tenor - Slave
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras