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CHAN 9928
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
Running Time: 136:27
Release Date: June 2001
Originally recorded in 2000
Composer (1872-1958)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tenor Voice tenor (solo parts) - Shallow
Adrian Thompson
Adrian Thompson
Solo baritone (ensemble parts) - Shallow
Stephan Loges
Stephan Loges
Baritone Voice bass - Sir Hugh Evans
Stephen Varcoe
Stephen Varcoe
Solo tenor - Slender
Daniel Norman
Daniel Norman
Solo baritone - Peter Simple
Henry Moss
Henry Moss
Solo baritone - Page
Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams
Solo baritone - Sir John Falstaff
Donald Maxwell
Donald Maxwell
Solo tenor - Bardolph
John Bowen
John Bowen
Solo bass - Nym
Richard Lloyd-Morgan
Richard Lloyd-Morgan
Solo baritone - Pistol
Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Solo soprano - Anne Page
Susan Gritton
Susan Gritton
Solo soprano - Mrs Page
Laura Claycomb
Laura Claycomb
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Mrs Ford
Dame Sarah Connolly
Dame Sarah Connolly
Tenor Voice tenor- Fenton
Mark Padmore
Mark Padmore
Solo bass - Rugby
Mark Richardson
Mark Richardson
Solo mezzo-soprano - Mrs Quickly
Anne-Marie Owens
Anne-Marie Owens
Solo bass - Ford
Matthew Best
Matthew Best
Choral
Sinfonia Chorus
Sinfonia Chorus
Orchestra
Northern Sinfonia
Northern Sinfonia
Conductor
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
Venue
Jubilee Hall, Newcastle
Jubilee Hall, Newcastle
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Christopher Brooke
Christopher Brooke
Engineer (Assistant)
James Atkins
James Atkins
Genre:
Opera
Opera
Temporarily out of stock
Opera - Sir John in Love
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958)Sir John in Love
136:39
An opera in four acts
The libretto based on Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
Orchestral introduction -
6:48
Shallow, Sir Hugh Evans: 'What hoa, what hoa!'
2.
Anne Page: 'Ahem'
1:46
3.
Anne Page: 'This is my father's choice'
8:03
4.
Page: 'How now, what does Master Fenton here?'
1:02
5.
Dr Caius: 'Vere is dat knave Rugby?'
6:52
6.
Episode
2:22
7.
Bardolph, Nym, Pistol: 'How now, mine Host of the Garter'
2:49
8.
Sir John Falstaff: 'I spy entertainment in her . . .'
3:37
9.
Pistol: 'Wilt thou revenge . . .?'
2:20
10.
Ford: 'Love my wife? I will be patient'
3:33
Act II
11.
Orchestral introduction -
6:25
Scene 1
Mrs Page: ' ''Thine own true knight'' '
12.
Mrs Qucikly: 'Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more'
3:00
Scene 2
13.
Sir John Falstaff: 'Bardolph! Bardolph, I say!'
5:28
14.
Sir John Falstaff: 'Go thy ways, go thy ways, old Jack!'
5:10
15.
Ford: 'Sir, my name is Brook'
5:31
16.
Ford: 'Ha, is this a vision?'
3:12
68:05
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
Scene 1: Interlude
1.
Orchestral introduction -
5:41
Fenton: 'Yet hear me speak'
2.
Chorus of Young Women: 'Fair and fair and twice so fair'
2:40
3.
Anne Page: 'But listen, good mine Host'
2:25
Scene 2
4.
Orchestral introduction -
3:49
Sir Hugh Evans: ' ''When as we sat in Papylon'' '
5.
Peter Simple: 'Yonder he's coming'
2:29
6.
Page: 'Come, Master Ford'
1:46
7.
Orchestral introduction -
2:23
Scene 3
Mrs Ford: 'What, John! What, Robert!'
8.
Mrs Ford: 'Alas, my love, you do me wrong'
2:48
9.
Mrs Quickly: 'Mistress Ford!'
2:07
10.
Ford, Chorus of Men: 'Ah!'
4:23
Act IV
11.
Orchestral introduction -
3:35
Scene 1
Ford: 'Pardon me, wife'
12.
Mrs Page: 'There is an old tale that goes Herne the hunter'
6:37
13.
(Interlude)
2:03
Scene 2
14.
Orchestral introduction -
1:58
15.
Sir John Falstaff: 'The Windsor bell hath struck twelve'
2:47
16.
Mrs Ford: 'Ah' -
3:29
Sir John Falstaff: 'Who comes here?'
17.
Mrs Qucikly: 'But till 'tis one o'clock'
0:57
18.
Dance of the Fairies
1:57
19.
Sir Hugh Evans: 'But stay! I smell a man of middle earth'
2:09
20.
Page: 'Nay, do not fly'
4:24
21.
Mrs Page: 'My heart misgives me'
2:58
22.
Sir John Falstaff: 'Stand not amazed'
5:04
68:34
Characters (in order of appearance)
Solo: Stephan Loges baritone (ensemble parts) - Shallow
Solo: Daniel Norman tenor - Slender
Solo: Henry Moss baritone - Peter Simple
Solo: Roderick Williams baritone - Page
Solo: Donald Maxwell baritone - Sir John Falstaff
Solo: John Bowen tenor - Bardolph
Solo: Richard Lloyd-Morgan bass - Nym
Solo: Brian Bannatyne-Scott baritone - Pistol
Solo: Susan Gritton soprano - Anne Page
Solo: Laura Claycomb soprano - Mrs Page
Solo: Mark Richardson bass - Rugby
Solo: Anne-Marie Owens mezzo-soprano - Mrs Quickly
Solo: Stephan Loges baritone - The Host of the 'Garter Inn'
Solo: Matthew Best bass - Ford
Choral: Sinfonia Chorus
Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia
Conductor: Richard Hickox
7-10 December 2000
