RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Opera in one act based on the play by John Millington Synge (1871-1909)
1.
Nora: 'Where is she?' -
5:51
2.
Maurya: 'Isn't it turf enough you have for this
1:38
day and evening?' -
3.
Bartley: 'Where is the bit of new rope, Cathleen,
4:21
was bought in Connemara?' -
4.
Maurya: 'He's gone now, God spare us, and
3:12
we'll not see him again' -
5.
Cathleen: 'Wait, Nora, maybe she'd turn back quickly' -
4:07
6.
Cathleen: 'You didn't give him his bit of bread?' -
3:00
7.
Maurya: 'I went down to the spring well' -
3:10
8.
Maurya: 'Bartley will be lost now' -
5:18
9.
Maurya: 'They are all gone now' -
6:11
10.
Maurya: 'And may he have mercy on my soul…'
5:01
Solo: Karl Morgan Daymond baritone - Bartley
Solo: Lynne Dawson soprano - Cathleen
Solo: Ingrid Attrot soprano - Nora
Choral: Sinfonia Chorus
Three Preludes on Welsh hymn tunes
11.
I
Crug-y-Bar: Fantasia. Andante sostenuto
4:49
12.
II
St. Denio: Scherzo. Allegro vivace
3:16
13.
III
Aberystwyth: Variations. Theme: Lento
8:57
Solo: Peter Francomb obligato horn
Suite for Solo Viola, Small Chorus, and Small Orchestra
14.
1
Lento (senza misura). 'Sicut lilium inter spinas' -
2:39
15.
2
Andante con moto. 'Iam enim hiems transit' -
2:50
16.
3
Lento (senza misura) - Allegro moderato - Allargando.
3:23
'…quaesivi quem diligit anima mea' -
17.
4
Moderato alla marcia. 'En lectulum
1:50
Salomonis sexaginta fortes ambiunt…' -
18.
5
Andante quasi lento (Largamente). 'Revertere,
3:02
revertere Sulamitis'
19.
6
Moderato tranquillo. 'Pone me ut
6:02
signaculum super cor tuum'
Solo: Philip Dukes viola
Choral: Sinfonia Chorus
Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia
Conductor: Richard Hickox