Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Wadsworth - ORF Symphonieorchester – A Quiet Place

Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Wadsworth - ORF Symphonieorchester

Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Wadsworth - ORF Symphonieorchester –A Quiet Place

1987

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Version Information

Label
Deutsche Grammophon
Catalog number
447 962-2
Original year
1987
Version year
1995
Region
Europe
Format

2 x CD
Album
Reissue
Stereo

Version notes

Reissue on CD as part of Bernstein Conducts Bernstein series.

Opera in three acts (first performed in 1983) incorporating the one-act opera "Trouble In Tahiti" from 1952 (Words & Music by Leonard Bernstein).

Original recording (p) 1987 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg
Printed and made in Germany.
This recording is based on a stage production of the work performed at the Vienna State Opera (1986) and sponsored by Ebel Watches. Recorded live April 1986.

106 page booklet contains notes & synopsis in English & German. Libretto in English only.

Tracklist

A Quiet Place Act I

Prologue

1-1.Chorale: "The path of truth is plain and safe" 4:07

Scene

1-2.Dialogues: "I'm sorry Bill" 17:57
1-3.Readings: "Who can find a virtuous woman?" / Chorale: "God has his ways" 6:56
1-4.Aria: "You're late" 4:47
1-5.Trio: "Dear Daddy" 3:45
1-6.Finale: "Merry Christmas to you too" 2:34
1-7.Postlude 4:54

Act II

Scene 1

1-8."I wish I could sleep" 2:48

Scene 2: TROUBLE IN TAHITI (I)

1-9."Doa - Daa - Day - Day" 3:32
1-10."How could you say" 5:55
1-11."Yes? Oh, Mr. Partridge!" 3:02
1-12."I was standing in a garden" 8:09
1-13."Well, of all people" 6:25

Scene 3

2-1."June twelfth" 5:43
2-2."But first I'd like to sing you a little song" 2:14
2-3.Quartet: "My God, Dinah" 4:50
2-4.Love Scene: "There's so much, too much" / Chorale: "The path of love is plain and safe" 6:59

Scene 4: TROUBLE IN TAHITI (II)

2-5."Skid a lit day" 1:58
2-6."There's a law" 4:02
2-7."What a movie" 5:00
2-8."There's a law" 8:10

Act III

2-9.Prelude 5:51

Scene

2-10."Morning" 3:57
2-11." 'The one and only cereal' " 3:51
2-12.Tag 1: "You're...It!" / Trio: "...around. Happy twenty-first birthday" / Tag 2: Come on, Dede, it's your turn!" 5:34
2-13."Hmmm. Bye, bye" 7:31
2-14." 'My heart shall be...thy...garden' " 8:20

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