Frederick Delius  –   Zeb Soanes,  Britten Sinfonia,  Chorus Of The Britten Sinfonia,  Jamie Phillips – Hassan

Frederick Delius – Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia, Chorus Of The Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

Frederick Delius – Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia, Chorus Of The Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips –Hassan

2024


Version Information

Label
Chandos
Catalog number
CHAN 20296
Original year
2024
Version year
2024
Region
Europe
Format

1 x CD

Version notes

Total Timing: 80.25
40-page booklet with liner notes and work texts in English, French, and German.

Recorded at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex: 11 February 2023 (live)

Tracklist

Hassan, RT I/9

80:25
1.Act I Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Quietly But Expressively 4:22
2.Act I Scene 1: We Are In Old Baghdad (Narrator) 2:29
3.Act I: Interlude Between Scenes 1 And 2 1:51
4.Act I Scene 2: Moonlight. The Street Of Felicity, By The Fountain Of The Two Pigeons, In From Of The House 0:26
5.Act I Scene 2: It Is Later That Night (Narrator) 0:57
6.Act I Scene 2: Serenade. Con Moto Moderato 1:49
7.Act I Scene 2: The Shutters Open, And Yasmin Appears (Narrator) 2:27
8.Act I Scene 2: Melos. Hassan Falls Under The Shadow Of The Fountain. The First Light Of Dawn Shines In The Sky. Very Quietly 0:52
9.Act I Scene 2: Chorus Behind The Scenes. Not Too Slow 2:08
10.Act I Scene 2: The First Light Of Dawn Shines In The Sky (Narrator) 1:27
11.Act II Scene 1: Prelude. With Animation 0:51
12.Act II Scene 1: The Filthy, Inanimate Bulk Of Hassan… (Narrator) 0:38
13.Act II Scene 1: Fanfare Preceding The Ballet (Gaily, Outside) 0:08
14.Act II Scene 1: No. 1, Dance Of The Beggars. There Enters The Most Awful Selection Of Eastern Beggars The Eye Could Imagine. Quick And Vigorously 1:20
15.Act II Scene 1: And Then, After The Beggars (Narrator) 0:06
16.Act II Scene 1: No. 2, Chorus Of Women. (Enter A Band Of Fair And Dusky Beauties.) Quietly 2:22
17.Act II Scene 1: No. 3, Divertissement. Con Moto 2:28
18.Act II Scene 1: Rafi Is Then Announced As The King Of The Beggars (Narrator) 0:58
19.Act II Scene 1: No. 4, General Dance. Andante Moderato – Allegro – Più Mosso 2:54
20.Act II Scene 1: Rafi Is Asked Why He Hates The Caliph So (Narrator) 0:47
21.Act II Scene 1: Chorus Of Beggars And Dancing Girls (from Behind The Scene, After The Descent Of The Iron Curtain). Comodo 1:21
22.Act II Scene 1: This House Of The Moving Walls… (Narrator) 0:51
23.Act II Scene 2: The Street Of Felicity. Very Quietly 0:39
24.Act II Scene 2: The Sos Message Has Fallen From The Balcony… (Narrator) 1:11
25.Act II Scene 2: Music Accompanying Ishak’s Poem. Not Too Slow 1:32
26.Act II Scene 2: Yasmin’s Regard For Hassan Has Instantly Shifted (Narrator) 0:39
27.Act III Scene 1: Prelude. Moderato – Slower 1:34
28.Act III Scene 1: Curtain 0:43
29.Act III Scene 1: Hassan Is Installed At The Caliph’s Palace (Narrator) 0:27
30.Act III: Interlude Between Scenes 1 And 2. Very Quietly – Slow 1:44
31.Act III Scene 1: The Slaves Inform Hassan That There Is A Beautiful Lady… (Narrator) 1:05
32.Act III Scene 2: The Great Hall Of The Palace. With Vigour – Quieter 2:26
33.Act III Scene 2: We Are In The Great Hall Of The Caliph’s Palace (Narrator) 1:00
34.Act III Scene 2: Fanfares, In The Great Hall Of The Palace 0:11
35.Act III Scene 2: As More And More People Gather… (Narrator) 0:29
36.Act III Scene 2: Entry Of The Caliph. Pompously 0:18
37.Act III Scene 2: The Caliph Declares The Trial Of The Beggars Open (Narrator) 0:09
38.Act III Scene 2: Fanfares 0:22
39.Act III Scene 2: Then Rafi, King Of The Beggars, Is Summoned (Narrator) 1:18
40.Act IV Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Passionately 4:14
41.Act IV Scene 1: In The Palace’s Dark Vaults (Narrator) 0:26
42.Act IV: Interlude Between Scenes 1 And 2. Slow And Ponderously 1:58
43.Act IV Scene 2: Sunlight Streams Through The Cell’s Grating (Narrator) 1:14
44.Act V Scene 1: Prelude. Quick – Slower, Softer - Not Too Quick – Curtain. The Garden Of The Caliph’s Palace, In Front Of A Pavilion. Sunset. Quietly – Enter The Caliph With Attendants As Hassan Comes From His Pavilion 2:30
45.Act V Scene 1: The Song Of The Muezzin At Sunset 1:09
46.Act V Scene 1: With Another Sunset Approaching (Narrator) 1:51
47.Act V Scene 1: The Procession Of Protracted Death. March Tempo 2:53
48.Act V Scene 1: The Long, Dreadful Execution Ensues… (Narrator) 1:29
49.Act V Scene 2: Prelude To The Last Scene. With Flowing Movement 3:04
50.Act V Scene 2: Closing Scene. Slow – (The Caravan Recedes Farther And Farther Into The Distance.) – (Dying Away In The Distance) 10:16

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