At the boar's head

CD 2017

The opera, or rather and properly the musical interlude, At the Boar's Head was written in 1924. Gustav Holst composed it at his home in Thaxted, where he was resting after collapsing, probably due to being overladen with work. The libretto, which Holst also composed, is based on Shakespeare's Henry IV parts one and two. Also included in this release is Ralph Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea, a short one-act opera based on the play of the same...

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Musical settings

Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 Musical settings

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2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
audio file CD audio
4 3/4 in

Notes:

Compact disc
Libretto of the 1st work by the composer after William Shakespeare; libretto of the 2nd work by the composer, based on the play by John Millington Synge
Booket with program notes in English and Polish, and librettos with Polish translations (14 pages : colored illustrastgions and portraits) inserted in container
World premiere recording of the complete score"--CD 1
Gary Griffiths, Nicole Percifield, Kathleen Reveille, Evanna Chiew, Anna Fijalkowska, Jonathan Lemalu, Eric Barry, Pawel Kolodziej, Krzysztof Szumanski, Adam Zdunikowski, Mateusz Stachura

Contents:

Of all the birds (3:31)
Are you not a coward? (1:31)
I am a rogue (5:21)
We two saw you four (3:57)
I know you all (5:16)
Do thou stand (9:44)
I' faith, sweetheart (4:13)
Devouring time (4:15)
How now! What news? (2:46)
Harry is valiant (7:10)
For God's sake (2:38)
Now comes in the sweetest morsel (3:04)
Where is she? (5:38)
Isn't it turf enough you have for this day and evening (1:38)
Where is the bit of new rope, Cathleen (4:38)
He's gone now, God spare us (3:09)
Wait, Nora, maybe she'd turn back quickly (3:59)
You didn't give him his bit of bread? (2:36)
I went down to the spring well (2:57)
Bartley will be lost now (4:30)
They are all gone now (5:18)
And may he have mercy on my soul (4:06)

Control Number:

2041299

UPC:

590254701307

Other Authors:

Barry, Eric
Chiew, Evanna
Fijałkowska, Anna (Mezzo-soprano)
Griffiths, Gary, 1983-
Kołodziej, Paweł
Lemalu, Jonathan
Percifield, Nicole
Reveille, Kathleen
Stachura, Mateusz (Baritone)
Szumański, Krzysztof
Zdunikowski, Adam, 1966-

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