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哈維格.布萊恩: 獨幕歌劇(阿伽門農)/第6(悲劇),第12號交響曲
馬汀.布拉賓斯 指揮
英國國家歌劇院管弦樂團
Martyn Brabbins has long championed the music of Havergal Brian, and this new release—no fewer than two symphonies and an opera complete on a single album—further demonstrates a real commitment to, and profound understanding of, this most original of twentieth-century symphonic voices.
Symphony No 6 'Sinfonia tragica' [18'58]
1 Allegro ma non troppo [3'00]
2 Lento [3'15] –
3 Lento solenne [6'50] –
4 Lontano – Allegro vivace [5'53]
Symphony No 12 [9'42]
5 Adagio [3'11] –
6 A tempo marcia lento [2'33] –
7 Adagio espressivo [1'46] –
8 Allegro vivo [2'12]
Agamemnon [38'17]
A Tragedy in One Act, after Aeschylus
with ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS
Clytemnestra ELEANOR DENNIS soprano
Cassandra STEPHANIE WAKE-EDWARDS mezzo-soprano
Agamemnon JOHN FINDON tenor
Watchman ROBERT MURRAY tenor
Herald/Old Man CLIVE BAYLEY bass
9 I pray the gods a respite from these toils [4'10] –
10 Look! Look! What is it? [1'06]
11 Soon shall we know [0'47]
12 Hail, Argive land! [3'16] –
13 What a dreadful tale! [2'06]
14 First, Argos, hail! [4'48]
15 Men! Citizens! [6'47] –
16 Whence these shapes of fear that haunt me? [1'25]
17 Come thou, too, in [2'39]
18 Ha! The house of the Atridae! [3'48] –
19 O I am struck! Struck with a mortal blow! [4'38]
20 Time shall come, avenging Time [2'47]