English Chamber Orchestra - Roderick Kennedy (Bass) - Patricia Taylor (Alt) - Anne Dawson (Sopran) - David Wilson-Johnson (Bariton) // Of all the landmarks in the chequered history of British opera none is more remarkable than The Immortal Hour, and no Englishman's operatic career more curious than that of its composer, Rutland Boughton.
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Titel |
Dauer |
Weitere Mitwirkende |
001/00 |
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The immortal hour (A music-drama) (Gesamtaufnahme) |
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Mitwirkende: Dawson Anne, Hill Valery, Taylor Patricia, Bryson Roger, Wilson-Johnson David, Kennedy Roderick Dirigent/Leitung: Melville Alan Orchester/Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir The, English Chamber Orchestra The
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001/01 |
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A wood, dark and mysterious. In the background the faint glimmer of a lake (Akt 1, Szene 1) |
2:05 |
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002/02 |
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Dalua (slowly coming out of the shadow) |
1:30 |
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003/03 |
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Voices in the wood |
2:40 |
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004/04 |
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Dalua: Ye know not who I am |
1:24 |
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005/05 |
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Dalue: I have com hither, led by dreams and visions |
1:49 |
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006/06 |
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A voice (unexpectedly near) |
2:14 |
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007/07 |
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Dalua: I am old |
1:17 |
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008/08 |
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A voice: Brother and kin to all the twilit gods |
2:17 |
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009/09 |
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The sound of mocking laughter is heard from the wood |
1:27 |
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010/10 |
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Dalua: Laugh not, ye outcasts of the invisible world |
2:57 |
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011/11 |
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Etain wanders into view, looking lost and bewildered |
3:31 |
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012/12 |
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Dalua (stepping forward with a courtly bow, faintly touched with mockery) |
1:36 |
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013/13 |
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Dalua (touching her lightly with the shadow of his hand) |
0:51 |
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014/14 |
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Etain: I have forgotten all |
3:33 |
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015/15 |
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A king of men |
3:26 |
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016/16 |
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Dalua: Led here by dreams |
3:44 |
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017/17 |
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Etain: I will go back |
0:39 |
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018/18 |
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Eochaidh: Sir, I am glad |
2:50 |
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019/19 |
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Dalua: I have come |
1:26 |
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020/20 |
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Look, o King! |
2:42 |
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021/21 |
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Eochaidh: There is no backward way for such as I |
2:50 |
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022/22 |
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Eochaidh: I have heard you calling |
1:59 |
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023/23 |
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Manus: I've seen that man before who came tonight (Akt 1, Szene 2) |
2:16 |
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024/24 |
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Manus: Yes, woman, yes, I know: for silence. Hush! |
3:06 |
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025/25 |
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Etain: But sometimes... sometimes... Tell me: have you heard |
1:22 |
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026/26 |
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Eochaidh: Good folk, I give you greeting |
1:38 |
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027/27 |
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Manus: Good sir, you are most welcome. |
3:19 |
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028/28 |
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Eochaidh: At last I know |
1:44 |
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029/29 |
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Etain: And your name, fair lord? |
1:54 |
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030/30 |
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Eochaidh: Truyl, I now know full well |
2:28 |
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031/31 |
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Etain: I, too, am lifted with the breath |
1:15 |
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032/32 |
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Eochaidh. Who laughed? |
0:39 |
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033/33 |
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Etain: None laughed. |
1:35 |
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034/34 |
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Unseen voices: How beautiful they are |
1:13 |
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Interpret |
Titel |
Dauer |
Weitere Mitwirkende |
001/35 |
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Druids: By the voice in the corries (Akt 2) |
4:02 |
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002/36 |
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Maidens: The bells of youth are ringing |
1:32 |
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003/37 |
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Warriors: But this was in the old, old, far-off days |
1:55 |
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004/38 |
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Bards, Maidens and Warriors: Hail, Eochaidh, High King of Eire, hail! |
1:54 |
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005/39 |
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Bards, Warriors and others: Green fire of Joy, green fire of life |
1:46 |
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006/40 |
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Eochaidh: Etain, speak, my Queen |
1:51 |
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007/41 |
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Eochaidh: No, no my Queen |
2:33 |
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008/42 |
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Etain: I, too, have heard |
1:15 |
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009/43 |
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Warriors and others: The Queen! |
3:04 |
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010/44 |
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Midir: Hail, Eochaidh, King of Eire! |
1:52 |
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011/45 |
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Midir: I am a king's first son |
1:50 |
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012/46 |
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Druids: Dagda, Lord of thunder and silence |
0:42 |
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013/47 |
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Eochaidh: Fair lord, my thanks I give |
1:27 |
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014/48 |
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Midir: Have not great poets sung |
1:13 |
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015/49 |
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Midir: In the days of the great fires when the hills were aflame |
3:09 |
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016/50 |
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Eochaidh: Hear us, OEngus, beautiful, terrible, Sun-Lord and Death-Lord! |
1:03 |
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017/51 |
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Midir: O king, it is a little thing |
2:06 |
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018/52 |
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Old Bard: I have seen all things pass and all things go |
2:25 |
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019/53 |
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Eochaidh: Welcome, my queen |
1:46 |
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020/54 |
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Eochaidh: This nameless lord |
2:31 |
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021/55 |
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Midir: How beautiful they are |
1:25 |
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022/56 |
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Etain: I have heard... I have dreamed that song |
1:47 |
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023/57 |
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Midir: I am a song |
3:12 |
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024/58 |
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Etain: I am a small green leaf in a great wood |
2:15 |
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025/59 |
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Eochaidh: O do not leave me, Star of my desire! |
0:40 |
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026/60 |
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Midir: Hasten, lost love, found love! |
1:08 |
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027/61 |
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Voices: In the land of youth |
1:12 |
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028/62 |
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Voices: They play with lances |
1:11 |
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