Sir Colin Davis Anthology Volume 1
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London Symphony Orchestra LSO Live Sir Colin Davis Anthology Volume 1 Sir Colin Davis conductor Colin Lee tenor London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Symphonie fantastique, Op 14 (1830–32) Recorded live 27 & 28 September 2000, at the Barbican, London. 1 Rêveries – Passions (Daydreams – Passions) 15’51’’ Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai – Religiosamente 2 Un bal (A ball) 6’36’’ Valse. Allegro non troppo 3 Scène aux champs (Scene in the fields) 17’16’’ Adagio 4 Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold) 7’02’’ Allegretto non troppo 5 Songe d’une nuit de sabbat (Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath) 10’31’’ Larghetto – Allegro 6 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Overture: Béatrice et Bénédict, Op 27 (1862) 8’14’’ Recorded live 6 & 8 June 2000, at the Barbican, London. 7 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Overture: Les francs-juges, Op 3 (1826) 12’41’’ Recorded live 27 & 28 September 2006, at the Barbican, London. Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Te Deum, Op 22 (1849) Recorded live 22 & 23 February 2009, at the Barbican, London. 8 i. Te Deum (Hymne) 7’23’’ 9 ii. Tibi omnes (Hymne) 9’57’’ 10 iii. Dignare (Prière) 8’04’’ 11 iv. Christe, Rex gloriae (Hymne) 5’34’’ 12 v. Te ergo quaesumus (Prière) 7’15’’ 13 vi. Judex crederis (Hymne et prière) 10’20’’ 2 Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) – Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, ‘From the New World’ (1893) Recorded live 29 & 30 September 1999, at the Barbican, London. 14 i. Adagio – Allegro molto 12’08’’ 15 ii. Largo 12’55’’ 16 iii. Scherzo – Molto vivace 7’55’’ 17 iv. Allegro con fuoco 11’20’’ Volume 2 Sir Colin Davis conductor London Symphony Orchestra 1 Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) – Pohjola’s Daughter, Op 49 (1906) 14’32’’ Recorded live 18 September and 9 October 2005, at the Barbican, London. Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) – Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43 (1901–02) Recorded live 27 & 28 September 2006, at the Barbican, London. 2 i. Allegretto 9’42’’ 3 ii. Tempo Andante, ma rubato 14’53’’ 4 iii. Vivacissimo 6’06’’ 5 iv. Finale: Allegro moderato 14’02’’ 6 Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) – The Oceanides, Op 73 (1914) 12’00’’ Recorded live June and July 2008, at the Barbican, London. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) – Symphony No 4 in F minor (1934) Recorded live September 2008, at the Barbican, London. 7 i. Allegro 7’57’’ 8 ii. Andante moderato 9’29’’ 9 iii. Scherzo: Allegro molto 5’32’’ 10 iv. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto 8’46’’ 3 Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) – Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), Op 36 (1898–99) Recorded live 6 & 7 January 2007, at the Barbican, London. 11 i. Theme 1’25’’ 12 ii. CAE 1’54’’ 13 iii. HDS-P 0’45’’ 14 iv. RBT 1’35’’ 15 v. WMB 0’31’’ 16 vi. RPA 2’09’’ 17 vii. Ysobel 1’37’’ 18 viii. Troyte 1’03’’ 19 ix. WN 1’53’’ 20 x. Nimrod 4’25’’ 21 xi. Dorabella 2’50’’ 22 xii. GRS 1’03’’ 23 xiii. BGN 3’11’’ 24 xiv. (***) 3’14’’ 25 xv. EDU 5’31’’ 26 Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) – Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op 47 (1905) 14’48’’ Recorded live 23 September and 4 December 2005, at the Barbican, London. 4 Volume 3 Sir Colin Davis conductor Indra Thomas soprano Mihoko Fujimura alto Steve Davislim tenor Matthew Rose bass London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Sir Michael Tippett (1905–98) – A Child of Our Time (1939–41) Recorded live 16 & 18 December 2007, at the Barbican, London. PART I 1 No 1 The World Turns On Its Dark Side (chorus) 5’10’’ 2 No 2 The Argument: Man Has Measured the Heavens (alto) 1’54’’ 3 Interludium 1’07’’ 4 No 3 Scene: Is Evil Then Good? (chorus, alto) 2’55’’ 5 No 4 Now In Each Nation (bass) 1’07’’ 6 No 5 Chorus of the Oppressed: When Shall the Userers’ City Cease (chorus) 2’02’’ 7 No 6 I Have No Money for My Bread (tenor) 3’16’’ 8 No 7 How Can I Cherish My Man In Such Days (soprano) 3’03’’ 9 No 8 A Spiritual: Steal Away (chorus) 2’08’’ PART II 10 No 9 A Star Rises In Mid-winter (chorus) 2’39’’ 11 No 10 And a Time Came (bass) 0’20’’ 12 No 11 Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: Away With Them! (double chorus) 1’00’’ 13 No 12 Where They Could, They Fled (bass) 0’25’’ 14 No 13 Chorus of the Self-righteous: We Cannot Have Them In Our Empire (chorus) 0’44’’ 15 No 14 And the Boy’s Mother Wrote a Letter (bass) 0’14’’ 16 No 15 Scene: O My Son! (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) 1’14’’ 17 No 16 A Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord (chorus, soprano, tenor) 1’15’’ 18 No 17 Scene: The Boy Becomes Desperate In His Agony (bass, alto) 1’16’’ 19 No 18 They Took a Terrible Vengeance (bass) 0’25’’ 20 No 19 The Terror: Burn Down Their Houses! (chorus) 1’00’’ 21 No 20 Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done (bass) 0’34’’ 22 No 21 A Spiritual of Anger: Go Down, Moses (chorus, bass) 2’52’’ 23 No 22 The Boy Sings In His Prison: My Dreams Are All Shattered (tenor) 3’17’’ 24 No 23 What Have I Done to You, My Son? (soprano) 1’29’’ 5 25 No 24 The Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood (alto) 0’55’’ 26 No 25 A Spiritual: O, By and By (chorus, soprano) 1’13’’ PART III 27 No 26 The Cold Deepens (chorus) 4’15’’ 28 No 27 The Soul of Man (alto) 2’12’’ 29 No 28 Scene: The Words of Wisdom Are These (bass, chorus) 4’24’’ 30 Praeludium 1’12’’ 31 No 29 General Ensemble: I Would Know My Shadow and My Light (chorus, soprano, alto, tenor, bass) 4’39’’ 32 No 30 A Spiritual: Deep River (chorus, soprano, alto, tenor, bass) 3’42’’ 6 Volume 4 Sir Colin Davis conductor Peter Coleman-Wright baritone London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Sir William Walton (1902–83) – Belshazzar’s Feast (1930–31, rev 1931, 1948, 1957) Recorded live 28 & 30 September 2008, at the Barbican, London. 1 i. “Thus spake Isaiah” 5’26’’ 2 ii. A tempo – “If I forget thee” 2’29’’ 3 iii. “By the waters of Babylon” 2’57’’ 4 iv. “Babylon was a great city” 4’03’’ 5 v. “Praise ye the God of Gold!” 5’01’’ 6 vi. Allegro molto – ”Thus in Babylon” 2’05’’ 7 vii. “Thou, O King, art King of Kings” 1’07’’ 8 viii. “And in that same hour” 6’07’’ 9 ix. “The trumpeters and pipers” 1’03’’ 10 x. Allegro – “Then sing aloud to God our strength” 4’00’’ Sir William Walton (1902–83) – Symphony No 1 in B flat minor (1931–35) Recorded live 23 September and 4 December 2005, at the Barbican, London. 11 i. Allegro assai 14’47’’ 12 ii. Scherzo: Presto, con malizia 6’41’’ 13 iii. Andante con malincolia 11’41’’ 14 iv. Maestoso – Brioso ed ardentemente – Vivacissimo – Maestoso 12’53’’ 7 Volumes 5 – 7 Ben Heppner tenor Énée (Aeneas) Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Didon (Dido) Petra Lang mezzo-soprano Cassandre / Le spectre de Cassandre (Cassandra / Ghost of Cassandra) Sara Mingardo alto Anna Peter Mattei baritone Chorèbe / Le spectre de Chorèbe (Corebus / Ghost of Corebus) Stephen Milling bass Narbal Kenneth Tarver tenor Iopas Toby Spence tenor Hylas Orlin Anastassov bass L’ombre d’Hector (Ghost of Hector) Tigran Martirossian bass Panthée (Panthus) Isabelle Cals mezzo-soprano Ascagne (Ascanius) Alan Ewing bass Priam / Le spectre de Priam (Priam / Ghost of Priam) Guang Yang mezzo-soprano Hécube (Hecuba) Andrew Greenan bass Première Sentinelle (First Trojan Sentry) Roderick Earle bass Seconde Sentinelle (Second Trojan Sentry) Bülent Bezdüz tenor Hélénus (Helenus) Leigh Melrose baritone Un Soldat (A Soldier) / Mercure (Mercury) Mark Stone baritone Un chef grec (A Greek Captain) Sir Colin Davis conductor London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Stephen Westrop chorus director Janine Reiss language coach / music assistant 8 Volume 5 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Les Troyens, Op. 29 (1856–58) – Acte I / Act I Recorded live December 2000, at the Barbican, London. PREMIERE PARTIE (LA PRISE DE TROIE) / FIRST PART (THE CAPTURE OF TROY) ACTE I / ACT I 1 No 1 CHŒUR ‘Ha! ha! Après dix ans’ (Chœur de la Populace Troyenne) 3’51’’ 2 No 2 RÉCITATIF ET AIR ‘Les Grecs ont disparu!’ (Cassandre) 3’34’’ 3 ‘Malheureux Roi!’ (Cassandre) 5’12’’ 4 No 3 DUO ‘C’est lui!’ (Cassandre, Chorèbe) 1’43’’ 5 CAVATINE ‘Reviens à toi, vierge adorée!’ (Chorèbe, Cassandre) 14’08’’ ‘Pauvre âme égarée!’ (Chorèbe, Cassandre) ‘Si tu m’aimes, va-t’en’ (Cassandre, Chorèbe) ‘Mais le ciel et la terre’ (Chorèbe) ‘Quitte-nous dès ce soir’ (Cassandre, Chorèbe) 6 No 4 MARCHE ET HYMNE ‘Dieux protecteurs de la ville éternelle’ (Chœur) 5’42’’ 7 No 5 COMBAT DE CESTE – PAS DE LUTTEURS 1’33’’ 8 No 6 PANTOMIME (Chœur, Cassandre) 8’06’’ 9 No 7 RÉCITATIF ‘Du peuple et des soldats’ (Énée) 1’13’’ 10 No 8 OTTETTO ET DOUBLE CHŒUR ‘Châtiment effroyable!’ 6’35’’ (Priam, Panthée, Chorèbe, Énée, Helenus, Cassandre, Ascagne, Hécube, Chœur) 11 No 9 RÉCITATIF ET CHŒUR ‘Que la déesse nous protège’ (Énée, Priam) 1’35’’ ‘À cet objet sacré formez cortège, enfants’ (Tous) 12 No 10 AIR ‘Non, je ne verrai pas la déplorable fête’ (Cassandre) 2’09’’ 13 No 11 FINAL (MARCHE TROYENNE) ‘De mes sens éperdus’ (Cassandre, Chœur) 7’00’’ 9 Volume 6 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Les Troyens, Op.