Britten: Albert Herring
James Gilchrist (Albert), Pamela Helen Stephen (Nancy), Roderick Williams (Sid), Stephen Richardson (Mr Budd), Rebecca Evans (Miss Wordsworth), Alan Opie (Mr Gedge), Anne Collins (Mum), Susan Bullock (Lady Billows), Sally Burgess (Florence Pike)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox more than any rival brings out the fun of Britten's comic chamber opera, lifting rhythms in an infectious way. The result is warm and welcoming...James Gilchrist is outstanding,...
Britten: Albert Herring
James Gilchrist (Albert), Pamela Helen Stephen (Nancy), Roderick Williams (Sid), Stephen Richardson (Mr Budd), Rebecca Evans (Miss Wordsworth), Alan Opie (Mr Gedge), Anne Collins (Mum), Susan Bullock (Lady Billows), Sally Burgess (Florence Pike)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Richard Hickox more than any rival brings out the fun of Britten's comic chamber opera, lifting rhythms in an infectious way. The result is warm and welcoming...James Gilchrist is outstanding,...
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- James Gilchrist (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Roderick Williams (baritone), Stephen Richardson (bass), Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Anne Collins (mezzo-soprano), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Susan Bullock (soprano), Yvette Bonner (soprano), Gregory Monk (voice), Rebecca Bottone (voice)
- City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
Act I Scene 1: The morning room at Lady Billows' house in Loxford (Lady Billows, Florence)
Track length2:02
Act I Scene 1: I hope we're not too early (Miss Wordsworth, Florence, Vicar, Mayor, Superintendent)
Track length2:42
Act I Scene 1: Stuffy! Tobacco stink! (Lady Billows, Miss Wordsworth, Florence, Mayor, Superintendent, Vicar)
Track length2:45
Act I Scene 1: The first suggestion on my list (Vicar, Florence, Lady Billows, Miss Wordsworth, Mayor, Superintendent)
Track length4:46
Act I Scene 1: Begging your pardon (Superintendent, Florence, Lady Billows, Miss Wordsworth, Vicar, Mayor)
Track length4:24
Act I Scene 1: Virtue, says Holy Writ (Vicar, Superintendent, Mayor, Miss Wordsworth, Florence, Lady Billows)
Track length2:03
Act I Scene 1: Right! We'll have him! (Lady Billows, Florence, Vicar, Miss Wordsworth, Mayor, Superintendent)
Track length3:03
Act I Scene 2: We bring great news to you (Lady Billows, Mum, Albert, Florence, Vicar, Mayor, Superintendent, Miss Wordsworth)
Track length2:49
Act II Scene 1: Bells offstage - Quick, here they are! (Nancy, Sid, Miss Wordsworth, Superintendent, Mum, Mayor, Florence, Vicar, Lady Billows, Children)
Track length2:39
Act II Scene 1: Husssh! … Harold Wood! (Miss Wordsworth, Harry, Miss Wordsworth, Emmie, Cis, Mum, Lady Billows)
Track length1:34
Act II Scene 1: Come, let's sit down (Lady Billows, Mum, Superintendent, Albert, Miss Wordsworth, Mayor, Sid, Children, Florence, Vicar, Nancy)
Track length1:26
Act II Scene 1: Go on, Albert! (Mum, Florence, Superintendent, Miss Wordsworth, Mayor, Nancy, Sid, Lady Billows, Albert, Vicar)
Track length2:07
Act II Scene 1: Albert the Good! (Vicar, Florence, Albert, Mum, Children, Lady Billows, Miss Wordsworth, Superintendent, Mayor, Nancy, Sid)
Track length2:34
Act II Scene 1: Bring the plates! Quickly now! (Sid, Nancy, Children, Miss Wordsworth, Albert, Lady Billows, Florence, Vicar, Mum, Superintendent, Mayor)
Track length7:34
Act III: Fools! (Lady Billows, Nancy, Vicar, Miss Wordsworth, Florence, Mum, Mayor, Superintendent)
Track length2:32
Act III: In the midst of life is death (Vicar, Nancy, Mayor, Lady Billows, Superintendent, Florence, Miss Wordsworth, Sid, Mum)
Track length5:24
Act III: Albert … ? (Albert, Lady Billows, Miss Wordsworth, Nancy, Florence, Mayor, Sid, Vicar, Superintendent, Mum, Sid)
Track length2:57
Awards and reviews
2010
Richard Hickox more than any rival brings out the fun of Britten's comic chamber opera, lifting rhythms in an infectious way. The result is warm and welcoming...James Gilchrist is outstanding, with a tenor light enough to sound wimpish in the first half of the opera, and then to convey the anger of the character in the monologue that marks his change of heart
