Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
Joan Carlyle (Jenifer), Elizabeth Harwood (Bella), Helen Watts (Sosostris), Elizabeth Bainbridge (She-Ancient), Stuart Burrows (Jack), Alberto Remedios (Mark), Raimund Herincx (King Fisher), Stafford Dean (He-Ancient), David Whelan (Half-Tipsy Man), Andrew Daniels (Dancing Man)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
the recording needs no defending, with singers, chorus and orchestra in full and lively presence, the soloists in excellent balance with the accompaniment...this issue is a life-enhancing creation...
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
Joan Carlyle (Jenifer), Elizabeth Harwood (Bella), Helen Watts (Sosostris), Elizabeth Bainbridge (She-Ancient), Stuart Burrows (Jack), Alberto Remedios (Mark), Raimund Herincx (King Fisher), Stafford Dean (He-Ancient), David Whelan (Half-Tipsy Man), Andrew Daniels (Dancing Man)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
the recording needs no defending, with singers, chorus and orchestra in full and lively presence, the soloists in excellent balance with the accompaniment...this issue is a life-enhancing creation...
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Contents and tracklist
Work length2:33:13
- Helen Watts, Stafford Dean, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Alberto Remedios, Stuart Burrows, Elizabeth Harwood, Joan Carlyle, Raimund Herincx
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
This way! This way!
Track length3:45
What's that? Surely music?
Track length1:06
Orchestra
Track length0:51
Stop! Stop, Stop!
Track length5:00
The Midsummer Marriage, Act I, Scene 3 & 4: O, Mark, who are they & Jenifer, Jenifer my darling
Track length7:16
The Midsummer Marriage, Act I, Scene 4 & 5: What steps are those? & Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
Track length5:18
The Midsummer Marriage, Act I, Scene 5: What sort of place is this d'you think?
Track length3:57
So you, so you are Mark's fine brood of friends
Track length2:56
So you, so you, so you're the company my daughter keeps!
Track length1:54
The Midsummer Marriage, Act I, Scene 7 & 8: Here I am, Sir, what can I do? & Jenifer! Jenifer! my daughter Jenifer!
Track length8:13
Returning to the earth is cruel
Track length2:08
Come now with me and drop this childish masquerade
Track length4:36
Is it so strange
Track length5:56
You, you who were with me when she left me
Track length4:08
See by a heavenly magic in this glass
Track length4:40
Call - crying as they're flying & Jack, don't lets go with all the others
Track length4:00
What day is it?
Track length3:56
I'll lay the baby to my breast
Track length4:21
The Midsummer Marriage, Act II, Scene 2: Strephon enters & Some of the trees appear to move
Track length1:56
The Midsummer Marriage, Act II, First Dance: The Earth in Autumn
Track length3:54
The Midsummer Marriage, Act II, Second Dance: The Waters in Winter
Track length4:58
The Midsummer Marriage, Act II, Third Dance: The Air in Spring
Track length2:50
Ah! They'll kill him!
Track length5:10
King Fisher & Sun shines on a Midsummer day
Track length2:19
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 1: Evening and Night & Ohay! Ohay!
Track length4:47
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 1 & 2: No! King Fisher summons you & Keep the holster close by you
Track length2:29
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 3: Now Bella, call The Ancients
Track length3:04
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 3 & 4: Do you accept my challenge? & See where we carry on our mighty shoulder
Track length3:30
I needn't tell Madame Sosostris
Track length2:25
Who hopes to conjure with the world of dreams
Track length2:54
I alone cannot consult myself
Track length4:13
You who consult me
Track length2:25
I see a meadow
Track length3:29
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 6: She saw what happens in the soul
Track length5:01
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 7: Pride is virtue in a man of power
Track length3:15
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Scene 8: King Fisher's dead
Track length3:14
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III, Fourth Dance: Fire in summer
Track length7:22
Was it a vision?
Track length2:12
O summer sun
Track length1:27
The Midsummer Marriage, Act III: The moonlight has faded out
Track length6:18
Awards and reviews
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Penguin GuideRosette
October 2006
the recording needs no defending, with singers, chorus and orchestra in full and lively presence, the soloists in excellent balance with the accompaniment...this issue is a life-enhancing creation which no serious music lover should be without.
10th May 2013
Magic, mystery and joy; the opera’s definitive recording
