The Poisoned Kiss, or The Empress and the Necromancer (1936)
Richard Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Adrian Partington Singers, Pamela Helen Stephen (Mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (Baritone), John Graham-Hall (Tenor), Richard Stuart (Baritone), Mark Richardson (Bass), Neal Davies (Baritone), James Gilchrist (Tenor), Janice Watson (Soprano), Gail Pearson (Soprano), Helen Williams (Soprano), Emer McGilloway (Mezzo-soprano), Anne Collins (Alto)
January 2003
- 07:10Overture
Act I
- 02:441. 'Secret are the sounds …' (Dipsacus, Chorus)
- 01:382. 'What's that?' (Gallanthus)
- 05:543. 'Day is dawning' (Angelica, Gallanthus)
- 03:084. 'It's really time …' (Gallanthus, Angelica)
- 02:255. 'Here we come …' (Hob, Lob, Gob, Dipsacus, Chorus)
- 01:556. 'I'm a sorcerer bold' (Dipsacus, Angelica, Hob, Lob, Gob, Hobgoblins)
- 02:417. 'It's true I'm inclined …' (Amaryllus, Gallanthus)
- 02:048. 'Hush, lovely cobra' (Tormentilla, Angelica, Amaryllus, Gallanthus)
- 01:009. 'Desist, lest you die!' (Amaryllus, Tormentilla, Gallanthus, Angelica)
- 00:1010. 'I know we see …' (Amaryllus, Tormentilla)
- 03:0111. 'Blue larkspur in a garden' (Amaryllus, Tormentilla)
- 00:1612. 'Who's in my forest?' (Dipsacus)
- 01:0113. 'North wind, south wind' (Dispacus, Hob, Gob, Lob, Tenors, Basses)
- 00:3014. 'Angelica?' (Tormentilla, Angelica)
- 02:3815. 'O, come to our arms' (Amaryllus, Gallanthus, Tormentilla, Angelica, Dipsacus, Hob, Gob, Lob, Chorus)
- 02:4916. 'O, who would be …' (Tormentilla)
- 03:1517. 'All is ready!' (Dipsacus, Hob, Gob, Lob, Angelica, Tormentilla, Hobgoblins, Chorus)
Act II
- 01:051. Introduction
- 01:482. 'Here we come' (Chorus)
- 03:363. 'By all the powers' (Angelica, Chorus)
- 01:574. 'Ho there!' (Lob, Hob, Gob)
- 02:185. 'It does not appear …' (Angelica, Gallanthus)
- 03:046. 'If you want to escape' (Third Medium, First Medium, Second Medium)
- 02:257. 'Tormentilla! Tormentilla!' (Chorus)
- 05:418. 'There was …' (Tormentilla, Angelica, Hob, Gob, Lob)
- 04:089. ''Twas here it bade …' (Amaryllus, Hob, Lob, Angelica, Gob, Gallanthus, Chorus)
- 03:0810. 'Dear love, behold …' (Amaryllus)
- 01:2711. 'Sleeping or waking' (Tormentilla, Amaryllus)
- 04:2412. 'You must not kiss me' (Tormentilla, Amaryllus, Hob, Gob, Lob, Chorus)
- 03:0013. 'Too dark for me …' (Tormentilla, Angelica, Gallanthus, Hob, Gob, Lob, Amaryllus, Chorus)
Act III
- 01:141. Introduction
- 03:252. 'Behold our mystic …' (First Medium, Second Medium, Third Medium)
- 01:293. 'Monstrous vision!' (Empress, First Medium, Second Medium, Third Medium)
- 02:484. 'When I was young …' (Empress)
- 00:445. 'You can leave us' (Empress, First Medium, Second Medium, Third Medium)
- 00:286. 'Is my love alive?' (Tormentilla, Empress, Amaryllus)
- 03:267. 'Love breaks all rules …' (Empress, Tormentilla, Amaryllus)
- 02:258. 'Imps and Demons' (Empress, Chorus)
- 05:379. 'Come, o gentle powers' (Empress, Tormentilla, Amaryllus, Dipsacus)
- 02:4110. 'Can you, can you remember' (Empress, Dipsacus)
- 01:2211. 'Love in a hut' (Tormentilla, Empress, Amaryllus, Dipsacus)
- 02:3712. 'Horrid monster!' (First Medium, Gob, Second Medium, Hob, Lob, Third Medium)
- 01:5813. 'It's the proper thing to do' (Gallanthus, Angelica)
- 03:3314. 'Love has conquered!' (Tormentilla, Amaryllus, Gallanthus, Angelica, Mediums, Hob, Gob, Lob, Dipsacus, Empress, Chorus)
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