The Midsummer Marriage (1955)
Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, English National Opera Chorus, Robert Murray (Tenor), Rachel Nicholls (Soprano), Ashley Riches (Bass-baritone), Jennifer France (Soprano), Toby Spence (Tenor), Claire Barnett-Jones (Mezzo-soprano), Susan Bickley (Mezzo-soprano), Joshua Bloom (Bass), John Findon (Tenor), Paul Sheehan (Bass-baritone), Robert Winslade Anderson (Bass), Sophie Goldrick (Mezzo-soprano)
2021, London, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Act I. Morning
- 03:50Scene 1. 05:00. Start (Chorus)
- 01:10Scene 1. 05:00. 'What's that? Surely music?' (Chorus)
- 01:29Scene 2. 05:58. Start
- 03:41Scene 2. 05:58. 'Stop! Stop, stop!' (Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 00:48Scene 2. 05:58. Alla marcia. Andante
- 04:35Scene 3. 04:35 (Mark, Chorus)
- 07:05Scene 4. 07:05 (Mark, Jenifer, Chorus)
- 04:47Scene 5. 04:47 (King Fisher, Bella, Chorus, Ancients)
- 02:49Scene 6. 04:40. Start (King Fisher, Chorus)
- 01:51Scene 6. 04:40. 'So you, so you, so you're the company my daughter keeps' (King Fisher, Chorus)
- 08:29Scene 7. 08:29 (King Fisher, Jack, Bella, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 01:10Scene 8. 22:38. Start (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 06:21Scene 8. 22:38. 'Returning to the earth is cruel' (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 06:10Scene 8. 22:38. 'Is it so strange…' (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 02:21Scene 8. 22:38. 'You, you who were with me when she left me' (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 01:55Scene 8. 22:38. 'As stallions stamping the young men dance' (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 03:50Scene 8. 22:38. 'See by a heavenly magic…' (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
- 00:50Scene 8. 22:38. 'We are the laughing children' (King Fisher, Chorus, Jenifer, Mark, Ancients, Dancers)
Act II. Afternoon
- 01:48Pre-Scene. 02:29. Start (Strephon, Chorus)
- 00:41Pre-Scene. 02:29. 'Crying as they're flying and this is what they say' (Strephon, Chorus)
- 05:04Scene 1. 07:53. Start (Bella, Jack, Semi-Chorus)
- 01:36Scene 1. 07:53. 'I'll lay the baby to my breast and rock it' (Bella, Jack, Semi-Chorus)
- 01:12Scene 1. 07:53. 'Come within the shadow of the wood' (Bella, Jack, Semi-Chorus)
- 03:02Scene 2. 03:02 (Strephon, Dancers)
- 04:07First Dance. 04:07. The Earth in Autumn
- 05:37Second Dance. 05:37. The Waters in Winter
- 03:42Third Dance. 03:42 The Air in Spring
- 06:26Scene 3. 06:26 (Bella, Jack)
- 01:20Post-Scene. 01:20 (Chorus)
Act III. Evening and Night
- 00:55Pre-Scene. 00:55. Start (Chorus)
- 03:49Scene 1. 03:49 (Chorus, Half-Tipsy Man, A Dancing Man, King Fisher)
- 02:28Scene 2. 02:28 (King Fisher, Chorus)
- 03:19Scene 3. 03:19 (King Fisher, Bella, Ancients)
- 03:35Scene 4. 03:35 (Chorus)
- 02:53Scene 5. 15:21. Start (King Fisher, Bella, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 02:39Scene 5. 15:21. 'Who hopes to conjure with the world of dreams' (King Fisher, Bella, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 03:56Scene 5. 15:21. 'I alone, cannot consult myself' (King Fisher, Bella, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 03:28Scene 5. 15:21. 'You who consult me should never, never, doubt me' (King Fisher, Bella, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 02:24Scene 5. 15:21. 'I see a meadow, fragrant with flowers' (King Fisher, Bella, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 05:25Scene 6. 05:25 (King Fisher, Bella, Jack, Chorus, Sosostris)
- 03:34Scene 7. 03:34 (Ancients, King Fisher, Chorus)
- 03:05Scene 8. 04:44. Start (A Man, A Girl, Ancients, Chorus, Strephon)
- 01:39Scene 8. 04:44. Poco meno mosso – 'Fire! Fire!' (A Man, A Girl, Ancients, Chorus, Strephon)
- 05:23Fourth Dance. 05:23. Fire in Summer
- 02:24Scene 9. 12:06. Start (Chorus, Mark, Jenifer)
- 01:36Scene 9. 12:06. 'O summer sun golden faced glorious globe' (Chorus, Mark, Jenifer)
- 02:20Scene 9. 12:06. Allegretto non troppo
- 01:54Scene 9. 12:06. 'Jenifer, Jenifer, my darling' (Chorus, Mark, Jenifer)
- 03:52Scene 9. 12:06. Piu mosso alla breve – 'Fall and are built again' (Chorus, Mark, Jenifer)
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