Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour auf 2 CDs

Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)

The Immortal Hour

English Chamber Orchestra

2 CDs

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Künstler:: Dawson, Taylor, Davies, Wilson-Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Melville
Label:: Hyperion
Aufnahmejahr ca.:: 83
UPC/EAN:: 0034571120409
Erscheinungstermin:: 11.1.1999
Serie:: Dyad

Product-Information:

Of all the landmarks in the chequered history of British opera none is more remarkable than The Immortal Hour, and no Englishman’s operatic career more curious than that of its composer, Rutland Boughton. The Immortal Hour still holds the world record for the greatest number of consecutive performances of any serious opera, and yet—save for the brief and often fatally amateur revival—it has been allowed to fall into obscurity and become, like its composer, the object of much patronizing misunderstanding and not a little derision. During his lifetime Rutland Boughton was a controversial figure, as much the architect of his misfortunes as he was of his many triumphs. But now that the dust has settled it is possible to look with a fresh and candid eye on his undaunted spirit and the work which his contemporaries regarded as a masterpiece.

Rezensionen

'This delightful opera is not to be missed' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Vividly atmospheric. Quite exceptional on all counts' (Gramophone)

'This superb complete recording was a salutary shock: the opera is a kind of masterpiece, bleak, passionate and inspired ... Enthusiastically recommended' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

'Not to be missed' (Classic CD)

Rezensionen

A.Beaujean in stereoplay 5/84:"Eine altkel- tische Version des Orpheus-Stoffes,in einer erstrangig-professionellen Aufnahme."

Disk 1 von 2 (CD)

The immortal hour (A music-drama) (Gesamtaufnahme)

1 A wood, dark and mysterious. In the background the faint glimmer of a lake (Akt 1, Szene 1)
2 Dalua (slowly coming out of the shadow)
3 Voices in the wood
4 Dalua: Ye know not who I am
5 Dalue: I have com hither, led by dreams and visions
6 A voice (unexpectedly near)
7 Dalua: I am old
8 A voice: Brother and kin to all the twilit gods
9 The sound of mocking laughter is heard from the wood
10 Dalua: Laugh not, ye outcasts of the invisible world
11 Etain wanders into view, looking lost and bewildered
12 Dalua (stepping forward with a courtly bow, faintly touched with mockery)
13 Dalua (touching her lightly with the shadow of his hand)
14 Etain: I have forgotten all
15 A king of men
16 Dalua: Led here by dreams
17 Etain: I will go back
18 Eochaidh: Sir, I am glad
19 Dalua: I have come
20 Look, o King!
21 Eochaidh: There is no backward way for such as I
22 Eochaidh: I have heard you calling
23 Manus: I've seen that man before who came tonight (Akt 1, Szene 2)
24 Manus: Yes, woman, yes, I know: for silence. Hush!
25 Etain: But sometimes... sometimes... Tell me: have you heard
26 Eochaidh: Good folk, I give you greeting
27 Manus: Good sir, you are most welcome.
28 Eochaidh: At last I know
29 Etain: And your name, fair lord?
30 Eochaidh: Truyl, I now know full well
31 Etain: I, too, am lifted with the breath
32 Eochaidh. Who laughed?
33 Etain: None laughed.
34 Unseen voices: How beautiful they are