Marie Angel / Anne Howells - Birtwistle: Gawain [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Birtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal apparitions, evil magical powers, amorous entanglements and a singing decapitated head.rr

This production of Gawain for the Royal Opera House, recorded by BBC Radio 3, was supported by the Arts Council of England, The Friends of Covent Garden, The John S Cohen Foundation and The Po-Shing Woo Charitable Foundation. It was originally released on Collins Classics.

Overture

Morgan Le Fay's Prediction

The Story Begins

The Journey

The Court

A Glimpse

Three Riddles

The Journey Continues

Arthur's Response

A Glimpse of the Future

Door Knock - Prophesies and Threats

The Journey Continues

Mystery of the Open Door

A Glimpse of the Future

Another Riddle

The Journey Continues

Door Knock - Prophesies and Threats

A Glimpse of the Future

Entrance of the Green Knight

The Journey Continues

The Green Knight Rides Into the Court

Castle De Hautdesert

The Green Knight's Challenge

Dance Aria

The Court's Reaction - Gawain Accepts the Challenge

Bertilak's Welcome and Gawain's Foreboding

The Raising of the Axe

The First Lullaby

Time Frozen

The First Hunt and Temptation

Gawain Decapitates the Green Knight

An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (1)

The Severed Head Instructs Gawain

Bertilak De Hautdesert's Return (1)

The Green Knight Rides Off

The Second Lullaby

The Court's Reaction

The Second Hunt and Temptation

Prophesies and Threats

An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (2)

Winter - Day

Bertilak De Hautdesert's Return (2)

Winter - Night

The Third Lullaby

Spring - Day

The Third Hunt and Temptation

Spring - Night

An Aside from Morgan Le Fay (3)

Summer - Day

Bertilak De Hautdesert's Return (3)

Summer - Night

Prophesies and Threats

Autumn - Day

The Green Chapel

Autumn - Night

Gawain Faces Death

Winter - Day

Gawain's Reprieve

Winter - Night

The Journey Back Begins

Coda

The Court

Gawain's Return

Gawain's Epilogue

Coda

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5023363020022

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