Granville Bantock: Thalaba the Destroyer (Hyperion Audio CD)

Hyperion Bantock CD Bantock: Thalaba the Destroyer

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

CDA67250

Superseded by CDS44281/6

Recording details: February 2001
Walthamstow Assembly Halls, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: November 2001
Total duration: 75 minutes 39 seconds

Track listing
The Song of Songs (Bantock)
CD1 1 Extract: Prelude 11:40

Omar Khayyám (Bantock)
2 Extract: Prelude 6:36
3 Extract: Camel Caravan 7:56
4
Caristiona (Bantock) 9:31
5
Processional (Bantock) 14:40

Thalaba the destroyer (Bantock)
6 Movement 01: Introduction. The powers of evil. Mesto e lugubre 1:05
7 Movement 02: Zeinab's theme. Molto più lento 1:52
8 Movement 03: Thalaba's theme. Allegro con fuoco 1:54
9 Movement 04: Oneiza's theme. Moderato sostenuto 3:49
10 Movement 05: Thalaba's fatal languor. Poco lento 3:06
11 Movement 06: Wedding and brief happiness of love. Meno mosso 2:29
12 Movement 07: Death of Oneiza. Appassionato con dolore 0:38
13 Movement 08: Thalaba wanders desolately amid the tombs. Molto lento 3:34
14 Movement 09: Thalaba sets out again on his mighty quest. Poco allegro 2:50
15 Movement 10: Thalaba's death, and reprise of Oneiza's theme. Poco più lento 1:44
16 Movement 11: Evil lost for ever 1:19
17 Movement 12: The last ecstasy of faith and love. Pesante e risoluto 0:56