Sir Michael Tippett: King Priam (Chandos Audio CD)

Michael Tippett

King Priam 127:32
COMPACT DISC ONE 68:43
Act I 43:39
1 Prelude 1:29

Scene 1
2 Hecuba: What is it, Nurse? 3:44
3 Priam: Old man of Troy, you're welcome 2:25
4 Hecuba: Than am I no longer mother to this child 1:33
5 Priam: A father and a King 1:53
6 Priam: The Queen is right 1:18
7 First Interlude - 2:52
Nurse, Old Man: Thus shall a story begin

Scene 2
8 1st Huntsman: The bull is away over there 2:20
9 Paris: They have taken my bull 1:58
10 Hector: Father, he's a shepherd boy 1:49
11 Priam: So I'd hoped it might be 5:03
12 Second Interlude - 4:41
Nurse, Young Guard, Old Man:
Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade

Scene 3
13 Helen, Paris: Ah, ah . . . 5:15
14 Hermes: Divine go-between, that's who I am 2:11
15 Paris: Lady Athene, if I honour you . . . 0:53
16 Paris: Lady Hera, if I honour you . . . 2:07
17 Paris: Aphrodite, if I honour you . . . 2:08

Act II 24:56
Scene 1
18 Hector: So you've given up fighting! 3:41
19 Priam: So Trojans honour Menelaus . . . 1:23
20 First Interlude - 1:33
Old Man: Hermes, Hermes, with the winged feet come quick!

Scene 2
21 Achilles: O rich-soiled land 5:27
22 Achilles: Why are you weeping, Patroclus? 4:56
23 Second Interlude - 1:35
Old Man: O, O, what a threat to Troy

Scene 3
24 Hermes: A hero in Achilles' armour . . . 1:23
25 Hector: All Trojans, all fought bravely 4:58

COMPACT DISC TWO 58:49
Act III
Scene 1
1 Serving Woman: Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire? 4:51
2 Hecuba: Daughter Andromache, you must go out . . . 2:14
3 Andromache: Did you hear? 1:23
4 Helen: Let her rave 4:40
5 Hecuba: O that my ears should hear impiety so gross! 3:48
6 Andromache: Now you shall go 1:47
7 First Interlude - 1:40
Serving Women: No . . . No . . . No . . . We have it from the runner

Scene 2
8 Priam: What is happening? 3:47
9 Young Guard: A crime 4:06
10 Nurse: The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest 5:27
11 Second Interlude 3:03

Scene 3
12 Achilles: Priam! Here! What is this? 1:50
13 Priam: I clasp your knees, Achilles 1:14
14 Achilles: Old man, I am touched 3:36
15 Third Interlude - 4:34

Scene 4
16 Paris: Where is my father, where is Priam? 1:13
17 Chorus: Ah, ah! Ah, ah! 2:34
18 Chorus: Ah, ha, ha, ha 1:43
19 Chorus: Ah, ah! 5:19

Ann Murray soprano
Heather Harper soprano
Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano
Norman Bailey bass
Philip Langridge tenor
Robert Tear tenor
Stephen Roberts bass
Thomas Allen baritone
Yvonne Minton soprano

London Sinfonietta Chorus
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton


Recorded in:
Kingsway Hall, London
November 1980

Producer(s)
Ralph Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)
David Frost
James Lock
John Pellowe
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K