Tippett: King Priam / Atherton, London Sinfonietta

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Tippett: King Priam / Atherton, London Sinfonietta

Release Date: 11/14/1995
Label: Chandos Catalog #: 9406 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Michael Tippett
Performer: Heather Harper, Felicity Palmer, Thomas Allen, Norman Bailey, Philip Langridge,
Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear, Ann Murray, Kenneth Bowen,
David Wilson-Johnson, Linda Hirst, Julian Saipe, Peter Hall,
Stephen Roberts
Conductor: David Atherton
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus

Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 2 Hours 8 Mins.

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Recorded in: Kingsway Hall, London November 1980 Producer(s) Ralph Couzens Sound Engineer(s) David Frost James Lock John Pellowe


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1.	King Priam by Michael Tippett
	Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano), Felicity Palmer (Soprano), Thomas Allen (Baritone), Norman Bailey (Baritone), Philip Langridge (Tenor), Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano), Robert Tear (Tenor), Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano), Kenneth Bowen (Tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (Bass), Linda Hirst (Soprano), Julian Saipe (Treble), Peter Hall (Tenor), Stephen Roberts (Baritone) Conductor: David Atherton Orchestra/Ensemble: London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1958-1961; England	Date of Recording: 11/1980 Venue: Kingsway Hall, London Length: 127 Minutes 32 Secs. Language: English


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King Priam Act I: Prelude (Chorus)
King Priam Act I Scene 1: What is it, Nurse? (Hecuba, Nurse, Priam)
King Priam Act I Scene 1: Old man of Troy, you're welcome (Priam, Old Man)
King Priam Act I Scene 1: Then am I no longer mother to this child (Hecuba, Old Man)
King Priam Act I Scene 1: A father and a King (Priam)
King Priam Act I Scene 1: The Queen is right (Priam)
King Priam Act I Interlude 1: Thus shall a story begin (Nurse, Old Man, Young Guard)
King Priam Act I Scene 2: The bull is away over there (Huntsmen, Hector, Priam)
King Priam Act I Scene 2: They have taken my bull (Paris, Hector),
King Priam Act I Scene 2: Father, he's a shepherd boy (Hector, Priam, Paris)
King Priam Act I Scene 2: So I'd hoped it might be (Priam, Old Man)
King Priam Act I Interlude 2: Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade (Nurse, Young Guard, Old Man, Wedding Guests)
King Priam Act I Scene 3: Ah, ah ... (Helen, Paris)
King Priam Act I Scene 3: Divine go-between, that's who I am (Hermes, Paris)
King Priam Act 1 Scene 3: Lady Athene, if I honour you ... (Paris, Athene)
King Priam Act I Scene 3: Lady Hera, if I honour you ... (Paris, Hera, Hermes)
King Priam Act I Scene 3: Aphrodite, if I honour you ... (Paris, Aphrodite, Hera, Athene, Hermes)
King Priam Act II Scene 1: So you've given up fighting! (Hector, Priam)
King Priam Act II Scene 1: So Trojans honour Menelaus ... (Priam, Paris)
King Priam Act II Interlude 1: Hermes, Hermes, with the winged feet come quick! (Old Man, Hermes)
King Priam Act II Scene 2: O rich-soiled land (Achilles)
King Priam Act II Scene 2: Why are weeping, Patroclus? (Achilles, Patroclus)
King Priam Act II Interlude 2: O, O, what a threat to Troy (Old Man, Hermes)
King Priam Act II Scene 3: A hero in Achilles' armour ... (Hermes, Paris, Priam)
King Priam Act II Scene 3: All Trojans, all fought bravely (Hector, Priam, Paris, Achilles, Old Man)
King Priam Act III Scene 1: Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire? (Serving Woman, Andromache)
King Priam Act III Scene 1: Daughter Andromache, you must go out ... (Hecuba, Andromache)
King Priam Act III Scene 1: Did you hear? (Andromache, Helen, Hecuba)
King Priam Act III Scene 1: Let her rave (Helen)
King Priam Act III Scene 1: O that my ears should hear impiety so gross! (Hecuba, Andromache, Helen)
King Priam Act III Scene 1: How you shall go (Andromache, Hecuba, Serving Woman)
King Priam Act III Interlude 1: No ... No ... No ... We have it from the runner (Serving Women)
King Priam Act III Scene 2: What is happening? (Priam, Paris)
King Priam Act III Scene 2: A crime (Young Guard, Old Man, Priam)
King Priam Act III Scene 2: The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest (Nurse, Priam, Young Guard, Old Man)
King Priam Act III Interlude 2
King Priam Act III Scene 3: Priam! Here! What is this? (Achilles, Priam)
King Priam Act III Scene 3: I clasp your knees, Achilles (Priam)
King Priam Act III Scene 3: Old man, I am touched (Achilles, Priam)
King Priam Act III Interlude 3 - (Hermes)
King Priam Act III Scene 4: Where is my father, where is Priam? (Paris, Priam)
King Priam Act III Scene 4: Ah, ah! Ah, ah! (Hecuba, Paris, Priam)
King Priam Act III Scene 4: Ah, ha, ha,ha (Andromache, Paris, Priam)
King Priam Act III Scene 4: Ah, ah! (Paris, Helen, Priam),

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