Delius: Hassan

Name: Delius: Hassan
Brand: Chandos
SKU: CHAN20296
Price: 19.99 EUR
Availability: InStock

Artists: Britten Sinfonia · Britten Sinfonia Voices · Phillips, Jamie · Soanes, Zeb

Number Title Playing time 1 Hassan, DCW 8 Act 1 1 . 1 Prelude. Slow - Quietly but expressively 00:04:23 2 . 2 Narrator: 'We are in old Baghdad' 00:02:29 3 . 3 Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2 00:01:50 4 . 4 Scene 2. Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the... Read more

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Number	Title	Playing time
1	Hassan, DCW 8 Act 1
1 . 1	Prelude. Slow - Quietly but expressively	00:04:23
2 . 2	Narrator: 'We are in old Baghdad'	00:02:29
3 . 3	Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2	00:01:50
4 . 4	Scene 2. Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in front of the house	00:00:26
5 . 5	Narrator: 'It is later that night'	00:00:57
6 . 6	Serenade. Con moto moderato	00:01:49
7 . 7	Narrator: 'The shutters open, and Yasmin appears'	00:02:27
8 . 8	Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Very quietly	00:00:52
9 . 9	Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow	00:02:08
10 . 10	Narrator: 'The first light of dawn shines in the sky'	00:01:27
11	Hassan, DCW 8 Act 2
11 . 1	Prelude. With animation	00:00:50
12 . 2	Narrator: 'The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan...'	00:00:37
13 . 3	Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)	00:00:08
14 . 4	No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could imagine. Quick and v	00:01:20
15 . 5	Narrator: 'And then, after the Beggars'	00:00:06
16 . 6	No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly	00:02:22
17 . 7	No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto	00:02:27
18 . 8	Narrator: 'Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars'	00:00:58
19 . 9	No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato - Allegro - Più mosso	00:02:53
20 . 10	Narrator: 'Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so'	00:00:46
21 . 11	Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain). Comodo	00:01:21
22 . 12	Narrator: 'This House of the Moving Walls...'	00:00:51
23 . 13	Scene 2. The Street of Felicity. Very quietly	00:00:38
24 . 14	Narrator: 'The SOS message has fallen from the balcony...'	00:01:11
25 . 15	Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow	00:01:32
26 . 16	Narrator: 'Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted'	00:00:39
27	Hassan, DCW 8 Act 3
27 . 1	Prelude. Moderato - Slower	00:01:33
28 . 2	Scene 1. Curtain	00:00:43
29 . 3	Narrator: 'Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace'	00:00:26
30 . 4	Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly - Slow	00:01:43
31 . 5	Narrator: 'The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady.	00:01:05
32 . 6	Scene 2. The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour - Quieter	00:02:26
33 . 7	Narrator: 'We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace'	00:01:00
34 . 8	Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace	00:00:11
35 . 9	Narrator: 'As more and more people gather...'	00:00:29
36 . 10	Entry of the Caliph. Pompously	00:00:17
37 . 11	Narrator: 'The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open'	00:00:09
38 . 12	Fanfares	00:00:21
39 . 13	Narrator: 'Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned'	00:01:17
40	Hassan, DCW 8 Act 4
40 . 1	Prelude. Slow - Passionately	00:04:14
41 . 2	Narrator: 'In the Palace's dark vaults'	00:00:26
42 . 3	Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously	00:01:57
43 . 4	Narrator: 'Sunlight streams through the cell's grating'	00:01:14
44	Hassan, DCW 8 Act 5
44 . 1	Prelude. Quick - Slower, softer - Not too quick - Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph's Palace, in front of a pavilion. Su	00:02:29
45 . 2	The song of the Muezzin at sunset	00:01:08
46 . 3	Narrator: 'With another sunset approaching'	00:01:51
47 . 4	The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo	00:02:53
48 . 5	Narrator: 'The long, dreadful execution ensues...'	00:01:29
49 . 6	Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement	00:03:03
50 . 7	Closing Scene. Slow - (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) - (Dying away in the distance)	00:10:16