Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the short story by Thomas Mann
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
Scene 1. Munich
1
Aschenbach: 'My mind beats on'
5:39
(He is suddenly aware of the Traveller. . .) -
2
Aschenbach: 'Who's that?'
4:38
3
Aschenbach: 'I have always kept a close watch over my development'
1:45
Scene 2. On the boat to Venice
4
Youths: 'Hey there, hey there, you!'
6:52
5
Overture. Venice
2:35
Scene 3. The journey to the Lido
6
Aschenbach: 'Ah Serenissima!'
5:09
7
Aschenbach: 'Mysterious gondola'
1:30
Scene 4. The first evening at the hotel
8
Hotel Manager: 'We are delighted to greet the Signore'
2:52
9
Aschenbach: 'So I am led to Venice once again'
3:26
10
Hotel Guests: 'The Lido is so charming, is it not?'
3:40
11
Aschenbach: 'How does such beauty come about?'
1:35
Scene 5. On the beach
Aschenbach and Hotel Guests stroll about -
12
Aschenbach: 'The wind is from the West'
2:26
(A group of children play at beach games. . .) -
13
Strawberry Seller: 'Le bele fragole'
2:21
14
Aschenbach: 'Ah, how peaceful to contemplate the sea'
2:51
(children's games with Tadzio as ringleader) -
15
Chorus: 'Adził, Adził!'
3:30
16
Aschenbach: 'As one who strives to create beauty'
1:33
Scene 6. The foiled departure
Aschenbach crosses to Venice in a gondola -
17
Gondolier: 'Aou'! Stagando, aou'!'
4:48
18
Hotel Manager: 'Naturally Signore, I understand'
3:38
19
Hotel Porter: 'There you are, Signore, just in time'
1:07
20
Aschenbach: 'I am become like one of my early heroes'
1:51
21
Hotel Manager: 'A thousand apologies to the Signore'
3:43
Scene 7. The Games of Apollo
22
Chorus of Hotel Guests: 'Beneath a dazzling sky the sea. . .'
1:17
23
Chorus: 'No boy, but Phoebus of the golden hair'
1:57
24
Chorus: 'See where Hyacinthus plays'
2:46
25
Chorus: 'Phaedrus learned what beauty is'
2:02
75:43
COMPACT DISC TWO
1
Chorus: 'First, the race!'
0:51
2
Chorus: 'Try your skill'
0:49
3
Chorus: 'Young discobolus'
0:53
4
Chorus: 'Up and over'
1:08
5
Chorus: 'Measure to fight'
1:03
6
Aschenbach: 'The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me'
4:09
Act II
7
[Orchestral introduction]
2:26
8
Aschenbach: 'So, it has come to this'
2:41
Scene 8. The Hotel Barber's shop (i)
9
Hotel Barber: 'Guardate, Signore'
2:32
Scene 9. The pursuit
Aschenbach is crossing to Venice -
10
Aschenbach: 'Do I detect a scent?'
4:56
(Aschenbach begins to follow the family) -
11
Aschenbach: 'And now I cannot let them out of sight'
2:31
12
Chorus: 'Kyrie eleison'
6:09
13
Aschenbach: 'Gustav von Aschenbach, what is this path you have taken?'
1:00
Scene 10. The Strolling Players
14
Hotel Porter: 'This way for the players, Signori!'
2:06
(The Leader of the Players comes forward. . .) -
15
Leader of the Players: 'La mia nonna always used to tell me'
2:14
16
Leader of the Players: 'Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso'
4:28
17
A Young English Clerk: 'One moment, if you please'
5:29
Scene 11. The travel bureau
Scene 12. The Lady of the Pearls
Aschenbach walks up and down agitatedly -
18
Aschenbach: 'So it is true, true, more fearful than I thought'
1:44
19
Aschenbach: 'So - I didn't speak!'
2:57
Scene 13. The dream
20
Voice of Dionysus: 'Receive the stranger god'
3:42
Scene 14. The empty beach
Aschenbach slowly moves to his chair on the beach. . . -
21
Aschenbach: 'Do what you will with me!'
2:05
Scene 15. The Hotel Barber's shop (ii)
22
Hotel Barber: 'Yes! a very wise decision, if I may say so'
2:31
Scene 16. The last visit to Venice
Aschenbach, with his new appearance, is seen getting gaily into a gondola -
23
Aschenbach: 'Hurrah for the Piazza'
4:35
24
Aschenbach: 'Does beauty lead to wisdom, Phaedrus?'
3:21
Scene 17. The departure
25
Hotel Manager: 'The wind still blows from the land'
4:08
(The Hotel Manager watches Aschenbach go out to the deserted beach. . .) -
26
Aschenbach: 'Ah, no!'
5:06
75:46
Philip Langridge tenor - Gustav von Aschenbach
Alan Opie baritone - The Traveller, The Elderly Fop, The Old Gondolier, The Hotel Manager, The Hotel Barber, The Leader of the Players, The Voice of Dionysus
Michael Chance counter-tenor - The Voice of Apollo
BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
21-24 July 2004
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Michael Common (Assistant)
Awards
Gramophone Editor's Choice>
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz
