Cedric: 'Each day this realm of England faints and fails' -
2:35
with Men
3
Isaac: 'Good Thane, most noble Thane, I pray…' -
2:21
with Men, Cedric, Squire
4
Cedric: 'Welcome, Sir Knights!' -
5:17
with de Bracy, Brian, Isaac, Women, Men, Rowena
5
Cedric: 'Drink, drink ye all…' -
3:46
with Men, de Bracy, Brian, Rowena, Ivanhoe
6
Men: 'The Palmer! The holy Palmer!'-
7:27
with Ivanhoe, Cedric, Brian, Rowena, de Bracy
7
De Bracy: 'Is she not fair? And she is rich withal'
2:01
with Brian, Men
Scene 2. An Ante-room in Rotherwood
14:09
8
Rowena: 'O moon, art thou clad in silver mail…' -
4:30
9
Rowena: 'Good Palmer, thou dist speak of one I knew…' -
6:05
with Ivanhoe
10
Ivanhoe: 'Like mountain lark my spirit upward springs'
3:34
with Isaac
Scene 3. The Lists at Ashby
20:09
11
Sopranos: 'Will there be no more fighting?' -
3:52
with Chorus, Friar, King
12
Chorus: 'Plantagenesta!' -
3:06
13
Prince John: 'Isaac, my Jew, my purse of Gold' -
3:07
with Cedric, de Bracy, Rebecca
14
Prince John: ''Tis from our Royal brother, Louis of France' -
3:30
with Heralds, Crowd
15
Sopranos: 'What means his motto?'
6:32
with Crowd, Friar, Locksley, Prince John, Rowena, Cedric
59:01
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1. The Forest, Copmanhurst
19:26
1
King: 'Strange lodging this for England's King' -
5:52
with Friar
2
King: 'There is a custom in the East' -
2:30
with Friar
3
King: 'I ask not wealth nor courtier's praise' -
3:03
4
Friar: 'Not bad, say I, not badly sung!' -
1:12
with King
5
Friar: 'The wind blows cold across the moor' -
3:01
with Outlaws
6
Friar: 'And now for combat! Where's this friend of mine?'
3:45
with King, Lockley, Chorus
Scene 2: A Passage-way in Torquilstone
9:55
7
Cedric: 'Will not our captor dare to show his face?' -
5:48
with de Bracy, Rowena
8
De Bracy, 'Welcome, Sir Templar! But I may not stay' -
1:07
with Brian
9
Brian: 'Her southern splendour, like the Syrian Moon'
2:59
Scene 3. A Turret-chamber in Torquilstone
22:33
10
Ulrica: 'Whet the keen axes' -
7:26
with Rebecca
11
Rebecca: 'O awful depth below the castle wall!' -
1:06
12
Rebecca: 'Lord of our chosen race' -
3:16
13
Rebecca: 'Take thou these jewels; here is wealth enow…' -
7:55
with Brian
14
Rebeccca: 'What sound is that?'
2:48
with Brian
52:08
COMPACT DISC THREE
Act III
Scene 1. A Room in Torquilstone
21:04
1
Ivanhoe: 'Happy with winged feet' -
5:33
2
Ulrica: 'Tend thou the Knight thou lovest' -
1:16
with Rebecca
3
Rebecca: 'Ah, would that thou and I might lead our
3:51
sheep…' -
with Ivanhoe
4
Ivanhoe: 'But hark! what sound is in mine ear?' -
1:48
with Rebecca
5
Rebecca: 'I see them now; the dark wood moves with
2:57
bows'
with Tenors, Basses, Ivanhoe
6
Ivanhoe: 'How canst thou know what pain it is to lie…'
5:38
with Rebecca, Soldiers, Brian, Outlaws, Ulrica, All
Scene 2. In the Forest
16:50
7
Outlaws: 'Light foot upon the dancing green' -
4:16
with King, Ivanhoe
8
King: 'Maurice de Bracy, faithless knight' -
2:27
with de Bracy
9
King: 'Look, where thy moody father walks apart' -
5:29
with Ivanhoe, Cedric, Rowena
10
Ivanhoe: 'How oft beneath the far-off Syrian Skies…' -
2:29
with Rowena
11
Isaac: 'Knight, Knight of Ivanhoe, I come for thee!'
2:09
with Ivanhoe, Rowena
Scene 3. At Templestowe
16:13
12
Templars: 'Fremuere principes' -
3:06
13
Grand Master: 'Thou Jewish girl, who art condemned to
4:03
die…' -
with Rebecca
14
Brian: 'It shall not be' -
2:33
with Grand Master, Rebecca
15
Voices: 'A champion! A champion! A champion!' -
1:51
with Ivanhoe, Chorus, Rebecca, Brian
16
Chorus: 'A judgment! A judgment!' -
2:30
with King, Grand Master, Templars
17
King: 'See where the banner of England floats afar…'
2:09
with Templars, Rebecca, Rowena, Ivanhoe, Cedric, All
54:24
Neal Davies baritone - Richard Cœur-de-Lion
Stephen Gadd baritone - Prince John
James Rutherford bass-baritone - Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Peter Wedd tenor - Maurice de Bracy
Peter Rose bass - Cedric the Saxon
Toby Spence tenor - Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe
Matthew Brook bass-baritone - Friar Tuck
Leigh Melrose baritone - Isaac, the Jew of York
Andrew Staples tenor - Locksley/The Squire
Janice Watson soprano - The Lady Rowena
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano - Ulrica
Geraldine McGreevy soprano - Rebecca
Knights and Ladies, Attendants, Saxons, Youths etc.
Adrian Partington Singers
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Lloyd-Jones
Recorded in:
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales
24-28 June 2009
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens (Executive)
Brian Pidgeon
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Jonathan Cooper (Assistant)
Dedication
To the late Richard Hickox who took the enthusiastic initiative to record Sir Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe and in whose memory this project has now been brought to completion by his friends.
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz
