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CHAN 3130 - Berg: Lulu


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CD available From: 01 February 2006

Alban Berg (1885-1935)

Lulu

165:43

Opera in three acts

Libretto by Alban Berg, after Erdgeist and Büchse der Pandora by Frank Wedekind, English version by Richard Stokes

Act III realised by Friedrich Cerha

COMPACT DISC ONE

Prologue

1

'Roll up, roll up for the menagerie'

4:20

Animal tamer

Act I

Scene One

2

'Am I trespassing?'

2:01

Alwa, Dr Schön, Lulu

3

'Gnädige Frau. . . Frau Medizinalrat. . .'

1:38

Painter, Lulu

4

'You are far too slow to capture me'

0:51

Lulu, Painter

5

'What's happening?'

0:46

Painter, Lulu

6

'Open the door!'

0:56

Professor of Medicine, Lulu, Painter

7

'Just wait, he'll jump right up. . .'

1:31

Lulu

8

'Can't you help him recover his senses?'

2:12

Painter, Lulu

9

'You make me jealous, you lucky bastard!'

1:44

Painter

10

'Please help me do this up'

1:44

Lulu

Scene Two

11

'Eva!' - 'What is it?'

1:10

12

'Eva!' - 'What is it?'

1:53

Painter, Lulu

13

'He's not quite what I imagined him to be'

4:16

Schigolch, Lulu, Dr Schön

14

'If you and I married'

6:26

Dr Schön, Lulu, Painter

15

'So?' - 'Your marriage has made you at least a million marks. . .'

5:03

Painter, Dr Schön, Lulu

16

'Don't talk so loud'

3:26

Dr Schön, Alwa, Lulu

17

Verwandlung [Transformation]

3:27

Scene Three

18

'I've never in my life known an audience so excited'

2:16

Alwa, Lulu

19

'More for me, please'

1:31

Lulu, Alwa

20

'That girl and her lovers'

1:12

Alwa

21

'I met her first at Dr Schön's'

1:33

African Prince, Alwa

22

'She's had a sort of fainting fit'

0:33

Dresser, Alwa, Theatre Manager, Prince, Lulu

23

'What's wrong with her?'

1:09

Dr Schön, Alwa, Lulu, Dresser, Theatre Manager, Prince

24

'How dare you attempt to ruin my well-laid plans?'

5:01

Dr Schön, Lulu

25

'Take this pen and paper'

2:59

Lulu, Dr Schön

60:44

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act II

Scene One

1

'Delighted that you will be there this evening'

3:17

Countess Geschwitz, Dr Schön, Lulu

2

'Why not stay here?'

1:58

Lulu, Dr Schön

3

'Thank the Lord, that at last we're. . .'

2:22

Schigolch, Acrobat, Schoolboy, Lulu

4

'You know it's she he really wanted to marry'

0:45

Acrobat, Schigolch, Schoolboy, Lulu

5

'I hope you locked the windows'

1:39

Schigolch, Lulu, Acrobat, Manservant, Schoolboy

6

'The matinée will be lit by ultra-violet light'

3:15

Alwa, Lulu, Manservant

7

'Is he ill?'

2:55

Alwa, Lulu, Manservant, Dr Schön

8

'His father!'

0:57

Lulu, Dr Schön, Alwa, Acrobat

9

'And where did he go?'

2:55

Dr Schön. Lulu, Countess Geschwitz

10

'Even though men have killed themselves because of who I am'

2:27

Lulu

11

'Kneel down, murderous bitch!'

2:42

Dr Schön, Schoolboy, Lulu, Alwa

12

'You can't deliver me up for trial!'

1:05

Lulu, Alwa, Countess Geschwitz, Schoolboy

13

Film Music

2:58

Scene Two

14

'We're like the players waiting for a bandleader'

4:30

Acrobat, Countess Geschwitz, Alwa, Schigolch

15

'This way is shorter'

6:09

Alwa, Acrobat, Schoolboy

16

'Hey, little Lulu, it's time we scarpered over the border'

4:14

Schigolch, Acrobat, Lulu, Alwa

17

'You're still as ravishing and youthful as in your portrait'

3:45

18

'Beneath this dress I feel your form in harmony'

3:55

Alwa, Lulu

51:54

COMPACT DISC THREE

Act III

Scene One

1

'Gentleman and Ladies!'

2:42

Acrobat, Banker, Journalist, Marquis, Alwa, Lulu, Waiter, Servant, Designer, Mother, Fifteen-year-old Girl, Countess Geschwitz, Alwa

2

'Get to the point and say how much you want from me'

0:51

Lulu, Marquis

3

'Of the countless nubile, fun-loving lasses'

2:09

4

'The magistrate will reward anyone who finds the murderess'

3:06

Marquis, Lulu

5

'It's good! It's looking good!'

1:35

Alwa, Journalist, Banker, Designer, Mother, Lulu, Fifteen-year-old Girl, Acrobat, Marquis, Waiter, Servant, Countess Geschwitz

6

'May I intrude?'

2:18

Acrobat, Lulu

7

'Message for the Bank Director'

0:59

Waiter, Banker, Lulu

8

'I need some money, in ready cash'

3:28

Schigolch, Lulu

9

'You could at least treat me with respect!'

2:38

Acrobat, Marquis, Lulu

10

'Martha!'

2:21

Lulu, Countess Geschwitz, Acrobat, Waiter

11

'I have lost all my money'

2:09

Journalist, Banker, Mother, Designer, Alwa, Fifteen-year-old Girl

12

'What the hell is this?'

3:32

Alwa, Lulu, Waiter, Police Commissioner, Marquis

Scene Two

13

'The rain's beating a tattoo'

4:34

Schigolch, Alwa, Lulu

14

'If this is not the ideal moment'

5:52

Countess Geschwitz, Schigolch, Lulu, Alwa

15

'Come along in, my love! Come!'

3:30

Lulu, Second Client, Schigolch

16

'Doctor Alwa's gone off to sleep'

2:40

Schigolch, Countess Geschwitz

17

'Who is that?'

4:59

Jack the Ripper, Lulu

18

'These are the last few moments'

3:38

Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, Jack the Ripper

53:05

Lisa Saffer soprano - Lulu

Susan Parry mezzo-soprano - Countess Geschwitz

Anna Burford mezzo-soprano - Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter

Graham Danby bass - Professor of Medicine/Theatre Manager/Banker

Stuart Kale tenor - Painter/Second Client

Robert Hayward baritone - Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper

John Graham-Hall tenor - Alwa

Gwynne Howell bass - Schigolch

Robert Poulton baritone - Animal Tamer/Acrobat

Alan Oke tenor - African Prince/Manservant/Marquis

Roger Begley bass - Police Commissioner

Claire Mitcher soprano - Fifteen-year-old Girl

Paul Napier-Burrows bass - Servant

Jane Powell mezzo-soprano - Mother

Moira Harris soprano - Designer

Toby Stafford-Allen baritone - Journalist

English National Opera Orchestra

Paul Daniel

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

14-19 & 22 May 2005

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Michael Common (Assistant)

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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