Herrmann: Moby Dick/Sinfonietta

Cat. No. CHSA 5095

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CHSA 5095 - Herrmann: Moby Dick/Sinfonietta


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CD available From: 15 September 2011

Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975)

Moby Dick (1936-38)

46:20

A Cantata for Male Chorus, Soloists, and Orchestra

Text selected and arranged by W. Clark Harrington from the novel by Herman Melville

Poul Emborg tenor (Harpooner/Sailor/Voice)

Rasmus Gravers tenor (Pip)

Uffe Henriksen tenor (Drunken Sailor)

Chorus: ''And God created great whales''. Maestoso - Più mosso -

1:07

Ishmael: 'Call me Ishmael'. Andante tranquillo -

3:24

Ishmael: 'And in the wild conceits'. Agitato - Tempo I -

Hymn. Chorus: 'The ribs and terrors in the whale'.

5:57

Slowly and sombrely -

Chorus: 'With speed he flew to my relief'. Faster -

Chorus: 'My song for ever shall record'. Allegro moderato -

Maestoso - Molto allargando, Pesante - Adagio -

Ishmael: 'At last anchor was up, the sails were set'. Moderato assai -

1:19

Ahab: 'Send everyone aft; mastheads there! Come down!' Allegro pesante - Pesante -

3:29

Ahab: 'Yonder, by the ever-brimming goblet's rim'. Lento - Tranquillo -

7:56

Ahab: 'I, the wearer, see not its far flashing'. Agitato - Allargando - Tempo I - Accelerando -

Ahab: 'Dry heat upon my brow?' Slowly -

Ahab: 'Gifted with the high perception'. Agitato - A tempo (Lento) -

Ahab: 'Good night - …good night'. Tempo I -

Voice: 'Hist, boys! Let's have a jig!' Allegro marcato - Allegro (hornpipe tempo) -

8:24

Drunken Sailor: 'Oh! Jolly is the gale'. Meno mosso - Tempo I Slow -

Pip: 'Oh! Thou big white God aloft there'. Molto agitato (quasi Andante) - Tempo I -

Ishmael: 'It was a clear steel-blue day'. Slowly and tranquilly -

8:57

Ahab: 'Oh, Starbuck! It is a mild, mild wind'. Molto sostenuto -

Ahab: 'Aye, toil how we may'. Più mosso -

Ahab: 'Starbuck!' Molto sostenuto -

Sailor: 'There she blows! There she blows!' Molto allegro -

2:00

Ahab: 'Starbuck, some men die at ebb tide'. Lento -

Starbuck: 'Oh! my captain, my captain! go not! go not!' Agitato -

Ahab: 'Lower away! Stand by the crew!' [Agitato] -

2:33

Ahab: 'I turn my body from the sun'. Slowly - A tempo -

Ahab: 'Sink all coffins and all hearses'. Molto pesante -

Ahab: 'Thus, I give up the spear!' [Molto pesante] - Pesante e più lento - Molto rallentando -

1:09

Ishmael: ''And I only am escaped alone to tell thee''

Richard Edgar-Wilson tenor (Ishmael/Starbuck)

David Wilson-Johnson baritone (Ahab)

Danish National Choir

premiere recording of original version

Sinfonietta (1935-36)

16:50

for String Orchestra

Prelude. Slowly (Andante molto) -

3:35

Scherzo. Presto -

2:34

III

Adagio -

3:33

Interlude. Largo (softly as possible) -

2:31

Variations

4:35

Variation I. Adagio -

Variation II. Andante -

Variation III. Adagio -

Variation IV. Andante -

Variation V. Moderato -

Variation VI. Adagio -

Variation VII. Allegro

63:24

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Michael Schonwandt

Recorded in:

Koncerthuset, DR Byen, Copenhagen

8 January (Moby Dick) & 15 and 16 March (Sinfonietta) 2011

Producer(s)

Ralph Couzens (Executive, Chandos)

Ivar Munk (Executive, DR (Moby Dick))

Curt Kollavik-Jensen (Executive, DR (Sinfonietta))

Bernhard Guttler

Sound Engineer(s)

Jan Oldrup

Bjarne Lillevang Jensen

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: DSD

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