Barber: Vanessa

Cat. No. CHSA 5032(2)

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No. of discs: 2

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CD available From: 11 October 2004

Opera

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Vanessa

122:09

An opera in three acts (1954-57, revised 1964). Text by Gian Carlo Menotti

COMPACT DSIC ONE

Act I

Scene 1

26:31

Introduction

1:26

Erika: 'Potage crème aux perles'

1:26

Vanessa: 'No, I cannot understand why. . .'

5:46

Erika: 'Must the winter come so soon?'

2:33

Erika: 'Listen!. . . They are here'

1:40

Vanessa: 'Do not utter a word, Anatol'

4:56

Anatol: 'Yes, I believe I shall love you'

2:04

Erika: 'Who are you?'

5:59

Scene 2

29:13

Baroness: 'And then?'

4:31

Vanessa: 'No, you are not as good a skater. . .'

3:13

Doctor: 'Under the willow tree. . .'

2:51

Vanessa: 'Erika, I am so happy'

4:01

Erika: 'Did you hear her?'

1:35

Anatol: 'Help, help! Save me from their talk'

2:54

Anatol: 'Outside this house the world has changed'

3:12

Vanessa: 'Hurry now!'

2:19

Chorus: 'In morning light let us rejoice'

4:37

55:55

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act II

21:12

Major-domo: 'The Count and the Countess of d'Albanie'

3:17

Doctor: 'I should never have been a doctor'

3:35

Vanessa: 'Here you are!'

1:35

Anatol: 'At last I've found you'

1:38

Anatol: 'Love has a bitter core, Vanessa'

4:41

Doctor: 'Nothing to worry about'

6:26

Act III

Scene 1

18:48

Vanessa: 'Why did no-one warn me?'

5:05

Vanessa: 'Why must the greatest sorrow. . .'

2:26

Doctor: 'There, look!'

3:06

Anatol: 'On the path to the lake'

3:00

Vanessa: 'Anatol, tell me the truth!'

2:40

Erika: 'Grandmother!'

2:31

Intermezzo

4:39

Scene 2

21:19

Anatol: 'By the time we arrive in Paris'

1:09

Doctor: 'For every love there is a last farewell'

2:23

Vanessa: 'And you, my friend'

2:50

Vanessa: 'Erika, before I leave, you must tell me'

4:22

Vanessa: 'To leave, to break, to find, to keep'

4:00

Erika: 'Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa'

2:57

Erika: 'No, I must never say that name again'

3:38

66:14

Christine Brewer soprano - Vanessa

Susan Graham mezzo-soprano - Erika

Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano - The Old Baroness

William Burden tenor - Anatol

Neal Davies bass - The Old Doctor

Simon Birchall bass-baritone - Nicholas

Stephen Charlesworth bass - Footman

Servants, Guests, Peasants

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

Recorded in:

Barbican Centre, London

15 & 16 November 2003

Producer(s)

Ann McKay

Ralph Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Philip Burwell

Format: Super Audio CD
Originally recorded in: DSD

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