Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur

Cat. No. CHSA 5036(2)

Price: Ł26

No. of discs: 2

Click here for notes

CHSA 5036 - Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur


This product is also available as a download from

Audio Sample

These releases may also interest you:-

Bennett: Orchestral Works, Volume 1:
CHAN 10389(**)

Bennett: Words and Music:
CHAN 10411(**)

The Film Music of Richard Rodney Bennett:
CHAN 9867(*)

British Film Classics 2-CD Set:
CHAN 241-12(*)

CD available From: 15 June 2005

The Mines of Sulphur

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

premiere recording

The Mines of Sulphur

107:08

An Opera in Three Acts

Libretto by Beverley Cross

Dedicated to Benjamin Britten

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

No. 1. Introduction

1:25

No. 2

(Rosalind enters. . .) -

'Slut! You slut!'

2:54

Braxton, Rosalind

No. 3

(The main door opens slowly and Boconnion enters cautiously. . .) -

'Easy and quietly'

2:22

Boconnion, Tovey, Rosalind, Braxton

No. 4

(Boconnion moves off into the shadows.)

'The key!'

1:53

Boconnion, Tovey, Rosalind

(They gaze in wonder at the contents of the open chest.) -

'You see! What did I tell you?'

1:06

Rosalind, Boconnion, Tovey

No. 5

'Old goat!'

4:23

Boconnion, Rosalind

No. 6

(Tovey returns, carrying logs and wine. . .) -

'''The cup it is white and the ale it is brown. . .'''

2:23

Tovey, Boconnion

No. 7

(Rosalind appears above. She is transformed. . .) -

'Am I beautiful?'

2:12

Rosalind, Boconnion, Tovey

(From the distance we hear the sound of a horn. . .) -

'A horn!'

0:53

Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey, Sherrin

No. 8

(Sherrin enters, blinking, into the light. . .) -

'Good evening, sir'

5:58

Sherrin, Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey, Leda, Fenney, Tooley

No. 9

(The players wander round the Hall. . .) -

'I once played Romeo, in Chester'

3:37

Fenney, Sherrin, Tooley, Leda

No. 10

(Rosalind enters. She moves slowly round the Hall. . .) -

'It looks very well on you'

7:13

Jenny, Rosalind

Act II

No. 11 Overture

1:05

No. 12

(Enter, from the lower doors, the two Flunkeys. . .) -

'Good morning, your Excellency!'

0:45

Tooley

No. 13. Recitative

'Item: A fountain in the Palladian style'

1:46

The Count

No. 14. Duet

(Hugo, the valet, enters with the Count's clothes and a basin. . .) -

'Good morning, your Excellency'

2:54

'This morning I was passing the square' -

Hugo, the Count

No. 15. Aria

'O when will I a lover know'

4:04

Haidee

No. 16

(The Count and Hugo appear below. . .) -

'Well?'

1:52

Hugo, the Count, Mrs Traxel

No. 17

(She calls up to the balcony.) -

'Haidee!'

4:03

Mrs Traxel

No. 18. Interlude

(Mrs Traxel leads the way into the house. . .) -

'Your eyes are shining, Rosalind'

1:22

Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey

No.19

(Enter Trim and Tooley to prepare the bed. . .) -

2:27

56:42

COMPACT DISC TWO

No. 20. Nocturne I

1:09

No. 21

(A cock crows and the lights fade up on the bed. . .) -

'Good morning, my doves'

2:19

Mrs Traxel, Haidee, Hugo

No. 22

'Hugo!'

2:02

Haidee, Hugo

No. 23. Nocturne II

1:49

No. 24

(The lights fade up. . .) -

'I said to the cook: who does he think he is?'

2:07

Tooley, the Count

No. 25. Nocturne III -

'In the moonlight they are beautiful'

1:46

The Count

No. 26

'Get up! and quickly, do you hear me'

1:14

The Count, Haidee, Hugo

No. 27

'Stop! Make them stop!'

1:47

Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind, Sherrin, Leda

No. 28

'We must get away from here'

1:23

Rosalind, Boconnion

No. 29

'I am very sorry, Colonel Boconnion'

1:00

Sherrin, Rosalind, Boconnion, Leda, Tooley

'Well now, Colonel'

2:28

Tooley, Boconnion, Leda

'You would do better to save your new coat'

2:05

Tooley, Boconnion

Act III

No. 30

(The players move slowly back and away from Boconnion.) -

'Back! Back against the wall where I can watch you'

1:48

Boconnion, Sherrin, Tooley, Leda, Rosalind

No. 31

'This house is made of wood' -

Boconnion

No. 32

'What will you gain by killing us'

3:22

Sherrin, Tooley, Boconnion

(Tovey returns.) -

'All correct, Colonel' -

Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind

No. 33

'I want to leave this house' -

Rosalind

No. 34

'We must wait till morning'

4:21

Boconnion, Leda, Fenney

'Ah! The poor little mute' -

Boconnion

No. 35

(Trim obeys. He dances jerkily and awkwardly.) -

No. 36

(Boconnion stalks arrogantly along the line of frightened actors.) -

'This mute!'

2:39

Boconnion

'I lived as a boy in a village by the sea'

2:19

Boconnion

'Tovey! Bring down the girl' -

Boconnion, Tovey, Leda

No. 37

(Rosalind wanders away from the others.) -

'I want to leave this house'

1:54

Rosalind, Jenny, Boconnion

'Tovey! Into the cellar with them' -

Boconnion, Rosalind

No. 38

'All correct, Colonel'

0:55

Tovey

(Boconnion turns back to Jenny. . .) -

'What was your question, in the play?'

1:17

Boconnion, Jenny, Rosalind

No. 39

'Once, once long ago some actors came riding'

4:24

Jenny

No. 40

(The horn sounds, far beyond the house.) -

'The horn! Their horn!'

2:16

Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind, Jenny

(Boconnion lifts his arm to strike.) -

'Then look! Soldier, look!'

3:57

Jenny, Tovey, Rosalind, Boconnion

50:26

Kristopher Irmiter bass-baritone - Braxton

Beth Clayton mezzo-soprano - Rosalind

Brandon Jovanovich tenor - Boconnion

James Maddalena baritone - Tovey

Kristopher Irmiter bass-baritone - Sherrin

Dorothy Byrne mezzo-soprano - Leda

Brian Anderson tenor - Fenney

Michael Todd Simpson baritone - Tooley

Caroline Worra soprano - Jenny

Andew Gorell silent part - Trim

Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra

Stewart Robertson

Recorded in:

Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, New York

(live) 5, 7, 10, 13 & 16 August 2004

Sound Engineer(s)

John Newton

Dirk Sobotka

Stephanie Jacobson

Producer(s)

Blanton Alspaugh


			Awards
			grammy nomination>

Format: Super Audio CD
Originally recorded in: DSD

Home : Classical Music Special Offers [Competitions: Loyalty Points] : Search [Browse : Catalogue : Advanced] : Your Account
Contact [Email Us : Call Us : Write To Us] : Help [Troubleshooting : How To Order : Music Licensing.] : The Site Map : Web Links: Complete Listing
: :