Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard Hickox
Oct 2010•41 Songs
Tracks
- 1Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: Introduction - "Over Hill, over Dale, Thorough Bush" (Fairies, Puck)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 2Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath" (Fairies, Oberon, Tytania)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 3Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Well, Go Thy Way, Thou Shalt Not from This Grove" (Oberon, Puck)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 4Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "How Now My Love?" (Lysander, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
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- 6Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Welcome Wanderer!" (Oberon)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 7Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Is All Our Company Here?" (Quince, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 8Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood" (Lysander, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 9Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Through the Frost Have I Gone" (Puck, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 10Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Stay, Thou Thou Kill Me" (Helena, Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 11Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song" (Tytania)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 12Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "You Spotted Snakes with Double Tongues" (Fairies)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 13Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake" (Oberon)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 14Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: IntroductionJames Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 15Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "Are We All Met?" (Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug, Quince, Puck)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 16Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "I See Their Knavery" (Bottom, Tytania, Fairies)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 17Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman" (Tytania)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 18Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "Hail Mortal Hail" (Fairies, Bottom, Tytania)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 19Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "I Have Reas'nable Good Ear in Music" (Bottom, Tytania)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 20Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "How Now, Mad Spirit?" (Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 1Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "Flower of This Purple Dye" (Oberon, Puck, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 2Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "Puppet? Why, So?" (Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, Puck)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 3Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "This Is Thy Negligence" (Oberon, Puck)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 4Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "Up and Down" (Puck, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 5Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: "On the Ground, Sleep Sound" (Fairies)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 6Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "My Gentle Robin" (Oberon, Tytania, Puck)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 7Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander!" (Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 8Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "When My Cue Comes" (Bottom)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 9Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Have You Sent to Bottom's House?" (Quince, Starveling, Flute, Snout, Snug, Bottom)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 10Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Now, Fair Hippolyta" (Theseus, Hippolyta, Helena, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 11Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "If We Offend" (Quince, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug, Theseus, Hippolyta, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 12Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Gentles, Perchance You Wonder at This Show" (Quince, Helena, Demetrius)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 13Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall" (Snout, Hermia, Lysander, Theseus)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 14Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "O Grim-Look'd Night" (Bottom, Theseus)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 15Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans" (Flute, Bottom, Snout, Hippolyta, Theseus)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 16Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "You Ladies, You Whose Gemtle Hearts Do Fear" (Snug, Hermia, Demetrius, Theseus)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 17Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present" (Starveling, Lysander, Theseus, Demetrius, Hippolyta, Helena, Hermia, Flute, Snug)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 18Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams" (Bottom, Hippolyta, Demetrius, Theseus)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 19Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Asleep, My Love?" (Flute, Theseus, Lysander, Bottom)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 20Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Come, Your Bergomask" (Theseus, All)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
- 21Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars" (Fairies, Puck, Oberon, Tytania)James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/Simon Hart/Gregory Pierre
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