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Special offer. Tippett: King Priam

Norman Bailey (King Priam), Heather Harper (Hecuba), Felicity Palmer (Andromache), Philip Langridge (Paris), Robert Tear (Achilles), Stephen Roberts (Patroclus), Thomas Allen (Hector), Yvonne Minton (Helen), Ann Murray (Nurse)

London Sinfonietta, David Atherton

Tippett: King Priam

Special offer. Tippett: King Priam

Norman Bailey (King Priam), Heather Harper (Hecuba), Felicity Palmer (Andromache), Philip Langridge (Paris), Robert Tear (Achilles), Stephen Roberts (Patroclus), Thomas Allen (Hector), Yvonne Minton (Helen), Ann Murray (Nurse)

London Sinfonietta, David Atherton

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  • Label: Chandos
  • Catalogue number: CHAN94067
  • Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Tippett: King Priam, Act I
Work length1:29
Prelude (Chorus)
Track length1:29
Tippett: King Priam, Act I Scene 1
Work length13:43
What is it, Nurse? (Hecuba, Nurse, Priam)
Track length3:43
Old man of Troy, you're welcome (Priam, Old Man)
Track length2:25
Than am I no longer mother to this child (Hecuba, Old Man)
Track length1:32
A father and a King (Priam)
Track length1:54
The Queen is right (Priam)
Track length1:17
Interlude I. Thus shall a story begin (Nurse, Old Man, Young Guard)
Track length2:52
Tippett: King Priam, Act I Scene 2
Work length28:28
The bull is away over there (Huntsmen, Hector, Priam)
Track length2:19
They have taken my bull (Paris, Hector)
Track length1:58
Father, he's a shepherd boy (Hector, Priam, Paris)
Track length1:48
So I'd hoped it might be (Priam, Old Man)
Track length5:03
Interlude II. Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade (Nurse, Young Guard, Old Man, Wedding Guests)
Track length4:40
Ah, ah… (Helen, Paris)
Track length5:15
Divine go-between, that's who I am (Hermes, Paris)
Track length2:11
Lady Athene, if I honour you… (Paris, Athene)
Track length0:52
Lady Hera, if I honour you… (Paris, Hera, Hermes)
Track length2:06
Aphrodite, if I honour you… (Paris, Aphrodite, Hera, Athene, Hermes)
Track length2:16
Tippett: King Priam, Act II Scene 1
Work length6:36
So you've given up fighting! (Hector, Priam)
Track length3:40
So Trojans honour Menelaus… (Priam, Paris)
Track length1:23
Interlude I. Hermes, Hermes, with the winged feet come quick! (Old Man, Hermes)
Track length1:33
Tippett: King Priam, Act II Scene 2
Work length11:56
O rich-soiled land (Achilles)
Track length5:26
Why are you weeping, Patroclus? (Achilles, Patroclus)
Track length4:56
Interlude II. O, o, what a threat to Troy (Old Man, Hermes)
Track length1:34
Tippett: King Priam, Ac II Scene 3
Work length6:20
A hero in Achilles' armour… (Hermes, Paris, Priam)
Track length1:22
All Trojans, all fought bravely (Hector, Priam, Paris, Achilles, Old Man)
Track length4:58
Tippett: King Priam, Act III Scene 1
Work length20:20
Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire? (Serving Woman, Andromache)
Track length4:52
Daughter Andromache, you must go out… (Hecuba, Andromache)
Track length2:13
Did you hear? (Andromache, Helen, Hecuba)
Track length1:23
Let her rave (Helen)
Track length4:39
O that my ears should hear impiety so gross! (Hecuba, Andromache, Helen)
Track length3:47
Now you shall go (Andromache, Hecuba, Serving Woman)
Track length1:47
Interlude I. No… No… No… We have it from the runner (Serving Women)
Track length1:39
Tippett: King Priam, Act III Scene 2
Work length16:22
What is happening? (Priam, Paris)
Track length3:47
A crime (Young Guard, Old Man, Priam)
Track length4:06
The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest (Nurse, Priam, Young Guard, Old Man)
Track length5:26
Interlude II
Track length3:03
Tippett: King Priam, Act III Scene 3
Work length11:11
Priam! Here! What is this? (Achilles, Priam)
Track length1:49
I clasp your knees, Achilles (Priam)
Track length1:14
Old man, I am touched (Achilles, Priam)
Track length3:35
Interlude III
Track length4:33
Tippett: King Priam, Act III Scene 4
Work length10:47
Where is my father, where is Priam? (Paris, Priam)
Track length1:13
Ah, ah! Ah, ah! (Hecuba, Paris, Priam)
Track length2:33
Ah, ha, ha, ha (Andromache, Paris, Priam)
Track length1:43
Ah, ah! (Paris, Helen, Priam)
Track length5:18
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