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Offer,Saxton: The Wandering Jew

Roderick Williams (Wandering Jew), Tim Mirfin (Jesus/Beggar), Teresa Cahill (Widowed Mother), Hilary Summers (Fortune Teller), Louise Winter (Kundry), Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Faust), Brindley Sherratt (Mephistopheles), Graeme Danby (Odin), Jeremy White (Old Man)

BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC...

There's a hint of Wagnerian majesty in the [Odin] scene, otherwise the shadow of Britten lies long over the music, not only in the shape of the melodic lines, but also in the clarity of the orchestration.... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 13th Jun 2011
  • Catalogue No: NMCD170
  • Label: NMC
  • Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

2 CDs

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Contents

Saxton: The Wandering Jew, Scene 1

Work length1:42:21
$28.00
$36.35
  • Roderick Williams (baritone)
  • BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • André de Ridder

Scene 1, Part I: After nearly two thousand years of wandering, here (Wandering Jew, Chorus of Prisoners, Guard)

Track length4:22
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 1, Part II: Sixty thousand soldiers (3 Roman Soldiers, Crowd, Rebels, Wandering Jew)

Track length5:01
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 1: Interlude

Track length1:55
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 2: Wind-blown, the night sand is cold (Wandering Jew, Angels of Conscience)

Track length5:01
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 2: Interlude

Track length0:36
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 3, Part I: Centuries of wandering made me lose all sense of passing Time (Wandering Jew, Cantor, Congregants, Old Man)

Track length6:42
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 3, Part II: Mama, may we hear a tale? (Child 1, Child 2, Widowed Mother)

Track length4:57
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 3, Part III: They're asleep (Wandering Jew, Mother)

Track length7:09
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 3: Interlude

Track length0:29
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 4: I know what this waiter will say (Wandering Jew, Walter, Faust, Mephistopheles)

Track length7:09
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 4: Interlude

Track length2:37
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 5, Part I: What is this place, so wild, so cold? (Kundry, Faust, Odin)

Track length7:34
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 5, Part II: This mortal God (Odin, Faust, Kundry, Wandering Jew)

Track length5:41
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 5: Interlude

Track length2:51
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part I: By canals, in streets overflowing with life (Revellers, Wandering Jew)

Track length1:43
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part II: Venice's Carnival … the human need for song, dance, food, drink, companionship (Wandering Jew, Chorus, Beggar)

Track length2:52
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part III: I've seen centuries of dancers (Wandering Jew, Fortune-Teller)

Track length5:29
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part IV: For some time I wandered amongst the crowds of swirling (Wandering Jew, Revellers)

Track length2:56
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part V: Roll up, roll up … (Showman, Crowd, Wandering Jew)

Track length6:39
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6: Interlude

Track length1:10
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 7: Having had a narrow escape from the angry (Wandering Jew, Beggar, Jesus, Chorus of Spirits)

Track length14:32
$3.00
$3.85

Scene 7: Interlude

Track length1:35
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 8: Daybreak, the sand grows warm (Wandering Jew, Angels of Conscience)

Track length3:21
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 2

Work length5:37
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 2: Wind-blown, the night sand is cold (Wandering Jew, Angels of Conscience)

Track length5:01
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 2: Interlude

Track length0:36
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 3

Work length19:17
$5.00
$6.50
  • Jeremy White (bass), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Lydia Kalian (vocals), Rudi Goodman (vocals)

Scene 3, Part I: Centuries of wandering made me lose all sense of passing Time (Wandering Jew, Cantor, Congregants, Old Man)

Track length6:42
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 3, Part II: Mama, may we hear a tale? (Child 1, Child 2, Widowed Mother)

Track length4:57
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 3, Part III: They're asleep (Wandering Jew, Mother)

Track length7:09
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 3: Interlude

Track length0:29
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 4

Work length9:46
$3.00
$3.90
  • Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass)

Scene 4: I know what this waiter will say (Wandering Jew, Walter, Faust, Mephistopheles)

Track length7:09
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 4: Interlude

Track length2:37
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 5

Work length16:06
$4.00
$5.20
  • Graeme Danby (bass)

Scene 5, Part I: What is this place, so wild, so cold? (Kundry, Faust, Odin)

Track length7:34
$2.00
$2.60

Scene 5, Part II: This mortal God (Odin, Faust, Kundry, Wandering Jew)

Track length5:41
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 5: Interlude

Track length2:51
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 6

Work length20:47
$6.00
$7.80
  • Tim Mirfin (baritone), Simon Paisley Day (vocals), Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano)

Scene 6, Part I: By canals, in streets overflowing with life (Revellers, Wandering Jew)

Track length1:41
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part II: Venice's Carnival … the human need for song, dance, food, drink, companionship (Wandering Jew, Chorus, Beggar)

Track length2:52
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part III: I've seen centuries of dancers (Wandering Jew, Fortune-Teller)

Track length5:29
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part IV: For some time I wandered amongst the crowds of swirling (Wandering Jew, Revellers)

Track length2:56
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6, Part V: Roll up, roll up … (Showman, Crowd, Wandering Jew)

Track length6:39
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 6: Interlude

Track length1:10
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 7

Work length16:07
$4.00
$5.15

Scene 7: Having had a narrow escape from the angry (Wandering Jew, Beggar, Jesus, Chorus of Spirits)

Track length14:32
$3.00
$3.85

Scene 7: Interlude

Track length1:35
$1.00
$1.30

The Wandering Jew, Scene 8

Work length3:21
$1.00
$1.30

Scene 8: Daybreak, the sand grows warm (Wandering Jew, Angels of Conscience)

Track length3:21
$1.00
$1.30