Offer,Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos
Sung in English: translation by Christopher Cowell
Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans...
Brewer's luscious Ariadne had to be captured on disc...There's another essential performance from Alice Coote...with unflinchingly full top notes that few other genuine mezzos possess...I've... — More…
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Contents
Strauss, R: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60
- David Watkin (cello), Catriona Beveridge (piano), Bradley Creswick (violin)
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Richard Armstrong
I. Ouverture (Jourdain - der Burger)
II. Menuett
III. Der Fechtmeister
Hofmannsthal: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a (Sung in English)
- Christine Brewer (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gillian Keith (soprano), Paul Keohone (bass), Wynne Evans (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Anita Watson (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), John Graham Hall (tenor), Dean Robinson (bass), Stephen Fry (narrator), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Gail Pearson (soprano), Declan McCusker (tenor)
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Richard Armstrong
The Prologue: Orchestral Introduction
The Prologue: My good Major-Domo (Music Master, Major-Domo)
The Prologue: This dressing room is given to mam'zelle Zerbinetta (Footman, Officer, Composer, Tenor, Wigmaker, Zerbinetta, Prima Donna, Music Master, Dancing Master)