Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958 & 1961

VARIOUS ARTISTS

46 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 29 MINUTES • OCT 01 1989

26

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I see by daylight dawning" (Beckmesser, Azucena)

Edith Coates/Gloria Lane/Sheila Rex/Owen Brannigan/John Dobson/Edgar Evans/Peter Glossop/Otakar Kraus/Duncan Robertson/Ian Wallace/Hoffnung Festival Opera Chorus/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar/Brian Priestman

02:28

27

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Nie sollst du mich befragen" (Otello, Salome)

Edith Coates/Gloria Lane/Sheila Rex/Owen Brannigan/John Dobson/Edgar Evans/Peter Glossop/Otakar Kraus/Duncan Robertson/Ian Wallace/Hoffnung Festival Opera Chorus/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar/Brian Priestman

02:46

28

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "Daughter of Heaven" (Otello, Salome, Fidelio)

Edith Coates/Gloria Lane/Sheila Rex/Owen Brannigan/John Dobson/Edgar Evans/Peter Glossop/Otakar Kraus/Duncan Robertson/Ian Wallace/Hoffnung Festival Opera Chorus/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar/Brian Priestman

02:40

29

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm in search of a man" (Brünnhilde)

Edith Coates/Gloria Lane/Sheila Rex/Owen Brannigan/John Dobson/Edgar Evans/Peter Glossop/Otakar Kraus/Duncan Robertson/Ian Wallace/Hoffnung Festival Opera Chorus/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar/Brian Priestman

02:27

30

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "O schöne Melisande" (Beckmesser, Don Giovanni, Brünnhilde, Manrico, Nadir, Mélisande, Chorus)

Edith Coates/Gloria Lane/Sheila Rex/Owen Brannigan/John Dobson/Edgar Evans/Peter Glossop/Otakar Kraus/Duncan Robertson/Ian Wallace/Hoffnung Festival Opera Chorus/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar/Brian Priestman

03:33

31

Let's Fake an Opera or The Tales of Hoffnung: "I'm Escamillo" (Escamillo, Chorus)

Edith Coates/Gloria Lane/Sheila Rex/Owen Brannigan/John Dobson/Edgar Evans/Peter Glossop/Otakar Kraus/Duncan Robertson/Ian Wallace/Hoffnung Festival Opera Chorus/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar/Brian Priestman

03:28

32

Introductory Music Played in the Foyer (Excerpt, Rigmarole)

The Band of The Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall

00:46

33

Festival Anthem

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Francis Baines

02:09

34

Leonore Overture No. 4 (Overture after Beethoven's "Leonore No. 3, Op. 72a")

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall/The Happy Wanderers/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar

09:43

35

Der Barbier von Darmstadt: Duet, "Escucha en linea o descarga" (Herr Knochen, Der Redepariner)

Owen Brannigan/John Amis/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Humphrey Searle

03:00

36

Ballad of County Down

Forbes Robinson, Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra & Francis Chagrin

04:53

37

Belshazzar's Feast (Excerpt) - Introduced by Mr T. E. Bean CBE

Owen Brannigan/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Sir William Walton

01:55

38

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Overture - Opening Chorus (Tenor, Chorus)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

03:15

39

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Trio (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

01:27

40

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: "Let all things nameless at our feast run wild" (Bass)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

01:34

41

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "With sharped-fanged smile the young bride bowed" (Tenor) - "My heart is swelling" (Soprano, Chorus)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

01:22

42

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "And while the company retired to a well-earned rest" (Tenor) - "My child, be seated" (Bass, Men's Chorus)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

01:02

43

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "And in the castle guest room" (Tenor) - "If you can hurt" (Contralto, Chorus)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

02:01

44

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: "Midnight … Dracula, still in the Gloom of youth" (Tenor)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

02:08

45

Horrortorio, A Choral Extravaganza: Recitative, "But at the reception" (Tenor)

Stephen Manton/April Cantelo/Pamela Bowden/John Frost/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Joseph Horovitz

03:07

46

Mobile for Seven Orchestras

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall/Lionel Salter/Hoffnung Festival Choral Society/Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Lawrence Leonard

04:08

℗ This compilation & digital remastering 1989 by EMI Records Ltd © 1989 EMI Records Ltd.