A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Colin Davis · London Symphony Orchestra · Robert Lloyd · Brian Asawa · Sylvia McNair · Ian Bostridge · John Mark Ainsley · Gwynne Howell · Hilary Summers
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2012), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Benjamin Britten, performed by Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Brian Asawa; 41 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Over hill, over dale" (Fairies, Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Over hill, over dale" (Fairies, Puck)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Oberon is passing fell and wrath" (Fairies, Oberon, Tytania)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Oberon is passing fell and wrath" (Fairies, Oberon, Tytania)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Well, go thy way" (Oberon, Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Well, go thy way" (Oberon, Puck)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "How now, my love?" (Lysander, Hermia)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "How now, my love" (Lysanda, Hermia)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull" (Oberon, Demetrius, Helena)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Welcome, wanderer!" (Oberon)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Welcome, wanderer!" (Oberon)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Is all our company here?" (Rustics)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Is all our company here?" (Rustics)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood" (Lysander, Hermia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Through the forest I have gone" (Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Through the forest I have gone" (Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius" (Helena, Demetrius, Lysanda, Hermia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song" (Tytania)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song" (Tytania)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "You spotted snakes with double tongue" (Fairies)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "You spotted snakes with double tongue" (Yaogd;)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act One. "What thou seest when thou dost awake" (Oberon)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "What thou seest when thou dost awake" (Oberon)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. Introduction: The Wood
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. Introduction: the Wood
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "Are we all met?" (Rustics, Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Are we all met?" (Rustics, Puck)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "I see their knavery" (Bottom, Tytania, Fairies)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "I see their knavery" (Bottom, Tytania, Fairies)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "Be kind and courteous to this gentleman" (Tytania)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Be kind and courteous to this gentleman" (Tytania)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "Hail, mortal, hail!" (Fairies, Bottom, Tytania)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Hail, mortal, hail!" (Fairies, Bottom, Tytania)
Disc 2
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Flower of this purple dye" (Oberon, Puck, Lysander, Helena, Detrius, Hermia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "Puppet? Why so?" (Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Puppet? Why so?" (Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "This is thy negligence" (Oberon, Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "This is thy negligence" (Oberon, Puck)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Up and down, up and down" (Puck, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Two. "On the ground, sleep sound" (Fairies)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "On the ground, sleep sound" (Fairies)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "My gentle Robin, see'st thou this sweet sight?" (Oberon, Puck, Tytania)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Helena! - Hermia! - Demetrius! - Lysander!" (Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "When my cue comes, call me" (Bottom)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "When my cue comes, call me" (Bottom)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "Have you sent to Bottom’s house?" (Rustics)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Have you sent to Bottom's house?" (Rustics)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Now, fair Hyppolyta" (Theseus, Hyppolyta, Lysander, Demerius, Helena, Hermia)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "If we offend, it is with our good will" (Rustics)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "If we offend, it is with our good will" (Rustics)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show" (Quince/Prologue)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show" (Quince/Prologue)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "In this same interlude it doth befall" (Snout/Wall)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "In this same interlude it doth befall" (Snout/Wall)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "O grim-look'd night, o night with hue so black" (Bottom/Pyramus)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "O Wall, full often hast thou heard my moans" (Flute/Thisby, Bottom/Pyramus)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "You, ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear" (Snug/Lion)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "You, ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear" (Snug/Lion)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "This lanthorn doth the hornèd Moon present" (Starveling/Moonshine, Flute/Thisby, Snug/Lion)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams" (Bottom/Pyramus)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act Three. "Asleep, my love?" (Flute/Thisby)
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Asleep, my love?" (Flute/Thisby)