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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Richard Hickox · City of London Sinfonia · James Bowman

Virgin Classics2007Cat. 81832Known duration: 2h 34m (41 of 41 shown tracks)41 tracks

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2007), Format unverified, on Virgin Classics. Music by Benjamin Britten, performed by Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, James Bowman; 41 tracks.

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Composer

Benjamin Britten

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Introduction: The wood, deepening twilight / Over hill, over dale

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Over hill, over dale" (Fairies, Puck)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

4:12

02

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Oberon is passing fell and wrath

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Oberon is passing fell and wrath" (Fairies, Oberon, Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:04

03

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Well, go thy way

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Well, go thy way" (Oberon, Puck)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:44

04

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. How now my love?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "How now, my love" (Lysanda, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

4:29

05

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull" (Oberon, Demetrius, Helena)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:41

06

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Welcome wanderer... I know a bank

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Welcome, wanderer!" (Oberon)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, James Bowman

5:04

07

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Is all our company here?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Is all our company here?" (Rustics)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

7:37

08

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood" (Lysander, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:43

09

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Through the forest have I gone

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Through the forest I have gone" (Puck)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:39

10

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius" (Helena, Demetrius, Lysanda, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

5:08

11

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song" (Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:04

12

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. You spotted snakes with double tongue

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "You spotted snakes with double tongue" (Yaogd;)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:19

13

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1. What thou seest when thou dost wake

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act I. "What thou seest when thou dost awake" (Oberon)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:11

14

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Introduction: The wood

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. Introduction: the Wood

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:27

15

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Are we all met?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Are we all met?" (Rustics, Puck)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

7:23

16

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. I see their knavery

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "I see their knavery" (Bottom, Tytania, Fairies)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:14

17

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Be kind and courteous to this gentlemen

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Be kind and courteous to this gentleman" (Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:16

18

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Hail, mortal, hail!

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Hail, mortal, hail!" (Fairies, Bottom, Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

5:36

19

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. I have a reas'nable good ear in music

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "I have a reas'nable good ear in music" (Bottom, Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

5:21

20

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. How now, mad spirit?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "How now, mad spirit" (Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:50

Disc 2

01

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Flower of this purple dye

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Flower of this purple dye" (Oberon, Puck, Lysander, Helena, Detrius, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

6:47

02

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Puppet? Why, so?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Puppet? Why so?" (Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:41

03

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. This is thy negligence

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "This is thy negligence" (Oberon, Puck)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:48

04

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. Up and down, up and down

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "Up and down, up and down" (Puck, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

6:51

05

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 2. On the ground, sleep sound

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II. "On the ground, sleep sound" (Fairies)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:29

06

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Introduction: The wood, early next morning / My gentle Robin, seest thou this sweet sight?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "My gentle Robin, see'st thou this sweet sight?" (Oberon, Puck, Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

8:07

07

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander!

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Helena! - Hermia! - Demetrius! - Lysander!" (Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

7:10

08

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. When my cue comes, call me

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "When my cue comes, call me" (Bottom)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

4:26

09

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Have you sent to Bottom's house?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Have you sent to Bottom's house?" (Rustics)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

5:13

10

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Now, fair Hippolyta

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Now, fair Hyppolyta" (Theseus, Hyppolyta, Lysander, Demerius, Helena, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

5:20

11

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. If we offend, it is with our good will

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "If we offend, it is with our good will" (Rustics)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:23

12

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show" (Quince/Prologue)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:28

13

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. In this same interlude it doth befall

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "In this same interlude it doth befall" (Snout/Wall)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:11

14

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. O grim-look'd night, O night with hue so black

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "O grim-look'd night, o night with hue so black" (Bottom/Pyramus)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:57

15

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. O Wall, full often hast thou heard my moans

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "O Wall, full often hast thou heard my moans" (Flute/Thisby, Bottom/Pyramus)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:47

16

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. You ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "You, ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear" (Snug/Lion)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

0:50

17

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. This lanthorn doth the hornèd moon present

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "This lanthorn doth the hornèd Moon present" (Starveling/Moonshine, Flute/Thisby, Snug/Lion)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:56

18

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams" (Bottom/Pyramus)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:59

19

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Asleep, my love?

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Asleep, my love?" (Flute/Thisby)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:48

20

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Come, your Bergomask

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Come, your Bergomask" (Theseus)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:58

21

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3. Now the hungry lion roars

Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act III. "Now the hungry lion roars" (Fairies, Puck, Oberon, Tytania)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

4:52