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Death in Venice

Richard Hickox · City of London Sinfonia · BBC Singers · Philip Langridge · Alan Opie

Chandos2005Cat. CHAN 102802h 31m51 tracks

Death in Venice (2005), CD, on Chandos. Music by Benjamin Britten, performed by Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers, Philip Langridge; 51 tracks.

Composer

Benjamin Britten

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "My mind beats on"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

5:39

02

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "Who's that?"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

4:39

03

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "I have always kept a close watch on my development"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:46

04

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 2 (On the Boat to Venice). "Hey there, hey there, you!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

6:53

05

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 2 (On the Boat to Venice). Overture "Venice"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:35

06

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 3 (The Journey to the Lido). "Ah Serenissima!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

5:09

07

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 3 (The Journey to the Lido). "Mysterious gondola"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:30

08

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "We are delighted to greet the Signore"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

2:52

09

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "So I am led to Venice once again"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

3:27

10

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "The Lido is so charming, is it not?"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

3:41

11

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "How does such beauty come about?"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:35

12

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "The wind is from the West"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

2:27

13

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Le bele fragole"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

2:21

14

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Ah, how peaceful to contemplate the sea"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

2:51

15

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Adziù! Adziù!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

3:31

16

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "As one who strives to create beauty"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:34

17

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "Aou! Stagando, aou!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

4:49

18

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "Naturally, Signore, I understand"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

3:39

19

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "There you are, Signore, just in time"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:08

20

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "I am become like one of my early heroes"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:52

21

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "A thousand apologies to Signore"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

3:44

22

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Beneath a dazzling sky the sea"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

1:17

23

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "No boy, but Phoebus of the golden hair"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

1:57

24

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "See where Hyacinthus plays"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

2:47

25

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Phaedrus learned what beauty is"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

2:05

Disc 2

01

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "First, the race!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

0:53

02

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Try your skill"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

0:49

03

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Young discobolus"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

0:53

04

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Up and over"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

1:08

05

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Measure to fight"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

1:03

06

Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act I

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

4:10

07

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). [Orchestral Introduction]

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:27

08

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "So it has come to this"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

2:41

09

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 8 (The Hotel Barber's Shop). "Guardate, Signore!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

2:32

10

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "Do I detect a scent?"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

4:57

11

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "And now I cannot let them out of sight"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

2:31

12

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "Kyrie eleison"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

6:10

13

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "Gustav von Aschenbach, what is this path you have taken?"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:01

14

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "This way for the players, Signori!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

2:07

15

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "La mia nonna always used to tell me"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

2:14

16

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

4:29

17

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "One moment, if you please" / Scene 11 (The Travel Bureau)

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

5:29

18

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 12 (The Lady of the Pearls). "So it is true, true, more fearful than I thought"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

1:44

19

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 12 (The Lady of the Pearls). "So - I didn't speak!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

2:57

20

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 13 (The Dream). "Receive the stranger god"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers

3:42

21

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 14 (The Empty Beach). "Do what you will with me!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

2:06

22

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 15 (The Hotel Barber's Shop). "Yes! A very wise decision, if I may say so"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

2:32

23

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 16 (The Last Visit to Venice). "Hurrah for the Piazza"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

4:35

24

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 16 (The Last Visit to Venice). "Does beauty lead to wisdom, Phaedrus?"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

3:21

25

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 17 (The Departure). "The wind still blows from the land"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Alan Opie

4:09

26

Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 17 (The Departure). "Ah, no!"

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice: Act II

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Philip Langridge

5:08