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Caritas (1991)

Libretto: Arnold Wesker
Diego Masson, Orchestra of Opera North, Allerton Grange Middle School Choir, Jonathan Best (Bass), Eirian Davies (Soprano), Christopher Ventris (Tenor), Linda Hibberd (Mezzo Soprano), Roger Bryson (Bass), Paul Wilson (Baritone), Galloway Bell (Bass), Bruce Budd (Bass), Brian Cookson (Tenor), David Gwynne (Bass), Linda Ormiston (Mezzo Soprano)
℗ 2012
13 Tracks, 1:18:16

  • Act I

    • 1. 'O God, who dost cleanse the wicked' (Bishop, Chorus, Christine, Robert, Agnes, William, Children's Voices) –
      12:06
    • 2. 'Hypocrites! You preach labourers should be freed from all estates except your own!' (Richard, Bishop, Mathew) –
      05:09
    • 3. 'It's not God you serve but a devil of your own' (Robert, Christine, Children's Voices) –
      03:15
    • 4. 'The anchoress! A chastening rebuke!' (Tax Collector, William) –
      02:29
    • 5. 'There was a oneness time' (Christine, Matilde) –
      04:11
    • 6. 'Oh all you blessed angels and saints of God!' (Christine, Mathew, Agnes) –
      05:17
    • 7. 'Rumours, rumours, I hear rumours whispered' (Christine, Matilde, Children's Voices) –
      01:52
    • 8. 'The King had tax from us, two years ago' (Agnes, Tax Collector, William, Robert, Mathew) –
      04:54
    • 9. 'We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee' (Christine, Mathew, Children's Voices) –
      04:22
    • 10. 'Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on my holy mountain' (Priest, Bishop, Christine) –
      02:32
    • 11. 'You crossed your mouth?' (Matilde, Christine) –
      01:02
    • 12. 'See where books and reading lead?' (Bishop, Agnes, William, Robert, Children's Voices, Christine, Priest) –
      11:33

  • Act II

    • 13. 'I am nothing, I have nothing' (Christine, Children's Voices, Bishop, Mathew, Robert, Agnes, William)
      19:34