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Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf op. 30

Libretto: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harry Arbuthnot Acworth
Vernon Handley, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Teresa Cahill (Soprano), Philip Langridge (Tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (Bass-baritone), Richard Cooke (Choirmaster)
℗ 1987
25 Tracks, 1:32:37
    • Introduction 'There is a wondrous book' (Solists, Chorus)
      03:17
    • No. 1 Recitative 'Summon now the God of Thunder' (Bass)
      00:55
    • No. 2 The Challenge of Thor 'I am the God Thor' (Chorus)
      04:23
    • No. 3 King Olaf's Return 'And King Olaf heard the cry' (Tenor)
      06:54
    • No. 4 Recitative 'Tell how Olaf bore the cross' (Bass)
      00:48
    • No. 5a The Conversion 'King Olaf's prows at Nidaros' (Chorus)
      03:22
    • No. 5b The Conversion 'Behold me, my people' (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
      05:24
    • No. 5c The Conversion 'As leap the lights of winter' (Chorus, Bass)
      03:44
    • No. 5d The Conversion 'Then o'er the blood-stain'd Horgstone' (Chorus, Tenor)
      06:48
    • No. 6 Recitative 'Now the child of Ironbeard dead' (Bass)
      00:50
    • No. 7 Gudrun 'On King Olaf's bridal night' (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
      06:42
    • No. 8 Recitative 'How the Wraith of Odin old' (Bass)
      00:53
    • No. 9 The Wraith of Odin 'The guests were loud' (Chorus)
      05:21
    • No. 10 Recitative 'Sisters, sing ye now the song' (Bass)
      00:46
    • No. 11a Sigrid 'Sigrid sits in her high abode' (Chorus)
      02:43
    • No. 11b Sigrid 'Sigrid, hail! with royal hand' (Tenor, Soprano, Chorus)
      05:06
    • No. 12 Recitative 'Hark! she flies from Wendland forth' (Bass)
      00:44
    • No. 13 Thyri 'A little bird in the air' (Chorus)
      04:55
    • No. 14a Duet 'The gray land breaks to lively green' (Soprano, Tenor)
      02:39
    • No. 14b Duet 'Thyri, my beloved' (Tenor, Soprano)
      06:45
    • No. 15 Recitative 'After Queen Gunhild's death' (Chorus)
      01:50
    • No. 16 The Death of Olaf 'King Olaf's dragons take the sea' (Chorus)
      06:29
    • Epilogue (a) 'In the convent of Drontheim' (Solists, Chorus)
      03:17
    • Epilogue (b) 'It Is Accepted' (Solists, Chorus) - 'As torrents in summer' (Chorus)
      02:21
    • Epilogue (c) 'Stronger than steel' (Solists, Chorus)
      05:41