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Gawain (London 1994)

Libretto: David Harsent
Elgar Howarth, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Maria Angel (Soprano), Anne Howells (Mezzo Soprano), Richard Greager (Tenor), Penelope Walmsley-Clark (Soprano), Omar Ebrahim (Baritone), Alan Ewing (Bass), John Marsden (Tenor), François Le Roux (Baritone), John Tomlinson (Bass), Kevin Smith (Countertenor)
April 1994, London, Royal Opera House
Live
65 Tracks, 2:16:22

  • Act I

    • 1. Overture
      01:17
    • 2. 'Night after night' (Morgan, The Lady)
      06:23
    • 3. 'They tire me' (Arthur, Guinevere, Morgan, The Lady)
      05:16
    • 4. 'There was a man' (The Fool, Agravain, Ywain)
      02:05
    • 5. 'How can I eat?' (Arthur, The Fool, Morgan, The Lady, Guinevere)
      02:24
    • 6. 'This is the hour of legacy or loss' (Morgan, The Lady)
      00:35
    • 7. 'It's nothing' (Arthur, Guinevere, Morgan, The Lady)
      01:53
    • 8. 'Something stranger than charity' (The Fool)
      00:46
    • 9. 'Now is the hour of legacy or loss' (Morgan, The Lady)
      00:33
    • 10. 'Now I shall test his strength' (Morgan, The Lady)
      01:07
    • 11. The Green Knight Rides into the Court
      01:10
    • 12. 'Which of you is king?' (The Green Knight, Baldwin, Ywain, Agravain, Gawain, Arthur, Morgan, The Lady)
      09:14
    • 13. 'God's name' (Baldwin, Ywain, Agravain, Gawain, The Green Knight)
      03:36
    • 14. The Raising of the Axe
      01:13
    • 15. 'This is the moment that waited for you' (Morgan, The Lady, The Fool)
      03:03
    • 16. 'God's Name!' (The Green Knight, Guinevere, Baldwin, Arthur, Ywain, The Fool, Agravain, Morgan, The Lady)
      01:16
    • 17. 'My title is Knight of the Green Chapel' (The Green Knight, Gawain)
      04:05
    • 18. The Green Knight Rides Off
      00:39
    • 19. 'It's nothing' (Arthur, The Green Knight, Guinevere, Morgan, The Lady)
      01:49
    • 20. 'Now that you've seen its face' (Morgan, The Lady, Arthur)
      01:51
    • 21. Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation. Winter: Day (Women's Chorus) –
      00:52
    • 22. 'Here is your second birth' (Men's Chorus, Ywain, Agravain, Baldwin, Arthur, Guinevere, The Fool, Morgan)
      01:12
    • 23. Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation. Spring: Day (Women's Chorus) –
      00:53
    • 24. 'Here is your second skin' (Men's Chorus, Ywain, Agravain, Baldwin, Arthur, Guinevere, The Fool, Morgan)
      01:11
    • 25. Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation. Summer: Day (Women's Chorus) –
      00:56
    • 26. 'Here is your second flesh' (Men's Chorus, Ywain, Agravain, Baldwin, Arthur, Guinevere, The Fool, Morgan)
      01:10
    • 27. Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation. Autumn: Day (Women's Chorus) –
      00:54
    • 28. 'Here is your second arm' (Men's Chorus, Ywain, Agravain, Baldwin, Arthur, Guinevere, The Fool, Morgan)
      01:11
    • 29. Tableaux of the Turning of the Seasons and Gawain's Preparation. Winter: Day (Women's Chorus) –
      00:54
    • 30. 'Here is your badge of steel' (Ywain, Agravain, Baldwin, Arthur, Guinevere, The Fool)
      01:09
    • 31. 'Now with a single step' (Morgan)
      00:47

  • Act II

    • 1. 'Now with a single step' (Morgan, Gawain)
      05:20
    • 2. The Journey
      01:32
    • 3. 'Soon what you most love' (Bertilak, The Lady)
      00:15
    • 4. 'A single step' (Morgan, Gawain)
      01:34
    • 5. 'Soon... what you want, you'll have' (The Lady, Bertilak)
      00:12
    • 6. 'A day, another day, a week of days' (Morgan, Gawain)
      01:36
    • 7. 'Soon you'll see its face' (The Lady, Bertilak)
      00:12
    • 8. 'Another mile, another day, another week' (Morgan, Gawain)
      01:53
    • 9. 'This is the hour of vanity or choice' (The Lady, Bertilak)
      00:12
    • 10. 'Mile after mile, day after day, week after week' (Morgan, Bertilak, The Lady)
      02:13
    • 11. 'Welcome, welcome, welcome' (Bertilak, The Lady, Morgan, Gawain)
      01:18
    • 12. 'Now we shall learn' (The Lady, Morgan, Bertilak)
      01:51
    • 13. 'My food, my wine, my hearth' (Bertilak, Morgan, Gawain)
      03:52
    • 14. 'Lie down without fear of the dark' (Morgan, Gawain)
      02:32
    • 15. 'The door was unlocked' (The Lady, Gawain)
      04:26
    • 16. 'A gift he must not refuse' (Morgan)
      00:31
    • 17. 'Who's there...?' (Gawain, Morgan, Bertilak)
      01:30
    • 18. 'Lie down without fear of the dark' (Morgan, Gawain)
      02:24
    • 19. 'Are you Gawain?' (The Lady, Gawain)
      03:19
    • 20. 'A word he must not hear' (Morgan, Gawain)
      00:43
    • 21. 'Here's your trophy' (Bertilak, Gawain)
      00:58
    • 22. 'Lie down without fear of the dark' (Morgan, Gawain)
      02:38
    • 23. 'Winter sun on melting snow: it's blinding' (The Lady, Gawain, Morgan)
      05:28
    • 24. 'Who's there...?' (Gawain, Morgan)
      00:29
    • 25. 'I hunted all day' (Bertilak, Gawain)
      01:07
    • 26. 'Soon, the moment that waited for you' (Morgan, The Lady, Gawain)
      03:44
    • 27. 'Fear of death' (The Green Knight, Gawain)
      02:01
    • 28. 'Now I acquit myself' (Gawain, Morgan, The Green Knight)
      02:51
    • 29. 'The first blow' (The Green Knight, Gawain, Morgan)
      04:05
    • 30. The Journey Back Begins
      00:29
    • 31. 'Arthur, join us' (Guinevere, Arthur, The Fool, Morgan)
      04:32
    • 32. 'Gawain' (Members of the Court, Arthur, Ywain, Agravain, The Fool, Baldwin, Guinevere, Morgan)
      03:36
    • 33. 'I left this place' (Gawain)
      02:27
    • 34. 'Now, at the year's dead end' (Morgan)
      03:08