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Death in Venice op. 88 (1973)

Libretto: Myfanwy Piper
Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group Chorus, Sir Peter Pears (Tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Stuart Harling (Baritone), Michael Bauer (Baritone), Kenneth Bowen (Tenor), Neville Williams (Bass-baritone), Iris Saunders (Soprano), Anne Wilkens (Mezzo Soprano), Stephen James Adams (Voice), Janice Hooper Roe (Voice), Robert Carpenter Turner (Voice), Peter Leeming (Baritone), Penelope McKay (Soprano), Sheila Brand (Voice), Angela Vernon Bates (Voice), Anna Vincent (Voice), Michael Follis (Voice), Ronald Murdock (Voice), James Bowman (Countertenor), Keith Jones (Voice)
1974, Snape (Suffolk), Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Live
32 Tracks, 2:25:23

  • Act I

    • 1. "My mind beats on"
      04:59
    • 2. "Who's that? A foreigner, a traveller no doubt"
      04:53
    • 3. "Hey there, hey there, you!"
      03:48
    • 4. "Serenissima ... Lowlying clouds, unending grey"
      02:55
    • 5. Venice
      02:36
    • 6. "Ah, Serenissima!"
      05:20
    • 7. "Mysterious gondola"
      01:42
    • 8. "We are delighted to greet the Signore"
      04:09
    • 9. "Was I wrong to come?"
      06:13
    • 10. "There is indeed in every artist’s nature"
      02:41
    • 11. "Adziù! Adziù!"
      10:04
    • 12. "Aou'! Stagando, aou'!"
      04:51
    • 13. "Naturally Signore, I understand"
      07:56
    • 14. "Here I will stay, here dedicate my days"
      09:44
    • 15. "First, the race!"
      05:10
    • 16. "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me"
      04:17

  • Act II

    • 1. "So, it has come to this"
      04:46
    • 2. "Guardate, Signore"
      02:20
    • 3. "Do I detect a scent?"
      06:24
    • 4. "Careful search now leads me to them"
      07:48
    • 5. "This way for the players, Signori!"
      04:26
    • 6. "Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso"
      04:11
    • 7. "One moment, if you please"
      02:01
    • 8. "In these last years"
      02:56
    • 9. "So it is true"
      04:22
    • 10. "Receive the stranger god"
      03:46
    • 11. "Do what you will with me!"
      02:00
    • 12. "Yes! a very wise decision"
      02:23
    • 13. "Hurrah for the Piazza"
      02:54
    • 14. "Chaos, chaos and sickness"
      04:24
    • 15. "The wind still blows from the land"
      04:17
    • 16. "Ah, no!"
      05:07