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Vanessa op. 32 (1958, rev. 1964)

Libretto: Gian Carlo Menotti
Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Christine Brewer (Soprano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzo Soprano), William Burden (Tenor), Neal Davies (Bass-baritone), Simon Birchall (Bass-baritone), Stephen Charlesworth (Bass)
2003 - 2003, London, Barbican Centre, London
37 Tracks, 2:02:11

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction
      01:27
    • 2. "Potage crème aux perles" (Erika, Nicholas, Vanessa)
      02:07
    • 3. "No, I cannot understand" (Vanessa, Erika)
      05:46
    • 4. "Must the winter come so soon?" (Erika)
      02:33
    • 5. "Listen! They are here" (Erika, Vanessa)
      01:40
    • 6. "Do not utter a word, Anatol" (Vanessa)
      04:56
    • 7. "Yes, I believe I shall love you" (Anatol, Vanessa)
      02:04
    • 8. "Who are you? Why did you come here?" (Erika, Anatol)
      06:06
    • 9. "And Then? - He made me drink too much wine" (Baroness, Erika)
      04:32
    • 10. "No, you are not as good a skater as your father was" (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Doctor)
      03:13
    • 11. "Under the willow tree" (Doctor, Anatol, Vanessa, Erika)
      02:52
    • 12. "Erika, I am so happy" (Vanessa, Erika)
      04:01
    • 13. "Did you hear her?" (Erika, Baroness)
      01:35
    • 14. "Help, help! Save me from their talk" (Anatol, Erika, Baroness)
      02:54
    • 15. "Outside this house the world has changed" (Anatol, Erika)
      03:12
    • 16. "Hurry now! Let us not keep the dear Pastor waiting" (Vanessa, Doctor, Erika, Anatol)
      02:19
    • 17. Orchestral Interlude – Hymn "In morning light let us rejoice" (Chorus, Erika)
      04:39

  • Act II

    • 1."The Count and the Countess d'Albany" (Footman, Nicholas, Doctor)
      03:19
    • 2. "I should never have been a doctor, Nicholas" (Doctor)
      03:34
    • 3. "Here you are" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      01:35
    • 4. "At last I've found you" (Anatol, Vanessa)
      01:39
    • 5. "Love has a bitter core, Vanessa" (Anatol, Vanessa)
      04:40
    • 6. "Nothing to worry about" (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol, Chorus, Nicholas, Erika, Baroness)
      06:32

  • Act III

    • 1. "Why did no one warn me?" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      05:05
    • 2. "Why must the greatest sorrows" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      02:26
    • 3. "There, look!" (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol)
      03:06
    • 4. "On the path to the lake" (Anatol, Vanessa, Doctor)
      03:00
    • 5. "Anatol, tell me the truth!" (Vanessa, Anatol, Doctor)
      02:40
    • 6. "Grandmother! - Yes, Erika" (Erika, Baroness)
      02:36
    • 7. Intermezzo
      04:41
    • 8. "By the time we arrive in Paris" (Anatol, Doctor, Vanessa)
      01:09
    • 9. "For every love there is a last farewell" (Doctor)
      02:23
    • 10. "And you, my friend" (Vanessa, Doctor, Erikal)
      02:50
    • 11. "Erika, before I leave, you must tell me" (Vanessa, Erika, Anatol)
      04:22
    • 12. "To leave, to break, to find, to keep" (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Baroness, Doctor)
      04:01
    • 13. "Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa" (Erika, Vanessa, Anatol, Doctor)
      02:56
    • 14. "No, I must never say that name again" (Erika, Nicholas)
      03:41