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Merlin

Libretto: Francis Money-Coutts
José de Eusebio, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro de Radio Nacional de España, Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, Carlos Álvarez (Baritone), Ana Maria Martinez (Soprano), Carlos Chausson (Bass), Jane Henschel (Soprano), Javier Roldán (Bass), Ángel Rodríguez (Tenor), Christopher Maltman (Baritone), José Ferrero (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Javier Franco (Baritone), Felipe Bou (Bass), Amaro González de Mesa (Countertenor), José Antonio Maza López (Countertenor), Luis Badosa (Countertenor), Luis Vincent (Countertenor), José Manuel Pastor (Countertenor), Tu Shi Chiao (Countertenor), José Manuel Abeleira (Countertenor), David Azura (Countertenor)
℗ 2000
52 Tracks, 2:16:08
    • Orchestral Prelude
      06:47

  • Act I

    • 1. Veni, Redemptor gentium
      01:51
    • 2. Hail, mystic morn
      02:52
    • 3. Merlin, master!
      04:48
    • 4. Interlude - Andante religioso
      02:36
    • 5. Egressus ejus a Patre
      00:24
    • 6. My lords and gentlemen at arms!
      00:55
    • 7. We have heard a rumoured word
      00:33
    • 8. Long I prayed
      01:57
    • 9. We have heard a rumoured word
      00:17
    • 10. Lo! "Excalibur" inlaid
      00:42
    • 11. Who the sceptre hopes to sway
      00:21
    • 12. Fools and simple priest
      01:07
    • 13. Gawain, my son!
      01:42
    • 14. Now shall I lightly take it
      02:35
    • 15. None is here whose hand alone destin'd is
      01:22
    • 16. Pray, Sir Pellinore, take guard!
      00:34
    • 17. Gentle knights, the lists await ye!
      00:44
    • Orchestral Interlude
      01:15
    • 18. Why loiter on the Journey
      02:49
    • 19. Oh fate uncouth!
      03:32
    • 20. Aequalis aeterno Patri
      02:41
    • 21. By the Gospels we swear
      03:00
    • 22. Fools! By Merlin mastered!
      02:58

  • Act II

    • 1. Wounded with Ravage
      04:48
    • Orchestral Interlude
      02:23
    • 2. God love King Arthur and save the State
      01:14
    • 3. Lead them hither, to learn their fate
      03:10
    • 4. Death to the Sorceress!
      01:15
    • 5. Peace, Peace
      04:59
    • 6. This I vow for Jesu's sake!
      01:40
    • 7. Bastard and lowly born Boy!
      03:58
    • 8. Hear me oh Lady and save!
      01:23
    • 9. Hark, hark! Did he call?
      07:52
    • 10. Hark! He's calling
      03:50

  • Act III

    • Orchestral Prelude
      04:03
    • 1. In Maytime, merry Maytime
      07:31
    • 2. In Maytime, in Maytime... Oh! not with summer madness
      04:46
    • 3. I would my love or learning your love, my liege
      04:24
    • 4. Herein to serve him duly were but a foolish thing
      03:32
    • Orchestral Interlude
      02:39
    • 5. Hither, ye covetous elves!
      01:50
    • 6. Tric a ta trac
      00:54
    • 7. Ah!
      04:00
    • 8. Where flowers of the marigold and daisy
      02:02
    • 9. Herodias' daughter dancing
      03:20
    • 10. See! it becomes in your hand nothing
      01:33
    • 11. Sun-hearted child of the East
      02:59
    • 12. First I must pillage the hive
      01:30
    • 13. Borne on the wings of the summering swallows!
      03:02
    • 14. Free, free, free!
      01:36
    • 15. Sucklings and Babes are chosen
      01:33