Soloists, Almeida Ensemble, Robert Houlihan - Gerald Barry: The Intelligence Park

Gerald Barry: The Intelligence Park

Soloists, Almeida Ensemble, Robert Houlihan

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Soloists, Almeida Ensemble, Robert Houlihan - Gerald Barry: The Intelligence Park

The Intelligence Park, recorded in the 1990 Almeida Opera production and setting Vincent Deane's libretto of 18th-century Dublin, explores the relationship between an opera composer and the increasingly independent life of the characters he has created.

Reviews

"It seems an even better piece now than it did 15 years ago: one moment grotesquely funny; the next touchingly beautiful. There is real pathos in some of the characters too, while an air of absurdity is ever-present."
The Guardian, 2005

Tracklisting

CD Double Album (NMC D122)
  1. Jeremy Budd, treble/ Richard Jackson, bass baritone/ Paul Harrhy, tenor/ Almeida Ensemble/ Robert Houlihan, conductor - Act 1 sc i. Treble: Fathers beget
  2. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc i. Paradies: I cannot work, D'Esperaudieu
  3. Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Interlude: The Banquet of Dummies
  4. Stephen Richardson, bass/ Jackson/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc ii. Cramer: To greater and to richer heights
  5. Angela Tunstall, soprano/ Richardson/ Jackson/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc ii. Cramer: But ye must forgive me, sirs
  6. Tunstall/ Richardson/ Jackson/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc ii: Cramer: Play for us, Paradies
  7. Buddug Verona James, contralto/ Tunstall/ Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc ii. Jerusha: The smiling Dawn
  8. Buddug Verona James/ Jackson/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc ii. Faranesi: I would have you know, sirs
  9. Nicholas Clapton, countertenor/ Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc ii. Serafino: L'onda dal mar divisa
  10. Chorus/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Interlude. Chorus: To board! To board!
  11. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc iii. D'Esperaudieu: And i said, Madam
  12. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc iii. D'speraudieu: All through the evening
  13. Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Interlude. Cramer: Mourn! Mourn! Day is with Darkness fled.
  14. Clapton/ James/ Jackson/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 1 sc iv. Paradies: Begin: Daub's Bower
  15. Clapton/ Tunstall/ James/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc i. Serafino, Jerusha: Gatto cieco
  16. Tunstall/ James/ Clapton/ Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc i. Jerusha, Faranesi: Fina...sera...rosa…
  17. Tunstall/ James/ Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc i. Jerusha: L'onda dal mar divisa
  18. Tunstall/ James/ Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc i. Cramer: The tawny Nassau sun
  19. Clapton/ James/ Jackson / Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc ii. Paradies: Daub. Daub.
  20. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc iii. D'Esperaudieu: The boy abandons me
  21. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Interlude: D'Esperaudieu: Truly Dublin, you begin to bore me
  22. Harrhy/ James/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc iv: D'Esperaudieu: White bird featherless
  23. Jackson / James/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc v. Paradies: But this is foolishness!
  24. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc v. D'Esperaudieu: Such passion! My! my! my!
  25. Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc v. Cramer: Sweet loving Jesus!
  26. Jackson / James/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc v. Paradies: My father's will annulled
  27. Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc v. Cramer: Burst Heavens asunder
  28. Clapton/ Tunstall/ Jackson/ Richardson/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act II sc v. Daub: Gia vicino è il momento
  29. Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3: Prelude - Paradies' room
  30. Jackson / Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 Station I. D'Esperaudieu: Nature inanimate
  31. Clapton/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 Station II. Serafino: Piu non sembra
  32. Richardson/ Chorus/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 Station III. Chorus: Bz! Bzz! Bzzz! Bzzzz!
  33. Clapton/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 Station IV. Serafino: Non sembra ardito e fiero
  34. Tunstall / Clapton/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc i. Jerusha: Dublin Packet Bari cruel finesse
  35. Jackson / Harrhy/ Chorus/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc ii. Paradies: Returned!
  36. James/ Jackson/ Richardson/ Chorus/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc iii. Chorus: Deal. Deal. Deal. Deal.
  37. Richardson/ Harrhy/ Chorus/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc iii. Chorus: Pallid the Sun
  38. Richardson/ Harrhy/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc iii. Cramer: The devil take your damned medicines!
  39. Chorus/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Interlude. Chorus: Mourn! Mourn!
  40. Nicholas Clapton, countertenor/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc iv. Serafino: L'onda dal mar
  41. Clapton/ Angela Tunstall/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc iv. Serafino: Conservami il tuo amore
  42. Jackson/ Clapton/ Tunstall/ Almeida Ensemble/ Houlihan - Act 3 sc v. Paradies: Calma del cor