BBC NOW/ Nash Ensemble/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - Rupert Bawden: The Sailor's Tale

Rupert Bawden: The Sailor's Tale

BBC NOW/ Nash Ensemble/ Rupert Bawden, conductor

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BBC NOW/ Nash Ensemble/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - Rupert Bawden: The Sailor's Tale

This introduction to the music of Rupert Bawden features his chamber opera The Sailor's Tale - a counterpart to Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale and written for the same forces - setting Kevin Crossley-Holland's libretto on the life and loves of Horatio Nelson. Also on the disc are the panoramic Two Studies for Orchestra, based on the Tristan legend, and the energetic ensemble work The Donkey Dances.

Reviews

"A well produced CD and a good introduction to an appealing, quirky composer."
Musical Pointers, 2004

Tracklisting

CD Album (NMC D093)
  1. BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - Two Studies: Prelude
  2. BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - Two Studies: The Flour on the Floor
  3. Nash Ensemble/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - The Donkey Dances: I
  4. Nash Ensemble/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - The Donkey Dances: II Adagio
  5. Nash Ensemble/ Rupert Bawden, conductor - The Donkey Dances: III Grand Valse
  6. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Prologue, 1805 - On deck
  7. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 1 - On deck
  8. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Flora McIntosh, mezzo/ Andrew Heggie, baritone/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 2 - 1793, Norfolk
  9. Flora McIntosh, mezzo/ Andrew Heggie, baritone/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 3 - 1793, in the Rectory
  10. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 4 - 1797, in a small boat
  11. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 5 - 1805, Nelson's cabin
  12. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Flora McIntosh, mezzo/ Andrew Heggie, baritone/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 6 - 1798, the Ballroom, Palazzo Sessa, Naples
  13. Hannah Pigney, Ashley Welch, Hannah Wood (Sea Lords)/ Andrew Heggie, baritone/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 7 - At the Admiralty
  14. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Flora McIntosh, mezzo/ Andrew Heggie, baritone/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 8 - Rectory/ Palazzo Sessa
  15. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Flora McIntosh, mezzo/ Andrew Heggie, baritone/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 9 - 1800, the Esterhazy Estate
  16. Alexander Grove, tenor/ Creakes Sinfonia/ Gary Cheung, conductor - The Sailor's Tale: Scene 10 - 1805, on the deck
  17. Children of Alderman Peel High School, Norfolk/ Gary Cheung, conductor - Beasts of the Sea