Tempest : Ades / Royal Opera House, Keenlyside, Bostridge, etc (2007 Stereo)(2CD)

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Classical

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6952342

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Emi

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Europe

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Thomas Ades: The Tempest - complete

Kate Royal
Ian Bostridge
Simon Keenlyside
Toby Spence, etc
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
Thomas Ades, conductor

Live Recording at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 03/2007

When Thomas Ades conducted his opera The Tempest at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2007, EMI Classics microphones were on hand to record this 'masterpiece of airy beauty and eerie power'. - Alex Ross, The New Yorker.

The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, commissioned Thomas Ades to compose a new opera in the late 1990s, following the success of Powder Her Face. The libretto by Meredith Oakes is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name. Rather than transfer Shakespeare's words directly, Oakes has reduced much of the text to its essence, and produced a compact libretto with the bulk of the text presented in the form of rhyming couplets. In the words of Alex Ross, 'Ades wisely assigned the libretto to Meredith Oakes, a seasoned playwright who had the guts to rewrite Shakespeare … Veterans of contemporary premieres will be relieved to find that for once a librettist and a composer have taken charge of a sacred text and made it their own. This libretto is designed to be sung.'

Track List

Disc 1

01． The Tempest, Act 1: Scene I: Hell Is Empty
02． The Tempest, Act 1, Scene II: Oh Father
03． The Tempest, Act 1, Scene II: Miranda - You Are My Care
04． The Tempest, Act 1, Scene II: What You Hvae Told Me
05． The Tempest, Act 1: Scene III: Fear. Fear To The Sinner
06． The Tempest, Act 1: Scene IV: Sorcerer Die
07． The Tempest, Act 1, Scene V: Sir? Have You Recovered Them?
08． The Tempest, Act 1, Scene V: Five Fathoms Deep
09． The Tempest, Act 1: Scene VI: As i Sat Weeping
10． The Tempest, Act 2, Scene I: Alive, Awake
11． The Tempest, Act 2, Scene I: I Had The Notion I Flew
12． The Tempest, Act 2, Scene II: A Monster!
13． The Tempest, Act 2, Scene II: Friends Don't Fear
14． The Tempest, Act 2, Scene II: We'll Find The Prince
15． The Tempest, Act 2: Scene III: They Won't Find Him
16． The Tempest, Act 2: Scene IV: What Was Before

Disc 2

01． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene I: (Orchestral)
02． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene I: This Way
03． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene II: Spirit Must I Right
04． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene II: Fool. You've Tired Us Out
05． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene II: Murder!
06． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene II: Help Us!
07． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene III: Father
08． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene III: Murder This Man
09． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene IV: Quietness
10． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene IV: How Good They Are
11． The Tempest, Act 3, Scene IV: How Things
12． The Tempest, Act 3: Scene V: Who Was Here

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投稿日：2009/08/21 (金)

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