Opera - Troilus and Cressida

Select Complete Single Disc for

WILLIAM WALTON

Troilus and Cressida, (original version)

133:04

ACT ONE - The Citadel of troy, before the Temple of Pallas

1

Calkas, Priests & Priestesses, Worshippers : Virgin of Troas

6:37

2

Troilus: Back to your hovels . . .

2:27

3

Troilus: Is Cressida a slave . . .

5:01

4

Cressida: Morning and evening I have felt your glance . . .

6:17

5

Pandarus: Forgive me . . .

3:47

6

Troilus: I haunt her beauty like a naked soul . . .

2:00

7

Cressida: My father! Evadne, follow him!

3:11

8

Cressida: Slowly it all comes back

3:46

9

Pandarus: Why niece! . . . in tears?

1:59

10

Cressida: Sweet sir, there's something . . .

2:27

11

Pandarus: Dear child, you need a little comfort

3:29

ACT TWO - Scene One - Evening of the following day. A room at the upper floor of Pandarus' house.

12

Pandarus: Does talking put you off?

6:14

13

Cressida: How can I sleep?

2:13

14

Cressida: At the haunted end of the day

2:58

15

Pandarus: Hush! Don't be so alarmed!

4:06

16

Troilus: If one last doubt, one lurking fear remains . . .

4:28

17

Cressida: New life, new love!

4:22

18

Cressida: Now hold me close . . .

1:31

Scene Two

19

The Storm

3:01

ACT TWO - Scene Two continued - Next morning

20

Cressida: From isle to isle . . .

3:07

21

Pandarus: Who would go drumming . . .

2:16

22

Diomede: My name is Diomede . . .

5:17

23

Troilus: This thing shall be revok'd . . .

5:45

ACT THREE - The Greek encampment. Early evening. Ten weeks later.

46:27

24

Watchman: All's well!

7:26

25

Cressida: Troilus! No answering sign . . .

5:43

26

Calkas: Cressid, daughter . . .

2:25

27

Cressida: You gods, o deathless gods . . .

2:05

28

Diomede: Proud, wondrous Cressida

3:30

29

Cressida: Take it, take it

2:53

30

Troilus and Pandarus: Evadne!

2:32

31

Cressida: Troilus!

3:29

32

Troilus: What is this sudden alarm?

4:44

33

Sextet: Diomede, Troilus, Cressida, Pandarus, Calkas and Evadne

3:15

34

Calkas: She has brought shame upon her father!

3:33

35

Cressida: Diomede! . . . Father! . . .

4:51

Alan Opie baritone

Arthur Davies tenor

Brian Cookson tenor

Bruce Budd bass

Clive Bayley bass

David Owen-Lewis bass

James Thornton baritone

Judith Howarth soprano

Keith Mills tenor

Nigel Robson tenor

Stephen Dowson bass

Yvonne Howard mezzo-soprano

Richard Hickox

19-25 January 1995

"...Richard Hickox draws magnetic performances from chorus and orchestra alike ... As for the recorded sound the bloom of the Leeds Town hall acoustics allows the fullest detail from the orchestra, enhancing the Mediterranean warmth of the score, helped by a wide dynamic range. The many atmospheric effects, often offstage, are clearly and precisely focused, and the placing of the voices on the stereo stage is also unusually precise."

The Penguin Guide - 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings 2011-12

No User Reviews Found.