TRADITIONAL

Balinese Ceremonial Music*

7:00

Transcribed for two pianos by Colin McPhee

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1

Pemoengkah

2:42

2

2

Gambangan

1:38

3

3

Taboeh teloe

2:40

COLIN MCPHEE (1900-1964)

Tabuh-Tabuhan

19:08

Toccata for Orchestra and Two Pianos

Elizabeth Burley - John Alley pianos

4

1

Ostinatos. Animato - Subito molto energico -

7:03

5

2

Nocturne. Tranquillo - Molto fluido - Poco più lento -

6:14

6

3

Finale. Quieto e misterioso - Agitato - Più tranquillo -

5:42

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Suite from the Ballet 'The Prince of the Pagodas', Op. 57

51:14

Arranged by Donald Mitchell and Mervyn Cooke

Michael Davis violin

7

Quick - Slow -

2:24

Part Two. The Four Kings

8

Variation of the King of the North. Quick and heavy -

1:27

9

Variation of the King of the East. Slow and languorous -

2:40

10

Variation of the King of the West. Moderately quick -

1:06

11

Variation of the King of the South. Quick and heavy - Energetic -

1:51

Part Three. The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land

12

Belle Rose is borne in by Frogs. As at the beginning -

0:42

13

Pas de deux: Male and Female Flames. Majestic -

1:29

14

Coda. Male and Female Flames and Corps de ballet of Flames. Very quick and impetuous -

3:17

Part Four. The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas

15

Very free - Slow - Quick - Slower -

9:46

16

Pas de deux: The Prince and Belle Rose. Gently moving - Very quick -

7:25

Part Five. The Pagoda Palace: Darkness to Light

17

Slow - Same tempo -

4:40

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Pas de six: Entrée. Quick and energetic -

2:06

19

Pas de deux: Broadly -

3:31

20

Pas de trois: Flowing -

1:51

Part Six. Finale

21

Very quick - Waltz time -

2:10

22

Boys of the Pas de six -

0:34

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The Emperor and the Fool -

0:47

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Girls of the Pas de six -

0:54

25

The Prince of the Pagodas -

0:20

26

Belle Rose -

0:22

27

Apotheosis. Quick - Broadly - Quick

1:44

Also available as SACD CHSA 5017

Benjamin Britten piano*

Colin McPhee piano*

Leonard Slatkin