This is the first commercially available recording of Tippett's first opera in over 50 years, recorded in a landmark performance conducted by Tippett enthusiast Edward Gardner. Performed at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, this performance was a thrilling start to Edward Gardner's tenure as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
27 (Neat and Ready to Rejoin) King Fisher (Bella) Post Scene: Sun Shines on a Midsumer Day (Chorus)
28 Act III
29 Evening and Night (Orchestra) Scene 1: Ohay! Ohay! (Chorus)
30 No! King Fisher Summons You... (King Fisher) Scene 2: Keep the Holster Close By You... (King Fisher)
31 Scene 3
32 Now, Bella, Call the Ancients (King Fisher)
33 Do You Accept My Challenge? (King Fisher) Scene 4: See, Where We Carry on Our Mighty Shoulder (Men)
34 Scene 5
35 I Needn't Tell Madame Sosostris (King Fisher)
36 Who Hopes to Conjure with the World of Dreams (Sosostris)
37 I Alone Alone Cannot Consult Myself (Sosostris)
38 You Who Consult Me (Sosostris)
39 I See a Meadow (Sosostris)
40 Scene 6
41 She Saw What Happens in the Soul (Chorus)
42 Pride Is Virtue in a Man of Power (The Ancients)
43 Scene 8
44 (For a Moment the Stage Is Quite Still) (Orchestra) King Fisher's Dead (A Man)
45 (After the She Ancient Returns Up Stage) (Orchestra) 4th Dance: Fire in Summer (Chorus)
46 Scene 9
47 Was It a Vision (Chorus)
48 O Summer Sun, (Chorus)
49 (The Moonlight Has Faded Out) (Orchestra)
This is the first commercially available recording of Tippett's first opera in over 50 years, recorded in a landmark performance conducted by Tippett enthusiast Edward Gardner. Performed at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, this performance was a thrilling start to Edward Gardner's tenure as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
