Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sylvia McNair, Brian Asawa, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

41 SONGS • 2 STUNDEN UND 28 MINUTEN • JAN 01 1996

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 1 - "Over hill, over dale"

Carl Ferguson, David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, New London Children's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:51

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Oberon is passing fell and wrath"

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:18

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Well, go thy way"

Brian Asawa, Carl Ferguson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:39

4

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "How now my love?"

Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

04:26

5

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull"

Paul Whelan, Brian Asawa, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:40

6

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Welcome wanderer!"

Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

05:45

7

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Is all our company here?"

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

06:35

8

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood"

Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:21

9

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Through the forest have I gone"

Carl Ferguson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:38

10

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius"

Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Janice Watson, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

05:13

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "Come, now a roundel and a fairy song"

Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

02:12

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "You spotted snakes with double tongue"

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, New London Children's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

02:21

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 1 - "What thou seest when thou dost wake"

Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

02:23

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - Introduction: The wood

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:21

15

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "Are we all met?"

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

06:48

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "I see their knavery"

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:12

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "Be kind and courteous to this gentleman"

Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:34

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "Hail, mortal, hail!"

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Sylvia McNair, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

05:09

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "I have a reas'nable good ear in music"

Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

05:00

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "How now, mad spirit?"

Carl Ferguson, Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

02:49

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "Flower of this purple dye"

Carl Ferguson, Paul Whelan, Brian Asawa, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

06:29

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "Puppet? Why so?"

Ruby Philogene, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:27

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "This is thy negligence"

Carl Ferguson, Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:51

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "Up and down, up and down"

Carl Ferguson, Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

05:37

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 2 - "On the ground, sleep sound"

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:12

26

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "My gentle Robin, see'st thou this sweet sight?"

Carl Ferguson, Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

08:05

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"

Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

06:14

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "When my cue comes, call me"

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:38

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Have you sent to Bottom's house?"

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

04:50

30

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Now, fair Hippolyta"

Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Hilary Summers, Janice Watson, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

04:48

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "If we offend, it is with our good will"

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:25

32

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show"

Gwynne Howell, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:26

33

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "In this same interlude it doth befall"

Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:05

34

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "O grim-look'd night, O night with hue so black"

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:54

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans"

Ian Bostridge, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

02:27

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "You ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear"

Stephen Richardson, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

00:50

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "This lanthorn doth the horned moon present"

Neal Davies, Stephen Richardson, Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:58

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams"

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

01:51

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Asleep, my love?"

Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

02:29

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Come, your Bergomask"

Brian Bannatyne-Scott, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

03:05

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera in Three Acts, Op. 64 - Act 3 - "Now the hungry lion roars"

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Carl Ferguson, Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, New London Children's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

05:10

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