Product Information
Title:
The Prison
Artist:
Ethel Smyth
Sarah Brailey
Dashon Burton
Experiential Orchestra
Experiential Chorus
James Blachly
Format:
Multichannel Album
Country:
Multichannel Album
Tracklist:
PART I. Close on Freedom
1. The Prisoner communes with his Soul: 'I awoke in the middle of the night'. Andante - Più sostenuto - Più animato - Tempo I - Più animato - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco sostenuto - Adagio - Sostenuto - Più animato - Sostenuto - Adagio - (7:10)
2. Voices sing of immortality: 'We are full of immortality'. Moderato - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Sostenuto - Tempo I - (4:29)
3. The Prisoner asks the secret of emnacipation: 'I was alone with the sorrow'. Sostenuto - Più animato - Poco sostenuto - Tempo I - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Più mosso - (2:27)
4. His Soul (echoed by Voices) replies: 'There is no secret'. Moderato - Andante tranquillo (not too slow) - Poco sostenuto - Tempo I - (3:26)
5. He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?): 'Will it return to me with the same face'. Quasi adagio - Più sostenuto - Allegro - Adagio - Molto largo - (1:36)
6. The Voices reply: 'Others are elsewhere, under other names'. Allegro misteriosa - Poco più tranquillo - Tempo I - Sostenuto - Mno mossa - (3:38)
7. Orchestral interlude: The first glimmer of Dawn. Andante - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Tempo I - Allegro - (3:12)
8. The Prisoner understands his own immortality: 'In the faint grey morning I hear'. Andante con moto - Poco men mosso - Sostenuto - (He sleeps.) (5:06)
Part II. The Deliverance
9. Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes). Andante - (3:59)
10. His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand. 'The struggle is over; the time has come'. Moderato - Più largo - Poco meno mosso - Adagio - (2:51)
11. He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart. 'I hear them overhead moving to depart'. Adagio no troppo (2:13)
12. Pastorale: Sunset calm. A tempo - Allegro energica - Moderato (2:45)
13. He disbands his ego. 'I disband myself'. Moderato con fuoco - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Sostenuto - (3:06)
14. Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions. 'The laugher we have laughed'. Moderato - (2:01)
15. Death calls him (The Last Post); glorying, he obeys the summons. 'For years you have been conning your lesson'. Andante - Adagio - Meno adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro non troppo (ma con fuoco) - Quasi adagio - Poco più mosso- Allegro - (5:13)
16. His farewell; his triumph, his peace. 'This is no leavetaking'. L'istesso movimento - Poco animato - Adagio - Andante - Allegro - Poco sostenuto - Andante - Allegretto no troppo - Poco meno mosso - Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - Moderato - Più tranquillo - PiÚ tento - Largo - Bugle Call - A tempo (sempre tranquillando)
1. The Prisoner communes with his Soul: 'I awoke in the middle of the night'. Andante - Più sostenuto - Più animato - Tempo I - Più animato - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco sostenuto - Adagio - Sostenuto - Più animato - Sostenuto - Adagio - (7:10)
2. Voices sing of immortality: 'We are full of immortality'. Moderato - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Sostenuto - Tempo I - (4:29)
3. The Prisoner asks the secret of emnacipation: 'I was alone with the sorrow'. Sostenuto - Più animato - Poco sostenuto - Tempo I - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Più mosso - (2:27)
4. His Soul (echoed by Voices) replies: 'There is no secret'. Moderato - Andante tranquillo (not too slow) - Poco sostenuto - Tempo I - (3:26)
5. He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?): 'Will it return to me with the same face'. Quasi adagio - Più sostenuto - Allegro - Adagio - Molto largo - (1:36)
6. The Voices reply: 'Others are elsewhere, under other names'. Allegro misteriosa - Poco più tranquillo - Tempo I - Sostenuto - Mno mossa - (3:38)
7. Orchestral interlude: The first glimmer of Dawn. Andante - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Tempo I - Allegro - (3:12)
8. The Prisoner understands his own immortality: 'In the faint grey morning I hear'. Andante con moto - Poco men mosso - Sostenuto - (He sleeps.) (5:06)
Part II. The Deliverance
9. Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes). Andante - (3:59)
10. His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand. 'The struggle is over; the time has come'. Moderato - Più largo - Poco meno mosso - Adagio - (2:51)
11. He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart. 'I hear them overhead moving to depart'. Adagio no troppo (2:13)
12. Pastorale: Sunset calm. A tempo - Allegro energica - Moderato (2:45)
13. He disbands his ego. 'I disband myself'. Moderato con fuoco - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Sostenuto - (3:06)
14. Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions. 'The laugher we have laughed'. Moderato - (2:01)
15. Death calls him (The Last Post); glorying, he obeys the summons. 'For years you have been conning your lesson'. Andante - Adagio - Meno adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro non troppo (ma con fuoco) - Quasi adagio - Poco più mosso- Allegro - (5:13)
16. His farewell; his triumph, his peace. 'This is no leavetaking'. L'istesso movimento - Poco animato - Adagio - Andante - Allegro - Poco sostenuto - Andante - Allegretto no troppo - Poco meno mosso - Allegretto - Poco meno mosso - Moderato - Più tranquillo - PiÚ tento - Largo - Bugle Call - A tempo (sempre tranquillando)
Genres:
Classical
Year:
2020
Discs:
1
Label:
Chandos
SKU:
0095115527924
