【代購】哈維格.布萊恩: 獨幕歌劇(阿伽門農) / 第6(悲劇),第12號交響曲 / 馬汀．布拉賓斯 指揮 / 英國國家歌劇院管弦樂團

作曲家: Havergal Brian
指揮家: Martyn Brabbins
樂團:  English National Opera Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins has long championed the music of Havergal Brian, and this new release-no fewer than two symphonies and an opera complete on a single album-further demonstrates a real commitment to, and profound understanding of, this most original of twentieth-century symphonic voices.

曲目:

Symphony No 6 'Sinfonia tragica' [18'58]
1. Allegro ma non troppo [3'00] 
2. Lento [3'15]
3. Lento solenne [6'50]
4. Lontano – Allegro vivace [5'53]

Symphony No 12 [9'42]
5. Adagio [3'11]
6. A tempo marcia lento [2'33]
7. Adagio espressivo [1'46]
8. Allegro vivo [2'12]
Agamemnon [38'17]
A Tragedy in One Act, after Aeschylus
with ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS
Clytemnestra ELEANOR DENNIS soprano
Cassandra STEPHANIE WAKE-EDWARDS mezzo-soprano
Agamemnon JOHN FINDON tenor
Watchman ROBERT MURRAY tenor
Herald/Old Man CLIVE BAYLEY bass

9. I pray the gods a respite from these toils [4'10]
10. Look! Look! What is it? [1'06] 
11. Soon shall we know [0'47]
12. Hail, Argive land! [3'16]
13.What a dreadful tale! [2'06]
14. First, Argos, hail! [4'48]
15. Men! Citizens! [6'47]
16. Whence these shapes of fear that haunt me? [1'25]
17. Come thou, too, in [2'39]
18. Ha! The house of the Atridae! [3'48]
19. O I am struck! Struck with a mortal blow! [4'38]
20. Time shall come, avenging Time [2'47]