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Benjamin Britten

The Rescue of Penelope

Kent Nagano (conductor) · Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) · Alison Hagley (soprano) · John Mark Ainsley (tenor) · Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo soprano) · William Dazeley (baritone) · Hallé (orchestra)

Modern16 Mvts. · 36 min 13 s

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Movements

  1. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Eight years have passed"Preview unavailable
  2. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Yet not all reached their homes"Preview unavailable
  3. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Worse still, the island"Preview unavailable
  4. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Children have died of want"Preview unavailable
  5. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Yet some trust in an end"Preview unavailable
  6. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Your prayer is answered, Penelope"Preview unavailable
  7. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Long suffering Odysseus"Preview unavailable
  8. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 1 "Listen. The voices of the gods"Preview unavailable
  9. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "I, Athene, rise to the edge of night"Preview unavailable
  10. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "When I see the sorrow of mortal Odysseus"Preview unavailable
  11. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "How loud the spring sounds all of a sudden"Preview unavailable
  12. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "Bold. Telemachus, watch the shadow on the wall"Preview unavailable
  13. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "There it is before you"Preview unavailable
  14. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "Listen, Lords of Ithaca"Preview unavailable
  15. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "Telemachus, be swift!"Preview unavailable
  16. Britten: The Rescue of Penelope: Part 2 "Now there is silence"Preview unavailable

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Credits

Album
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope & Phaedra (Elatus -)
Label
Warner Classics International
Recording year
1996

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