King Priam

King Priam

Tippett; London Sinfonietta, David Atherton

TypeAlbum
ReleasedOctober 1995
LabelChandos
Genre
Classical
Style
Contemporary Opera

Tracks

# Title Popular Duration
Disc 1
1 King Priam: Act I: Prelude 1:29
2 King Priam: Act I: Scene 1: Hecuba: »What is it, Nurse?« 3:43
3 King Priam: Act I: Scene 1: Priam: »Old man of Troy, you're welcome« 2:25
4 King Priam: Act I: Scene 1: Hecuba: »Than am I no longer mother to this child« 1:32
5 King Priam: Act I: Scene 1: Priam: »A father and a King« 1:54
6 King Priam: Act I: Scene 1: Priam: »The Queen is right« 1:17
7 King Priam: Act I: Scene 1: First Interlude - Nurse, Old Man: »Thus shall a story begin« 2:52
8 King Priam: Act I: Scene 2: 1st Huntsman: »The bull is away over there« 2:19
9 King Priam: Act I: Scene 2: Paris: »They have taken my bull« 1:58
10 King Priam: Act I: Scene 2: Hector: »Father, he's a shepherd boy« 1:48
11 King Priam: Act I: Scene 2: Priam: »So I'd hoped it might be« 5:03
12 King Priam: Act I: Scene 2: 2nd Interlude - Nurse: »Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade« 4:40
13 King Priam: Act I: Scene 3: Helen, Paris: »Ah, ah . . .« 5:15
14 King Priam: Act I: Scene 3: Hermes: »Divine go-between, that's who I am« 2:11
15 King Priam: Act I: Scene 3: Paris: »Lady Athene, if I honour you . . .« 0:52
16 King Priam: Act I: Scene 3: Paris: »Lady Hera, if I honour you . . .« 2:06
17 King Priam: Act I: Scene 3: Paris: »Aphrodite, if I honour you . . .« 2:16
18 King Priam: Act II: Scene 1: Hector: »So you've given up fighting!« 3:40
19 King Priam: Act II: Scene 1: Priam: »So Trojans honour Menelaus . . .« 1:23
20 King Priam: Act II: Scene 1: 1st Interlude - Old Man: »Hermes, with the winged feet come quick!« 1:33
21 King Priam: Act II: Scene 2: Achilles: »O rich-soiled land« 5:26
22 King Priam: Act II: Scene 2: Achilles: »Why are you weeping, Patroclus?« 4:56
23 King Priam: Act II: Scene 2: 2nd Interlude - Old Man: »O, O, what a threat to Troy« 1:34
24 King Priam: Act II: Scene 3: Hermes: »A hero in Achilles' armour . . .« 1:22
25 King Priam: Act II: Scene 3: Hector: »All Trojans, all fought bravely« 4:58
Disc 2
1 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: »Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire?« 4:52
2 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: Hecuba: »Daughter Andromache, you must go out . . .« 2:13
3 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: Andromache: »Did you hear?« 1:23
4 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: Helen: »Let her rave« 4:39
5 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: Hecuba: »O that my ears should hear impiety so gross!« 3:47
6 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: Andromache: »Now you shall go« 1:47
7 King Priam: Act III: Scene 1: 1st Interlude - Serving Women: »No, no, no. We have it from the runner« 1:39
8 King Priam: Act III: Scene 2: Priam: »What is happening?« 3:47
9 King Priam: Act III: Scene 2: Young Guard: »A crime« 4:06
10 King Priam: Act III: Scene 2: Nurse: »The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest« 5:26
11 King Priam: Act III: Scene 2: Second Interlude 3:03
12 King Priam: Act III: Scene 3: Achilles: »Priam! Here! What is this?« 1:49
13 King Priam: Act III: Scene 3: Priam: »I clasp your knees, Achilles« 1:14
14 King Priam: Act III: Scene 3: Achilles: »Old man, I am touched« 3:35
15 King Priam: Act III: Scene 3: Third Interlude 4:33
16 King Priam: Act III: Scene 4: Paris: »Where is my father, where is Priam?« 1:13
17 King Priam: Act III: Scene 4: Chorus: »Ah, ah! Ah, ah!« 2:33
18 King Priam: Act III: Scene 4: Chorus: »Ah, ha, ha, ha« 1:43
19 King Priam: Act III: Scene 4: Chorus: »Ah, ah!« 5:18
 44 tracks, 2 hr 7 min

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