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Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
Naxos

Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

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Composer
ALDRIDGE, ROBERT
Artist
Boggs, Phares, Risley, Rideout, Kel
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jul 26, 2011
Catalog #
8669032-33
UPC
730099903271

About

Set just before World War I, Sinclair Lewis’s incendiary novel Elmer Gantry tells a story of old-time religion, illicit romance and revenge. Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s operatic adaptation is a ‘marvelous amalgam of toe-tapping accessibility’ (Opera News) full of hymns, gospel songs, marches and dance, evoking the period in a score which echoes Gershwin and Copland. This all-American production combines a first-rate cast of singers and a world-class orchestra for an intoxicating experience.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I Scene 1: So she… (Elmer, Men's Chorus, Frank, Bully) 05:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: So she… (Elmer, Men's Chorus, Frank, Bully)
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Keith Phares, Vale Rideout, Aaron Blankfield
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  3. 2 Act I Scene 2: Who's the man among us has not battled for the Lord? (Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer, Frank, Eddie, Lulu) 15:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Who's the man among us has not battled for the Lord? (Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer, Frank, Eddie, Lulu)
    Duration
    15:07
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Matthew Lau, Keith Phares, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  4. 3 Act I Scene 3: When you hear the truth do you know it? (Elmer, Frank, Lulu) 10:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: When you hear the truth do you know it? (Elmer, Frank, Lulu)
    Duration
    10:44
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Keith Phares, Vale Rideout, Heather Buck
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  5. 4 Act I Scene 4: Vessels of service, great and small (Chorus, Ice Cream Vendor, Revival Worker, Revival Singer, Child, Sharon, Elmer, Keely Family Singers, Lulu, Frank) 23:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 4: Vessels of service, great and small (Chorus, Ice Cream Vendor, Revival Worker, Revival Singer, Child, Sharon, Elmer, Keely Family Singers, Lulu, Frank)
    Duration
    23:02
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Matthew Richardson, Scott Johnson, William Johnson, Katie Koester, Patricia Risley, Keith Phares, Sarah Lewis Jones, Linda S. Ehlers, Nathan Krueger, Paul Helm, Heather Buck, Vale Rideout
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  6. 5 Act I Scene 5: And God said, "Build me a tabernacle!" (Sharon, T.J. Rigg, Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer) 07:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: And God said, "Build me a tabernacle!" (Sharon, T.J. Rigg, Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer)
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Patricia Risley, Jamie Offenbach, Matthew Lau, Keith Phares
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  7. 6 Act I Scene 6: Sweetheart? Eddie? What are you doing? (Lulu, Eddie) 08:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 6: Sweetheart? Eddie? What are you doing? (Lulu, Eddie)
    Duration
    08:07
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Heather Buck, Frank Kelley
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 Act II: Introduction 00:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Introduction
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  10. 2 Act II Scene 1: Knock, knock. Here I am with the goods. (Elmer, Sharon) 14:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Knock, knock. Here I am with the goods. (Elmer, Sharon)
    Duration
    14:36
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Keith Phares, Patricia Risley
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  11. 3 Act II Scene 2: Left, left; left, right, left. (Tour Guide, Women's Chorus, Elmer, Sharon, Frank, T.J. Rigg, Eddie, Lulu, Rev. Baines, Mrs. Baines) 09:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Left, left; left, right, left. (Tour Guide, Women's Chorus, Elmer, Sharon, Frank, T.J. Rigg, Eddie, Lulu, Rev. Baines, Mrs. Baines)
    Duration
    09:44
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Margaret Wendt, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Jamie Offenbach, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Matthew Lau, Julia Elise Hardin
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  12. 4 Act II Scene 3: Is belief a gift? (Frank) 07:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Is belief a gift? (Frank)
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Vale Rideout
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  13. 5 Act II Scene 4: …600 lightbulbs delivered tomorrow… (Elmer, Lulu, Eddie) 07:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: …600 lightbulbs delivered tomorrow… (Elmer, Lulu, Eddie)
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Keith Phares, Heather Buck, Frank Kelley
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  14. 6 Act II Scene 5: Dear God, look into my heart (Sharon, Elmer) 05:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Dear God, look into my heart (Sharon, Elmer)
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Patricia Risley, Keith Phares
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  15. 7 Act II Scene 6: Oh, Lordy (T.J. Rigg, Worker 1, Worker 2) 01:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II Scene 6: Oh, Lordy (T.J. Rigg, Worker 1, Worker 2)
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Jamie Offenbach, Aaron Blankfield, Scott Johnson
    Ensemble
    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  16. 8 Act II Scene 7: Oh! that my nightly watch would cease to be (Chorus, Revival Singer, Sharon, Elmer, Revival Worker, Eddie, Lulu, Mrs. Baines, Rev. Baines, T.J. Rigg) 19:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II Scene 7: Oh! that my nightly watch would cease to be (Chorus, Revival Singer, Sharon, Elmer, Revival Worker, Eddie, Lulu, Mrs. Baines, Rev. Baines, T.J. Rigg)
    Duration
    19:25
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    William Johnson, Patricia Risley, Keith Phares, Scott Johnson, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Julia Elise Hardin, Matthew Lau, Jamie Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs
  17. 9 Epilogue: Dr. Binch. Great pleasure (Elmer, Dr. Binch, Chorus) 06:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Epilogue: Dr. Binch. Great pleasure (Elmer, Dr. Binch, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Robert Livingston Aldridge
    Performer
    Keith Phares, Aaron Blankfield
    Ensemble
    Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boggs