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Lennox Berkeley: Nelson - Opera in three acts / Howarth, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
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Lennox Berkeley: Nelson - Opera in three acts / Howarth, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers

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Details

Composer
BERKELEY, LENNOX
Artist
Johnston, Harrhy, Howarth
Format
CD
Label
Lyrita
Released
Jun 04, 2021
Catalog #
SRCD2392
UPC
5020926239228

About

The opera centres on the love affair of Horatio Nelson, and Emma, Lady Hamilton. Completed in 1951, it was first performed in full in 1954. The British Embassy in Naples is the scene of a birthday party for Nelson, arranged to celebrate his victory at the Nile. He appears with ‘the sadness of the world upon his lips’ and while the other guests are dancing, Nelson, with Emma Hamilton, the Ambassador’s wife, beside him, hears a servant foretell his future unhappiness. This releases the passionate feelings of the couple for each other and the conflict in their lives.

Tracklist 29 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I: Introduction: Mario! Sebastiano! Annibale! (Mrs. C.) 07:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: Introduction: Mario! Sebastiano! Annibale! (Mrs. C.)
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Elizabeth Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  3. 2 Act I: Mercy, child, a carriage and pair (Mrs. C.) 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Mercy, child, a carriage and pair (Mrs. C.)
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Elizabeth Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  4. 3 Act I: Victory O happy day (Chorus) 05:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Victory O happy day (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  5. 4 Act I: Oh! With what wonder (Nelson) 03:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Oh! With what wonder (Nelson)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  6. 5 Act I: A strange little hero (Chorus) 02:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: A strange little hero (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  7. 6 Act I: The wine waits (Sir W.) 05:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: The wine waits (Sir W.)
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Brian Rayner Cook
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  8. 7 Act I: Very well, very well (M. Serafina) 03:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Very well, very well (M. Serafina)
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Mary Thomas
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  9. 8 Act I: Choose between life and death (Emma) 06:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: Choose between life and death (Emma)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Eiddwen Harrhy
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  10. 9 Act I: You do well, my Lord (Sir W.) 01:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: You do well, my Lord (Sir W.)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Brian Rayner Cook
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  11. 10 Act I: That is a man's music (Nelson) 03:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I: That is a man's music (Nelson)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  12. 11 Act II Scene 1: Introduction: Another day (Lady N.) 08:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Introduction: Another day (Lady N.)
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Margaret Kingsley
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  13. 12 Act II Scene 1: Welcome Ma'am (Nelson) 01:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Welcome Ma'am (Nelson)
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  14. 13 Act II Scene 1: Indelicate presumption! (Emma) 03:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Indelicate presumption! (Emma)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Eiddwen Harrhy
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  15. 14 Act II Scene 1: Nelson, why are you silent? (Lady N.) 04:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Nelson, why are you silent? (Lady N.)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Margaret Kingsley
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  16. 15 Act II Scene 1: Lord Nelson! Emma! (Mrs C.) 04:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Lord Nelson! Emma! (Mrs C.)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Elizabeth Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 Act II Scene 2: Tell me Hardy, you knew Lord Nelson (Minto) 04:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Tell me Hardy, you knew Lord Nelson (Minto)
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Eric Shilling
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  19. 2 Act II Scene 2: You look very sombre, gentlemen (Nelson) 02:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: You look very sombre, gentlemen (Nelson)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  20. 3 Act II Scene 2: Leave me to reflect (Nelson) 09:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Leave me to reflect (Nelson)
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  21. 4 Act II Scene 2: Lord Nelson a messenger! (Mrs C.) 05:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Lord Nelson a messenger! (Mrs C.)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Elizabeth Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  22. 5 Act III Scene 1: Introduction: Today the great ship sails (Chorus) 06:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Introduction: Today the great ship sails (Chorus)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  23. 6 Act III Scene 1: I had their huzzaz before (Nelson) 02:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: I had their huzzaz before (Nelson)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  24. 7 Act III Scene 1: Are we safe hidden? (Emma) 05:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Are we safe hidden? (Emma)
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Eiddwen Harrhy
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  25. 8 Act III Scene 1: Now we pass into the future (Nelson) 01:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Now we pass into the future (Nelson)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    David Johnston
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  26. 9 Act III Scene 1: Orchestral Interlude 03:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Orchestral Interlude
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  27. 10 Act III Scene 2: Out of it all, down below hatches (Sailor) 03:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Out of it all, down below hatches (Sailor)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Harry Nicoll, Stephen Varcoe, Anthony Smith
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  28. 11 Act III Scene 2: Make way there! (Sailors, Chorus) 10:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Make way there! (Sailors, Chorus)
    Duration
    10:16
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Harry Nicoll, Stephen Varcoe, Anthony Smith
    Ensemble
    BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  29. 12 Act III Scene 2: Orchestral Interlude 02:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Orchestral Interlude
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  30. 13 Act III Scene 3: And so Ma'am, he died (Hardy) 03:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: And so Ma'am, he died (Hardy)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Richard Angas
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth
  31. 14 Act III Scene 3: Look, it is growing dark (Emma) 03:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: Look, it is growing dark (Emma)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Eiddwen Harrhy
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Elgar Howarth