SOMM Recordings
R. Strauss: Enoch Arden & Castle by the Sea - Works for Narrator & Piano / Kent, Khamis
$20.99
Details
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Artist
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
- Format
- CD
- Label
- SOMM Recordings
- Released
- May 20, 2022
- Catalog #
- SOMMCD 0651
- UPC
- 748871065123
About
SOMM Recordings announces a major addition to the Richard Strauss catalogue with new recordings of his settings of two era-defining melodramas: the epic poem Enoch Arden by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, England’s revered and longest-serving Poet Laureate, and German poet Ludwig Uhland’s atmospheric interrogation of a traveler returning from a mysterious mediaeval fortress, The Castle by the Sea. Making their SOMM Recordings debuts are actor Christopher Kent and pianist Gamal Khamis. Both works were composed for the distinguished German actor and director, Ernst von Possart. A powerful, potent and timeless tale of honor, love and sacrifice within a love triangle, Enoch Arden is one of Strauss’s most evocative and emotional scores. The Castle by the Sea – here in its first recording of Christopher Kent’s translation – is a miniature gothic masterpiece. Christopher Kent has appeared widely on stage (alongside Robert Lindsay and Timothy Spall), screen and radio. One of the UK’s best-known voice actors, he is also known for his extensive collaborations with leading musicians, and has been a regular recital partner of Gamal Khamis since 2016.Gamal Khamis is a multi-award-winning pianist with a flourishing international career hailed by The Times for his “formidable keyboard skills”. He made his Wigmore Hall debut aged 10, is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 3, and a member of Lipatti Piano Quartet. The booklet includes an authoritative introduction by Andrew Neill, with Christopher Kent and Gamal Khamis providing additional illuminating commentary.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Part I: Prelude - Long lines of cliff breaking 07:11
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part I: Prelude - Long lines of cliff breaking
- Duration
- 07:11
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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2 Part I: So these were wed 07:29
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I: So these were wed
- Duration
- 07:29
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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3 Part I: Allegro appasionato - She when the day that Enoch mention'd 08:13
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I: Allegro appasionato - She when the day that Enoch mention'd
- Duration
- 08:13
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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4 Part I: And so ten years, since Enoch left 08:53
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part I: And so ten years, since Enoch left
- Duration
- 08:53
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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5 Part I: When lo! her Enoch sitting on a height 03:51
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part I: When lo! her Enoch sitting on a height
- Duration
- 03:51
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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6 Part II: And where was Enoch? 07:28
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part II: And where was Enoch?
- Duration
- 07:28
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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7 Part II: Thus over Enoch's early silvering head 07:47
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part II: Thus over Enoch's early silvering head
- Duration
- 07:47
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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8 Part II: Now when the dead man come to life 09:08
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part II: Now when the dead man come to life
- Duration
- 09:08
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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9 Part II: Woman, disturb me not now at the last 04:41
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part II: Woman, disturb me not now at the last
- Duration
- 04:41
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis
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10 Das Schloss am Meere, TrV 191 (narrated in English as The Castle by the Sea) 05:04
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Das Schloss am Meere, TrV 191 (narrated in English as The Castle by the Sea)
- Duration
- 05:04
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Christopher Kent, Gamal Khamis