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Parry, London Mozart Players, Crouch End Festival Chorus, William Vann, Sarah Fox, Dame Sarah Connolly, David Butt Philip, Neal Davies
Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, Blest Pair Of Sirens
| Scenes From Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’ (1880) | |||
| Part I. Introduction | (34:35) | ||
| 1 | 1. Maestoso, Assai Lento – | 2:40 | |
| 2 | Prometheus: ‘Monarch Of Gods And Dæmons’. Maestoso, Ma Non Troppo Lento – Poco Più Moto – | 1:40 | |
| 3 | Prometheus: ‘Alas! Ah Me!’. Andante Con Moto – Più Moto – Tempo Giusto – Sostenuto – Stringendo – Allegro – | 2:51 | |
| 4 | Voice From The Mountains: ‘Thrice Three Hundred Thousand Years’. Adagio – | 2:00 | |
| 5 | Mercury: ‘Awful Sufferer!’. [ ] – Sostenuto – Più Moto – Molto Sostenuto – Più Lento – | 3:57 | |
| 6 | Chorus Of Furies: ‘Prometheus! Immortal Titan!’. Allegro – Con Moto – Più Moto | 4:06 | |
| 7 | 2. The Earth: ‘I Felt Thy Torture, Son’. Andante Con Moto – [ ] – Tempo I – Andante Molto Sostenuto – | 2:59 | |
| 8 | Chorus Of Spirits: ‘From Unremember’d Ages We’. A Tempo – | 4:19 | |
| 9 | Prometheus: ‘How Fair These Airborn Shapes!’. Più Moto, Ma Poco Più Sostenuto – Sostenuto – A Tempo Più Sostenuto – Largamente – Adagio – | 3:29 | |
| 10 | Voices Of Spirits: ‘Life Of Life!’. Andante Con Moto Moderato – | 2:53 | |
| 11 | Contralto: ‘Fair Are Others’. Meno Mosso – Sostenuto Ad Libitum | 3:37 | |
| Part II | (26:27) | ||
| 12 | Scene 1. 3. Allegro Moderato – Jupiter: ‘Ye Congregated Pow’rs Of Heav’n’. Slower – Poco Più Mosso – Poco Meno Mosso – Allegro [comodo] – | 4:16 | |
| 13 | Jupiter: ‘Awful Shape, What Art Thou?’. Maestoso – Demogorgon: ‘Eternity’. [ ] – | 2:27 | |
| 14 | Jupiter: ‘Oh, That Thou Wouldst Make Mine Enemy My Judge’. Allegro – Allegro Molto – Largamente | 2:15 | |
| 15 | 4. Andante – Spirit Of The Hour: ‘Soon As The Sound Had Ceased’. [ ] – [Poco] Più Moto – [Più Moto Ma Giusto] – Poco Sostenuto | 4:30 | |
| 16 | Scene 2. 5. Voice Of Unseen Spirits: ‘The Pale Stars Are Gone!’. Allegro Comodo – Semichorus Of Hours: ‘The Voice Of The Spirits Of Air And Of Earth’. [ ] – Chorus Of Spirits: ‘Weave The Dance On The Floor Of The Breeze’. Allegro Molto – Più Allegro – Presto – Chorus Of Hours: ‘Whence Come Ye, So Wild And So Fleet’. Allegro Moderato – | 7:03 | |
| 17 | Spirits: ‘We Come From The Mind’. Andante – Più Lento – Poco Più Mosso – | 2:20 | |
| 18 | Chorus Of Spirits And Hours: ‘Then Weave The Web Of The Mystic Measure’. Allegro Moderato – Più Moto Ed Accelerando – Allegro Molto [tempo Giusto] – [Alla Breve] | 3:33 | |
| 19 | Blest Pair Of Sirens | 9:41 | |
A&R – Sue Shortridge
Bass-Baritone Vocals [Prometheus] – Neal Davies (1 to 18)
Booklet Editor – Finn S. Gundersen
Chorus – Crouch End Festival Chorus
Chorus Master [Musical Director] – David Temple
Conductor – William Vann
Design, Typography – Cass Cassidy
Edited By – Jeremy Dibble (1 to 18)
Engineer [Assistant] – Alexander James
Engineer, Mastered By – Jonathan Cooper
Leader – Simon Blendis
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [The Earth] – Dame Sarah Connolly (1 to 18)
Orchestra – London Mozart Players
Organ – James Orford
Producer, Editor – Adrian Peacock
Soprano Vocals [Spirit of the Hour] – Sarah Fox (1 to 18)
Tenor Vocals [Jupiter / Mercury] – David Butt Philip (1 to 18)
Bass-Baritone Vocals [Prometheus] – Neal Davies (1 to 18)
Booklet Editor – Finn S. Gundersen
Chorus – Crouch End Festival Chorus
Chorus Master [Musical Director] – David Temple
Conductor – William Vann
Design, Typography – Cass Cassidy
Edited By – Jeremy Dibble (1 to 18)
Engineer [Assistant] – Alexander James
Engineer, Mastered By – Jonathan Cooper
Leader – Simon Blendis
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [The Earth] – Dame Sarah Connolly (1 to 18)
Orchestra – London Mozart Players
Organ – James Orford
Producer, Editor – Adrian Peacock
Soprano Vocals [Spirit of the Hour] – Sarah Fox (1 to 18)
Tenor Vocals [Jupiter / Mercury] – David Butt Philip (1 to 18)
Chandos gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Professor Jeremy Dibble whose edition of Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’ (from the original manuscript source in the Royal College of Music) was used for this recording.
Recorded 9 and 10 September 2022
Front cover: Original artwork created by the AI Midjourney with the assistance of Andy Brooks
Back cover: Photograph of William Vann by Tom Allwood
Publishers: Jeremy Dibble (Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’), Goodmusic Publishing Ltd, Tewkesbury (Blest Pair of Sirens)
Recorded 9 and 10 September 2022
Front cover: Original artwork created by the AI Midjourney with the assistance of Andy Brooks
Back cover: Photograph of William Vann by Tom Allwood
Publishers: Jeremy Dibble (Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’), Goodmusic Publishing Ltd, Tewkesbury (Blest Pair of Sirens)
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