2020 | Chandos

Smyth: The Prison

James Blachly, Experiential Orchestra, Dashon Burton, Sarah Brailey, Experiential Chorus | 01-08-2020

Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth

Total duration:1 h 03 min
01
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner communes with his Soul "I awoke in the middle of the night"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
07:10
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
02
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Voices sing of immortality "We are full of immortality"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
04:29
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
03
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner asks the secret of emancipation "I was alone with sorrow"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
02:27
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
04
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: His Soul (echosed by Voices) replies "There is no secret"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
03:26
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
05
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?) "Will it return to me w
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
01:36
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
06
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Voices reply "Others are elsewhere, under other names"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
03:38
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
07
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Orchestral Interlude. The first glimmer of Dawn
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
03:12
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
08
The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner understands his own immortality "In the faint grey morning I hear"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
05:09
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
09
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes)
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
03:59
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
10
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand "The struggle is over. the time has co
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
02:51
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
11
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart "I hear them overhead
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
02:13
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
12
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Pastorale. Sunset calm.
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
02:45
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
13
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He disbands his ego "I disband myself"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
03:06
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
14
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions "The laughter we have la
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
02:01
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
15
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Death calls him (The Last Post) - Gloring, he obeys the summons "For years you have been con
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
05:13
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
16
The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His farewell, his triumph, his peace "This is no leavetaking"
James Blachly
Smyth: The Prison
10:38
Writer: Dame Ethel Smyth - Harry Bennet / Composers: Dame Ethel Smyth
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