Death in Venice op. 88 (1973)
Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers, Philip Langridge (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Alan Opie (Baritone)
July 2004, London, Blackheath Halls
Act I
- 05:391. 'My mind beats on' (Aschenbach, Chorus)
- 04:392. 'Who's that?' (Aschenbach, Traveller)
- 01:463. 'I have always kept a close watch over my development' (Aschenbach)
- 06:534. 'Hey there, hey there, you!' (Youths, Girls on the Shore, Fop)
- 02:355. Overture
- 05:096. 'Ah Serenissima!' (Aschenbach, Old Gondolier, Chorus, Boatman, Hotel Porter)
- 01:307. 'Mysterious gondola' (Aschenbach)
- 02:528. 'We are delighted to greet the Signore' (Hotel Manager, Aschenbach)
- 03:279. 'So I am led to Venice once again' (Aschenbach)
- 03:4110. 'The Lido is so charming, is it not?' (Hotel Guests, Hotel Porter, Waiter, Aschenbach)
- 01:3511. 'How does such beauty come about?' (Aschenbach)
- 02:2712. 'The wind is from the West' (Aschenbach)
- 02:2113. 'Le bele fragole' (Strawberry Seller, Aschenbach)
- 02:5114. 'Ah, how peaceful to contemplate the sea' (Aschenbach)
- 03:3115. 'Adziù! Adziù!' (Chorus)
- 01:3416. 'As one who strives to create beauty' (Aschenbach)
- 04:4917. 'Aou'! Stagando, aou'!' (Gondolier, A Guide, Aschenbach, Lace Seller, A Glass Maker, A Beggar Woman, A Restaurant Waiter)
- 03:3918. 'Naturally Signore, I understand' (Hotel Manager, Hotel Porter, Aschenbach, Gondolier)
- 01:0819. 'There you are, Signore, just in time' (Hotel Porter, Aschenbach)
- 01:5220. 'I am become like one of my early heroes' (Aschenbach, Gondolier)
- 03:4421. 'A thousand apologies to the Signore' (Hotel Manager, Aschenbach)
- 01:1722. 'Beneath a dazzling sky' (Chorus, The Voice of Apollo)
- 01:5723. 'No boy, but Phoebus of the golden hair' (Chorus, The Voice of Apollo)
- 02:4724. 'See where Hyacinthus plays' (Chorus, The Voice of Apollo)
- 02:0525. 'Phaedrus learned what beauty is' (Chorus, The Voice of Apollo)
- 00:5326. 'First, the race!' (Chorus)
- 00:4927. 'Try your skill' (Chorus)
- 00:5328. 'Young discobolus' (Chorus)
- 01:0829. 'Up and over' (Chorus)
- 01:0330. 'Measure to fight' (Chorus, The Voice of Apollo)
- 04:1031. 'The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me' (Aschenbach, Chorus)
Act II
- 02:271. Interlude
- 02:422. 'So, it has come to this' (Aschenbach)
- 02:323. 'Guardate, Signore' (Hotel Barber, Aschenbach)
- 04:574. 'Do I detect a scent?' (Aschenbach, Gondolier, Citizens, Lace Seller, Glass Maker, Guide, Restaurant Waiter, Beggar Woman, Newspaper Seller)
- 02:315. 'And now I cannot let them out of sight' (Aschenbach)
- 06:106. 'Kyrie eleison' (Chorus, Priest, Aschenbach, Gondoliers)
- 01:017. 'Gustav von Aschenbach, what is this path you have taken?' (Aschenbach)
- 02:078. 'This way for the players, Signori!' (Hotel Porter, Hotel Waiter, Chorus of Hotel Guests, Girl, Boy)
- 02:149. 'La mia nonna always used to tell me' (Leader of the Players, Aschenbach)
- 04:2910. 'Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso' (Leader of the Players, Player's Boy, Hotel Porter, Hotel Waiter, Hotel Guests, Player's Girl, Aschenbach)
- 05:2911. 'One moment, if you please' (A Young English Clerk, Guests, Aschenbach)
- 01:4412. 'So it is true, true, more fearful than I thought' (Aschenbach)
- 02:5713. 'So, I didn't speak!' (Aschenbach)
- 03:4214. 'Receive the stranger god' (Voice of Dionysus, Voice of Apollo, Followers, Aschenbach)
- 02:0615. 'Do what you will with me!' (Aschenbach)
- 02:3216. 'Yes! a very wise decision, if I may say so' (Hotel Barber)
- 04:3517. 'Hurrah for the Piazza' (Aschenbach, Strawberry Seller)
- 03:2118. 'Does beauty lead to wisdom, Phaedrus?' (Aschenbach)
- 04:0919. 'The wind still blows from the land' (Hotel Manager, Hotel Porter, Aschenbach)
- 05:0820. 'Ah, no!' (Aschenbach, Chorus)
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