Powder Her Face op. 14 (1995)
Thomas Adès, Almeida Ensemble, Jill Gomez (Soprano), Valdine Anderson (Soprano), Roger Bryson (Bass), Niall Morris (Tenor)
1995, London, Rosslyn Hill Chapel
Act I
- 02:581. Overture (Orchestra)
- 04:122. Nineteen ninety: Oo, aa! ha ha ha ha ha (Maid/Electrician)
- 02:523. Nineteen ninety: I see. This is what it has come to (Duchess/Electrician/Maid)
- 05:074. Nineteen ninety: Take it from me (Duchess/Electrician/Maid)
- 01:075. Nineteen ninety: Interlude (Orchestra)
- 02:146. Nineteen thirty-four: Of course she's done well (Confidante/Lounge Lizard/Duchess)
- 01:527. Nineteen thirty-four: I could never grow bored of dukedoms (Confidante/Lounge Lizard/Duchess)
- 05:088. Nineteen thirty-four: I hear him coming (Pantomime) (Duchess/Confidante/Lounge Lizard/Duke)
- 02:389. Nineteen thirty-four: Interlude (Orchestra)
- 04:4610. Nineteen thirty-six: Fancy, fancy being rich (Waitress)
- 03:5011. Nineteen thirty-six: Interlude – Nineteen fifty-three: ...mm...ah!... How may I help you? (Duchess/Laundryman/Other Guest)
- 03:2412. Nineteen thirty-six: ...mm..ah!... Room service? (Duchess/Waiter)
- 03:0813. Nineteen thirty-six: What have you got there? (Duchess/Waiter)
- 06:1914. Nineteen thirty-six: Come here (Duchess/Waiter)
- 02:0415. Nineteen thirty-six: Interlude (Orchestra)
- 05:4316. Nineteen fifty-three: Is Daddy squiffy? (Mistress/Duke)
- 04:5717. Nineteen fifty-three: Are you saying the Duchess is a whore? (Mistress/Duke)
- 02:1818. Nineteen fifty-three: Ha ha ha ha... (Paper chase) (Mistress/Duke)
Act II
- 03:101. Nineteen fifty-five: Did she? ... Of course she did (Rubberneckers)
- 05:302. Nineteen fifty-five: Order. Silence (Judge)
- 03:463. Nineteen fifty-five: But now I have heard something new (Judge)
- 01:444. Nineteen fifty-five: Did you hear— ... What he said? (Rubberneckers)
- 05:095. Nineteen fifty-five: So that is all (Duchess/Rubberneckers)
- 01:056. Nineteen fifty-five: Interlude (Orchestra)
- 03:077. Nineteen seventy: I'd like to make one thing entirely clear (Duchess/Society Journalist/Delivery Boy)
- 04:118. Nineteen seventy: Ah! None left (Duchess/Society Journalist/Delivery Boy)
- 01:169. Nineteen seventy: Interlude – Fifty-eight, seventy-nine (Duchess)
- 06:3410. Nineteen ninety: Agh—Who are you? (Duchess/Hotel Manager)
- 04:4511. Nineteen ninety: That will do. You may go (Duchess)
- 08:0712. Nineteen ninety: Broken. It's broken (Duchess/Hotel Manager)
- 02:4213. Ghost Epilogue: Enough. ... Or too much! (Maid/Electrician)
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