King Priam (1962)
David Atherton, London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus, Norman Bailey (Baritone), Heather Harper (Soprano), Thomas Allen (Baritone), Felicity Palmer (Soprano), Philip Langridge (Tenor), Yvonne Minton (Mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (Tenor), Stephen Roberts (Baritone), Ann Murray (Alto), David Wilson-Johnson (Bass), Peter Hall (Tenor), Kenneth Bowen (Tenor), Julian Saipe (Bass), Linda Hirst (Mezzo-soprano)
℗ 1981
Act I
- 01:30Prelude (Chorus)
- 03:441. What is it, Nurse? (Hecuba, Nurse, Priam)
- 02:252. Old man of Troy, you're welcome (Priam, Old Man)
- 01:333. Then am I no longer mother to this child (Hecuba, Old Man)
- 01:544. A father and a King (Priam)
- 01:185. The Queen is right (Priam)
- 02:536. Thus shall a story begin (Nurse, Old Man, Young Guard)
- 02:197. The bull is away over there (Huntsmen, Hector, Priam)
- 01:598. They have taken my bull (Paris, Hector),
- 01:499. Father, he's a shepherd boy (Hector, Priam, Paris)
- 05:0310. So I'd hoped it might be (Priam, Old Man)
- 04:4111. Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade (Nurse, Young Guard, Old Man, Wedding Guests)
- 05:1512. Ah, ah… (Helen, Paris)
- 02:1113. Divine go-between, that's who I am (Hermes, Paris)
- 00:5314. Lady Athene, if I honour you… (Paris, Athene)
- 02:0715. Lady Hera, if I honour you… (Paris, Hera, Hermes)
- 02:1616. Aphrodite, if I honour you … (Paris, Aphrodite, Hera, Athene, Hermes)
Act II
- 03:401. So you've given up fighting! (Hector, Priam)
- 01:242. So Trojans honour Menelaus… (Priam, Paris)
- 01:343. Hermes, Hermes, with the winged feet come quick! (Old Man, Hermes)
- 05:274. O rich-soiled land (Achilles)
- 04:575. Why are weeping, Patroclus? (Achilles, Patroclus)
- 01:356. O, O, what a threat to Troy (Old Man, Hermes)
- 01:227. A hero in Achilles' armour… (Hermes, Paris, Priam)
- 04:588. All Trojans, all fought bravely (Hector, Priam, Paris, Achilles, Old Man)
Act III
- 04:531. Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire? (Serving Woman, Andromache)
- 02:142. Daughter Andromache, you must go out… (Hecuba, Andromache)
- 01:243. Did you hear? (Andromache, Helen, Hecuba)
- 04:404. Let her rave (Helen)
- 03:485. O that my ears should hear impiety so gross! (Hecuba, Andromache, Helen)
- 01:486. How you shall go (Andromache, Hecuba, Serving Woman)
- 01:397. No… No… No… We have it from the runner (Serving Women)
- 03:488. What is happening? (Priam, Paris)
- 04:069. A crime (Young Guard, Old Man, Priam)
- 05:2710. The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest (Nurse, Priam, Young Guard, Old Man)
- 03:0411. Interlude 2
- 01:5012. Priam! Here! What is this? (Achilles, Priam)
- 01:1513. I clasp your knees, Achilles (Priam)
- 03:3614. Old man, I am touched (Achilles, Priam)
- 04:3415. Interlude 3 — (Hermes)
- 01:1316. Where is my father, where is Priam? (Paris, Priam)
- 02:3417. Ah, ah! Ah, ah! (Hecuba, Paris, Priam)
- 01:4318. Ah, ha, ha,ha (Andromache, Paris, Priam)
- 05:1919. Ah, ah! (Paris, Helen, Priam)
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