Lukas Foss - Opera - Griffelkin (Chandos Audio CD)

Opera - Griffelkin

Lukas Foss (b. 1922)
premiere recording
Griffelkin 102:35
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Alastair Reid

COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I (Prologue)
1 'When the moon grows round and the dark grows double' 2:06
Devils, Grandmother
2 'You haven't swept up very snugly' 4:39
Grandmother, Devils, Griffelkin
3 'Hurry up now! Light the fire!' 1:45
Grandmother, Devils
4 Dance - 3:55
'You have learned to bewitch'
Grandmother
5 'O Grandmother, you mean I can play in the world' 5:40
Griffelkin, Grandmother, Devils

6 Entr'acte 2:12

Act II
7 'Head over heels now here I come!' 4:35
Griffelkin
8 'Bottle, we're off!' 2:22
Griffelkin, Statue
9 'I'll try over there across the square' 0:24
Griffelkin
10 'Good morning. Good gracious, you look like the devil' 3:02
Letterbox, Griffelkin
11 'I've made a mistake' 1:24
Griffelkin, Boy, Children
12 'Why, why can't you leave us' 4:08
Lions, Griffelkin
13 'Did you turn them back into stone?' 2:21
Girl, Griffelkin, Mother
14 'Where have you been?' 2:30
Mother, Girl, Griffelkin
15 'Have I been dreaming?' 2:57
Mother, Shopkeeper, Policeman
16 'Now you can see, I'm a master of magic' 3:01
Griffelkin, Girl, Shopkeeper, Toys
17 'Come dance, come dance, round and round' 3:09
Griffelkin, Girl
18 'Toys! Fiddlers, drummers!' 2:44
Griffelkin, Girl, Toys
19 'Oh no! Oh no! Who would believe it!' 8:39
Hosewives, Griffelkin, Policeman, Letterbox, Lions, Statue, Toys
61:45

COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
1 'Disaster, calamity, dreadful, insane' 3:21
Housewives, Policeman, Shopkeeper, Letterbox, Statue, Toys, Lions
2 'Almost empty, only a drop' 3:22
Griffelkin
3 'Mother, your lips are silent' 2:35
Boy, Girl, Griffelkin
4 'Here I am!' 3:04
Griffelkin, Girl
5 'Tell me please, tell me only: what is death?' 1:48
Griffelkin, Girl, Boy
6 'I'll bring her back with a sprinkle of magic' 4:46
Griffelkin, Mother, Boy, Girl
7 'Good! Good! Good! Good!' 9:14
Devils, Grandmother, Griffelkin, Oldest Devil
8 'O, dark winds will haunt me' 2:41
Griffelkin
9 'Why Griffelkin, good morning!' 5:43
Girl, Boy, Griffelkin, Policeman, Housewives, Shopkeeper, Mother
10 'What a strange, round world' 4:15
Children, Grownups
40:50
Marion Dry contralto - Devil's Grandmother
Kendra Colton soprano - Griffelkin
Elizabeth Keusch soprano - Statue
Yeghishe Manucharyan tenor - Letterbox
Drew Poling baritone - First Lion
David M. Cushing bass - Second Lion
Emily Browder soprano - A Boy
Misa Ann Iwama mezzo-soprano - A Girl
Janna Baty soprano - Their Mother
Aaron Engebreth baritone - Policeman
Lynn Torgove mezzo-soprano - Shopkeeper
Anne Harley soprano - First Housewife
Anne Carolyn Bird soprano - Second Housewife
Glorivy Arroyo mezzo-soprano - Third Housewife
David M. Cushing bass - Oldest Devil
Back Bay Chorale
Members of Boston Children's Opera, and guests
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gil Rose
Recorded in:
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
1 & 2 April 2002
Producer(s)
Blanton Alspaugh
Sound Engineer(s)
John Newton
Philipp Nedel (DSD)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K