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Hyperion Mccabe 2 CD Mccabe: Edward II

Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

CDA67135/6

Recording details: November 1999
Walthamstow Assembly Halls, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: April 2000
Total duration: 113 minutes 30 seconds

Track listing
Edward II (McCabe)
CD1 1 Act 1. Scene 1a: Funeral cortège of Edward I. Adagio 1:41
2 Act 1. Scene 1b: Gaveston 0:40
3 Act 1. Scene 1c: The Fauvel troupe. Allegro giocoso 2:06
4 Act 1. Scene 1d: Coronation of Edward II 4:12
5 Act 1. Scene 1e: The barons' anger at Gaveston. Allegro agitato 1:52
6 Act 1. Scene 2a: Isabella in her chamber. Lento 5:39
7 Act 1. Scene 2b: Isabella and Edward quarrel. Marcato 5:04
8 Act 1. Scene 2c: Edward and Gaveston. Pas de deux 3:37
9 Act 1. Scene 2d: The barons. Maestoso e deciso 4:17
10 Act 1. Scene 3a: Outdoor scene. Andantino pastorale 1:30
11 Act 1. Scene 3b: The Fauvel troupe. Allegro giocoso 3:10
12 Act 1. Scene 3c: Isabella and Mortimer. Lento 5:41
13 Act 1. Scene 3d: Wrestling Match. Allegro poco pesante 3:00
14 Act 1. Scene 4a: Grim Reaper and Civil War. Adagio 6:41
15 Act 1. Scene 4b: The hunt for Gaveston. Allegro scorrevole 2:53
16 Act 1. Scene 5: Edward's grief. Adagio 5:59
CD2 1 Act 2. Scene 1a: Execution of Warwick and Lancaster. Lento 4:34
2 Act 2. Scene 1b: Edward's anxiety and the Prince's journey to France 1:40
3 Act 2. Scene 2a: The French Court. Allegretto 7:16
4 Act 2. Scene 2b: The Prince and Phillippa. Moderato 2:22
5 Act 2. Scene 2c: Mortimer and Isabella. Allegro vigoroso 4:42
6 Act 2. Scene 2d: The 'She-Wolf of France'. Allegro poco pesante 4:30
7 Act 2. Scene 3a: Edward and Despenser hide. Lento 3:46
8 Act 2. Scene 3b: Edward's arraignment and abdication 4:21
9 Act 2. Scene 3c: Edward is led to prison 5:02
10 Act 2. Scene 4a: Edward in prison. Lento, molto calmo 7:11
11 Act 2. Scene 4b: Lightborn and Edward. Andante calmo 3:12
12 Act 2. Scene 4c: Mortimer and Isabella's triumphant pas de deux. Adagio 2:23
13 Act 2. Scene 4d: Arrest of Mortimer and Isabella. Moderato feroce 0:41
14 Act 2. Scene 5: Funeral cortège of Edward II. Adagio 3:48


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