Opera - Martin's Lie

Gian Carlo Menotti

premiere recording
Martins Lie 43:44 <br /> opera da chiesa <br />1 Naninga 'So he touched the first door. . .' - 9:00 <br />2 Fugitive 'Open, open!' - 9:13 <br />3 Sheriff 'You filthy blackguards' - 5:08 <br />4 Father Cornelius 'Martin, my boy. . .' - 8:10 <br />5 Sheriff 'I've had enough of this' - 9:15 <br />6 Naninga, Children & Father Cornelius 'Heavenly Father' 2:58 <br /> <br /> Five Songs 12:53 <br />7 1 Eternal Prisoner 1:43 <br />8 2 The Idle Gift 1:26 <br />9 3 The Longest Wait 3:31 <br />10 4 My Ghost (premiere recording) 2:46 <br />11 5 The Swing 3:15 <br /> <br /> Canti della lontananza 14:54 <br />12 1 Gli amanti impossibili 1:32 <br />13 2 Mattinata di neve 2:51 <br />14 3 Il settimo bicchiere di vino 0:53 <br />15 4 Lo spetto 1:50 <br />16 5 Dorme Pegaso 1:17 <br />17 6 La lettera 3:08 <br />18 7 Rassegnazione 3:10 <br /> 71:43 <br /> <br /> Alan Opie baritone - Stranger <br /> Connor Burrowes treble - Martin <br /> Robin Leggate tenor - Father Cornelius <br /> Matthew Best bass - Sheriff <br /> Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano - Naninga <br /> Judith Howarth soprano <br /> Malcolm Martineau piano <br /> Tees Valley Boys Choir

Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox

Recorded in:
St Nicolas' Hospital, Gosforth
22-23 November 1996
Recorded in:
St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London
28 June 1997

Producer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Jonathan Cooper
Richard Smoker
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 20 Bit