Hassan - complete incidental music

by Frederick Delius; Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

Tracklist

  1. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Quietly but expressively4:22
  2. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 1: We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)2:29
  3. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between1:50
  4. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in from of the house0:26
  5. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: It is later that night (Narrator)0:57
  6. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Serenade. Con moto moderato1:49
  7. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)2:26
  8. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Very quietly0:52
  9. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow2:08
  10. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 1 Scene 2: The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)1:27
  11. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Prelude. With animation0:50
  12. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)0:37
  13. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)0:08
  14. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could imagine. Quick and vigorously1:20
  15. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)0:06
  16. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly2:22
  17. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto2:27
  18. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)0:58
  19. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso2:53
  20. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)0:46
  21. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain). Comodo1:21
  22. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 1: This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)0:50
  23. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: The Street of Felicity. Very quietly0:38
  24. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)1:11
  25. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: Music accompanying Ishak’s poem. Not too slow1:32
  26. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 2 Scene 2: Yasmin’s regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)0:39
  27. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Prelude. Moderato – Slower1:33
  28. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Curtain0:43
  29. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Hassan is installed at the Caliph’s Palace (Narrator)0:26
  30. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly – Slow1:43
  31. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 1: The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)1:05
  32. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour – Quieter2:26
  33. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph’s Palace (Narrator)1:00
  34. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace0:11
  35. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: As more and more people gather… (Narrator)0:29
  36. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Entry of the Caliph. Pompously0:17
  37. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)0:09
  38. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares0:21
  39. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 3 Scene 2: Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)1:17
  40. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Passionately4:14
  41. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scene 1: In the Palace’s dark vaults (Narrator)0:26
  42. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously1:57
  43. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 4 Scene 2: Sunlight streams through the cell’s grating (Narrator)1:14
  44. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: Prelude. Quick – Slower, softer - Not too quick – Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph’s Palace, in front of a pavilion. Sunset. Quietly – Enter the Caliph with attendants as Hassan comes from his Pavilion2:29
  45. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: The song of the Muezzin at sunset1:08
  46. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: With another sunset approaching (Narrator)1:51
  47. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo2:53
  48. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 1: The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)1:29
  49. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 2: Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement3:03
  50. Hassan, RT I/9, Act 5 Scene 2: Closing Scene. Slow – (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) – (Dying away in the distance)10:16