Death in Venice

by Benjamin Britten; Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Michael Chance, BBC Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "My mind beats on"5:39
  2. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "Who's that?"4:39
  3. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "I have always kept a close watch on my development"1:46
  4. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 2 (On the Boat to Venice). "Hey there, hey there, you!"6:53
  5. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 2 (On the Boat to Venice). Overture "Venice"2:35
  6. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 3 (The Journey to the Lido). "Ah Serenissima!"5:09
  7. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 3 (The Journey to the Lido). "Mysterious gondola"1:30
  8. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "We are delighted to greet the Signore"2:52
  9. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "So I am led to Venice once again"3:27
  10. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "The Lido is so charming, is it not?"3:41
  11. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "How does such beauty come about?"1:35
  12. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "The wind is from the West"2:27
  13. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Le bele fragole"2:21
  14. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Ah, how peaceful to contemplate the sea"2:51
  15. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Adziù! Adziù!"3:31
  16. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "As one who strives to create beauty"1:34
  17. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "Aou! Stagando, aou!"4:49
  18. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "Naturally, Signore, I understand"3:39
  19. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "There you are, Signore, just in time"1:08
  20. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "I am become like one of my early heroes"1:52
  21. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "A thousand apologies to Signore"3:44
  22. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Beneath a dazzling sky the sea"1:17
  23. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "No boy, but Phoebus of the golden hair"1:57
  24. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "See where Hyacinthus plays"2:47
  25. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Phaedrus learned what beauty is"2:05

CD 2

  1. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "First, the race!"0:53
  2. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Try your skill"0:49
  3. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Young discobolus"0:53
  4. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Up and over"1:08
  5. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Measure to fight"1:03
  6. Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me"4:10
  7. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). [Orchestral Introduction]2:27
  8. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "So it has come to this"2:41
  9. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 8 (The Hotel Barber's Shop). "Guardate, Signore!"2:32
  10. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "Do I detect a scent?"4:57
  11. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "And now I cannot let them out of sight"2:31
  12. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "Kyrie eleison"6:10
  13. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 9 (The Pursuit). "Gustav von Aschenbach, what is this path you have taken?"1:01
  14. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "This way for the players, Signori!"2:07
  15. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "La mia nonna always used to tell me"2:14
  16. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso"4:29
  17. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 10 (The Strolling Players). "One moment, if you please" / Scene 11 (The Travel Bureau)5:29
  18. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 12 (The Lady of the Pearls). "So it is true, true, more fearful than I thought"1:44
  19. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 12 (The Lady of the Pearls). "So - I didn't speak!"2:57
  20. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 13 (The Dream). "Receive the stranger god"3:42
  21. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 14 (The Empty Beach). "Do what you will with me!"2:06
  22. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 15 (The Hotel Barber's Shop). "Yes! A very wise decision, if I may say so"2:32
  23. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 16 (The Last Visit to Venice). "Hurrah for the Piazza"4:35
  24. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 16 (The Last Visit to Venice). "Does beauty lead to wisdom, Phaedrus?"3:21
  25. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 17 (The Departure). "The wind still blows from the land"4:09
  26. Death in Venice: Act II, Scene 17 (The Departure). "Ah, no!"5:08