What if there's will be a World Premiere Recording of Macfarren's Helvellyn on Decca

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Helvellyn, opera in four acts, libretto by John Oxenford, music by George Alexander Macfarren

Cast:

  • Mabel, widow and heiress of a wealthy Statesman or landowner - Lise Davidsen
  • Hannah, an orphan - Majella Cullagh
  • Luke, the disinherited elder brother of the late statesman - Bryn Terfel
  • Old Steenie, A very aged servant of the farm - John Molloy
  • Martin, a foundling protected by Mabel - Freddie De Tommaso
  • Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  • Conducted by Antonio Pappano

Disc 1

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  1. Illustrated Overture
  2. Act I: No. 1. Introduction: „What’s that?“
  3. Act I: No. 2. Recitative: „While supper’s getting ready“
  4. Act I: No. 2a. Song: „The sky with crimson“
  5. Act I: No. 3. Recit: „You all are here“
  6. Act I: No. 3a. Song: „A blessing on the harvest fall“
  7. Act I: No. 4. Recit: „A blessing“
  8. Act I: No. 4a. Quartett with Chorus: „Who comes yonder“
  9. Act I: No. 5. Recit & Song: „O Providence“ – „When my ample store“
  10. Act I: No. 6. Finale: „Of all the trades“
  11. Act I: No. 6a. Quartett with Chorus: „Every thought“

Disc 2

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  1. Act II: No. 7. Scena: „For nearly a month“
  2. Act II: No. 8. Recit: „Take this“
  3. Act II: No. 8a. Duet with Chorus: „Come here my pretty dear“
  4. Act II: No. 9. Part Song: „Harvest home“
  5. Act II: No. 10. Recit: „Well done brave hearts“
  6. Act II: No. 10a. Ballad: „Wear this flower and think of me“
  7. Act II: No. 11. Harvest Home Scene
  8. Act II: No. 11a. Song with Chorus: „Here’s a health to our worthy master“
  9. Act II: No. 12. Recit: „She’s gone“
  10. Act II: No. 12a. Trio: „Zooks this is a glorious place“
  11. Act II: No. 13. Scena: „She loves me“
  12. Act II: No. 13a. Romance: „She is my appointed fate“

Disc 3

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  1. Act III: No. 14. Chorus: „Here you may lead a tranquil life“
  2. Act III: No. 15. Aria: „On my heart a weight“
  3. Act III: No. 16. Recit: „Yes there she sits“
  4. Act III: No. 16a. Duet: „The generous Mabel“
  5. Act III: No. 16b. Duettino: „The thought that so long“
  6. Act III: No. 17. Recit: „Nay, Hannah“
  7. Act III: No. 17a. Romance: „Oh Hannah, Hannah, Hannah speak“
  8. Act III: No. 18. Finale: „How calm and bright“
  9. Act IV: No. 19. Entr'acte
  10. Act IV: No. 19a. Romance: „Wildly flies my spinning whell“
  11. Act IV: No. 20. Recit: „Mistress“
  12. Act IV: No. 20a. Duet: „To Helvellyn poor i came“
  13. Act IV: No. 21. Finale: „I have toil’d up the hill“
  14. Act IV: No. 21a. Song: „I’ve watched him“

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