Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Roberto Gerhard's "The Duenna," a live album that brings to life the operatic masterpiece in its entirety. Released on January 1, 2014, under the mpLive label, this recording offers a unique opportunity to experience Gerhard's intricate compositional style and vibrant orchestration. Spanning an impressive two hours and fifty minutes, the album is a testament to Gerhard's ability to blend humor, drama, and rich musical storytelling.
"The Duenna" is a comic opera in three acts, based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play of the same name. Gerhard's adaptation is renowned for its lively characters, witty dialogue, and engaging melodies. This live recording captures the energy and spontaneity of a live performance, allowing you to feel as though you are part of the audience. The album features a full cast of talented singers, each bringing their unique interpretation to the roles, and a skilled orchestra that masterfully navigates Gerhard's complex score.
In addition to the operatic performance, the album also includes a bonus violin concerto by Gerhard, showcasing his versatility as a composer. The concerto's three movements—Allegro cantabile con anima, Largo, and Allegro con brio—demonstrate Gerhard's ability to evoke a range of emotions through his music.
Roberto Gerhard, a Catalan composer who spent much of his career in England, is known for his innovative and eclectic style. His work often incorporates elements of folk music, jazz, and modernist techniques, creating a sound that is both distinctive and accessible. "The Duenna" is a prime example of Gerhard's ability to blend these diverse influences into a cohesive and engaging whole.
Whether you are a fan of opera, a lover of classical music, or simply someone looking to explore new musical territory, "The Duenna" is an album that promises to delight and captivate. So, sit back, press play, and let the music transport you to the vibrant world of Roberto Gerhard's operatic masterpiece.
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Tracks
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 1, Ah, Devil Take This Plaguey String! - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 2, Don Antonio and Brethren of Deadly Sin - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 3, Are You Moonstruck, Sirrah - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 4, Waking, I Heard Thy Numbers Chide - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 5, What Vagabonds Are Those I Hear? - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 6, Mob of Drunken Revellers Pass By - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 7, Brethren of Deadly Sin - Ad Mortem Festinamus - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 1: No. 8, Vision of Strumpet, Young Cavalier and Bawd - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 2: No. 9, Peace, Booby - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 2: No. 10, Hey Ferdinand, I Say! - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 11, But, My Charming Duenna - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 12, Thou Canst Not Boast of Fortune’s Store - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 13, Entrance of Jerome and Ferdinand: I Suppose You've Been - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 14, I Fear Indeed - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 15, I'm Astounded - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 16, Luisa Escapes - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 17, This Way, This Way Mistress - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 3: No. 18, So, Speed You Well - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 4: No. 19, Luisa and Clara - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 4: No. 20, Clara - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 5: No. 21, I Tell Thee Father - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 5: No. 22, Señor, Are You Disposed to Oblige a Lady - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 1, Scene 5: No. 23, Finale - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 1: No. 24, Donna Clara? - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 1: No. 25, I Wish I Had Even Practised - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 1: No. 26, The Very Rustle of Her Silk - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 1: No. 27, Brr, a Pretty Sort of Velvet Down - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 1: No. 28, Well, My Friend - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 2: No. 29, Were Ever Truant Daughter - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 3: No. 30, Antonio, Isaac, Father Paul: Indeed, My Good Friend - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 3: No. 31, Now Father, How Shall I Hamper Him - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 2, Scene 3: No. 32, End of Act Announcement - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 1: No. 33, I Have Luisa Safe - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 1: No. 34, We Are Come to Ask a Favour - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 1: No. 35, So, Antonio, I Have Met with You at Last - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 1: No. 36, Turn Around, I Pray Thee - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 1: No. 37, How! What Impiety! - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 1: No. 38, Lovers Follow Father Paul to Altar - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 2: No. 39, Why, I Never Was so Amazed - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 2: No. 40, Come, My Charmer - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 2: No. 41, Zounds and Fury, What's Here Now? - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Duenna, Act 3, Scene 2: No. 42, Closing Announcement - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Stanford Robinson, Max Worthley, Victoria Sladen, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto: I. Allegro cantabile con anima - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Hermann Scherchen, Philharmonia Orchestra
Violin Concerto: II. Largo - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Hermann Scherchen, Philharmonia Orchestra
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro con brio - LiveRoberto Gerhard, Hermann Scherchen, Philharmonia Orchestra
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