Delius: Hassan - complete incidental musicZeb Soanes

  1. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 1. Prelude. Slow – Quietly but expressively

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    04:22

  2. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 1. We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    02:29

  3. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scenes 1 & 2. Interlude between

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:50

  4. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in from of the house

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:26

  5. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. It is later that night (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:57

  6. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. Serenade. Con moto moderato

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:49

  7. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    02:26

  8. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Very quietly

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:52

  9. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Jamie Phillips

    02:08

  10. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Scene 2. The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:27

  11. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. Prelude. With animation

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:50

  12. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:37

  13. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:08

  14. Hassan, DCW 8, 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 vigorously

    Percy Grainger, Frederick Long, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:20

  15. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:06

  16. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    02:22

  17. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    02:27

  18. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:58

  19. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    02:53

  20. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:46

  21. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain). Comodo

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:21

  22. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 1. This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:50

  23. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 2. The Street of Felicity. Very quietly

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:38

  24. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 2. The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:11

  25. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 2. Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow

    Frederick Delius, Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:32

  26. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2: Scene 2. Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:39

  27. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 1. Prelude. Moderato – Slower

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:33

  28. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 1. Curtain

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:43

  29. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 1. Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:26

  30. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 1. Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly – Slow

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:43

  31. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 1. The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:05

  32. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour – Quieter

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    02:26

  33. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:00

  34. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:11

  35. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. As more and more people gather… (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:29

  36. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. Entry of the Caliph. Pompously

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:17

  37. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:09

  38. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. Fanfares

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    00:21

  39. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3: Scene 2. Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:17

  40. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4: Scene 1. Prelude. Slow – Passionately

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    04:14

  41. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4: Scene 1. In the Palace's dark vaults (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    00:26

  42. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4: Scenes 1 & 2. Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:57

  43. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4: Scene 2. Sunlight streams through the cell's grating (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:14

  44. Hassan, DCW 8, 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 Pavilion

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    02:29

  45. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5: Scene 1. The song of the Muezzin at sunset

    Frederick Delius, Ruairi Bowen, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    01:08

  46. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5: Scene 1. With another sunset approaching (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:51

  47. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5: Scene 1. The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    02:53

  48. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5: Scene 1. The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)

    Meurig Bowen, Zeb Soanes

    01:29

  49. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5: Scene 2. Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement

    Frederick Delius, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    03:03

  50. Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5: Scene 2. Closing Scene. Slow – (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) – (Dying away in the distance)

    Frederick Delius, Ruairi Bowen, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips

    10:16