Delius / Soanes / Britten Sinfonia - Hassan - Complete Incidental Music - Music CD

Track Listing

1.1 Hassan~Act I. Prelude. Slow - Quietly but expressively - Marcato - Rather slower - Passionately - Curtain. Very slow
1.2 Linking Narration~We are in old Baghdad
1.3 Hassan~Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly -
1.4 Hassan~Act I. Scene 2. Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in front of the house. Very quietly
1.5 Linking Narration~It is later that night
1.6 Hassan~Act I. Scene 2. Serenade. Con moto moderato
1.7 Linking Narration~The shutters open, and Yasmin appears
1.8 Hassan~Act I. Scene 2. Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Very quietly
1.9 Hassan~Act I. Scene 2. Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow
1.10 Linking Narration~The first light of dawn shines in the sky
1.11 Hassan~Act II. Prelude. With animation - Becoming slower and more sombre
1.12 Linking Narration~The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan...
1.13 Hassan~Act II. Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)
1.14 Hassan~Act II. Ballet. 1. Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could imagine. Quick and vigorously
1.15 Linking Narration~And then, after the Beggars
1.16 Hassan~Act II. Ballet. 2. Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly
1.17 Hassan~Act II. Ballet. 3. Divertissement. Con moto
1.18 Linking Narration~Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars
1.19 Hassan~Act II. Ballet. 4. General Dance. Andante moderato - Allegro - Pi mosso
1.20 Linking Narration~Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so
1.21 Hassan~Act II. Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain). Comodo
1.22 Linking Narration~This House of the Moving Walls
1.23 Hassan~Act II. Scene 2. The Street of Felicity. Very quietly
1.24 Linking Narration~The SOS message has fallen from the balcony...
1.25 Hassan~Act II. Scene 2. Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow
1.26 Linking Narration~Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted
1.27 Hassan~Act III. Prelude. Moderato - Slower
1.28 Hassan~Act III. Scene 1. Curtain
1.29 Linking Narration~Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace
1.30 Hassan~Act III. Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly - Slower
1.31 Linking Narration~The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady...
1.32 Hassan~Act III. Scene 2. The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour - Quieter
1.33 Linking Narration~We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace
1.34 Hassan~Act III. Scene 2. Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace
1.35 Linking Narration~As more and more people gather...
1.36 Hassan~Act III. Scene 2. Entry of the Caliph. Pompously
1.37 Linking Narration~The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open
1.38 Hassan~Act III. Scene 2. Fanfares
1.39 Linking Narration~Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned
1.40 Hassan~Act IV. Prelude. Slow - Passionately - Passionately but not too quick - Slower - Heavily
1.41 Linking Narration~In the Palace's dark vaults
1.42 Hassan~Act IV. Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously
1.43 Linking Narration~Sunlight streams through the cell's grating
1.44 Hassan~Act V. 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 -
1.45 Hassan~Act V. The song of the Muezzin at sunset -
1.46 Linking Narration~With another sunset approaching
1.47 Hassan~The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo - Slower and slower - Still slower
1.48 Linking Narration~The long, dreadful execution ensues...
1.49 Hassan~Act V. Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement - Slower - Quicker -
1.50 Hassan~Act V. Closing Scene. Slow - (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) - (Dying away in the distance)