Tchaikovsky - Hamlet (Geoffrey Simon)

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Tchaikovsky - Hamlet (Geoffrey Simon) [Eac Ape Cue]

HAMLET

OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC

FESTIVAL OVERTURE

Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky










Recorded in: All Saints Church, Tooting, London January 1981
Producer: Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer: Ralph Couzens - Bill Todd (Assistant)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Synphony
Label: Chandos - Classics






1. Festival Overture on the Danish National Hymn, Op. 15 13:10

Hamlet, Op. 67bis 49:16
Overture and incidental music

2. Overture 10:03

ACT I
3. Scene 1: Mélodrame 1:34
Moderato assai
First appearance of Ghost

4. Scene 4: Fanfare 0:22
Allegro vivo
'A Flourish of Trumpets'

5. Scene 4: Mélodrame 0:41
Moderato assai
Appearance of Ghost to Hamlet

6. Scene 5: Mélodrame 3:07
Allegro giusto ed agitato
The Ghost tells Hamlet of his father's death

ACT II
7. Entr'acte 3:02
Allegro semplice
Prelude to Scene 1 and first appearance in the play of Ophelia

8. Scene 2: Fanfare 0:21
'A Room in the Castle' - 'Flourish'
First appearance of King, Queen, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Attendants

ACT III
9. Entr'acte 3:16
Andante quasi allegretto
Prelude to Scene 1 which features Hamlet's soliloquy
'To be or not to be'

10. Scene 2: Fanfare 0:10
'A Flourish' - Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and others

11. Scene 2: Fanfare 0:15
'The Dumb Show enters'

12. Scene 2: Mélodrame 2:04
Allegro giusto ed agitato
The Players enact the Scene of the Poisoning

ACT IV
13. Entr'acte 7:12
Andante non troppo ('Elegy for Strings')
Prelude to Scene 1 - 'A Room in the Castle'

14. Scene 5: Scène d'Ophélie* 2:24
Andantino
'Elsinore' - Ophelia's 'Mad Scene'

15. Scene 5: Deuxième scène d'Ophélie* 2:07
Moderato
'Re-enter Ophelia, fantastically dressed with straws and flowers'

ACT V
16. Entr'acte 5:27
Marcia. Moderato assai
Prelude to Scene 1 - 'A Churchyard'

17. Scene 1: Chant du Fossoyeur