Walton - Troilus & Cressida | EMI - The Home of Opera 7291402

Walton - Troilus & Cressida

Label: EMI - The Home of Opera

Cat No: 7291402

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 12th March 2012

Contents

Artists

Richard van Allan
Malcolm Rivers
Richard Cassilly
Janet Baker
Gerald English
Elizabeth Bainbridge
George MacPherson
Gwynne Sullivan
Robert Lloyd
Benjamin Luxon
Handel Thomas
Alan Jones
Daniel McCoshan
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Lawrence Foster

Works

Walton, William

Troilus & Cressida (revised version)

Artists

Richard van Allan
Malcolm Rivers
Richard Cassilly
Janet Baker
Gerald English
Elizabeth Bainbridge
George MacPherson
Gwynne Sullivan
Robert Lloyd
Benjamin Luxon
Handel Thomas
Alan Jones
Daniel McCoshan
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Lawrence Foster

About

Second revised version (1972–76)

Cast:
- Calkas, High Priest of Pallas Athene: Richard Van Allan
- Antenor, Captain of Trojan Spears: Malcolm Rivers
- Troilus, Prince of Troy: Richard Cassilly
- Cressida, Daughter of Calkas: Janet Baker
- Pandarus, Brother of Calkas: Gerald English
- Evadne, Companion to Cressida: Elizabeth Bainbridge
- A Priest: George MacPherson
- A Soldier: Gwynne Sullivan
- Horaste, A Friend of Pandarus: Robert Lloyd
- Diomede, Prince of Calydon and Argos: Benjamin Luxon
- Three Watchmen: Handel Thomas, Alan Jones, Daniel McCoshan

'Where Baker is in a class of her own is in the melancholy accents and decisive inflections she brings to the great monologues, not to mention the after-love peacefulness of "From isle to isle chill waters whisper the hour", one of Walton's most haunting pages… [Lawrence Foster] the ruminative, the comic, and the martial aspects of the score with equal aplomb, and excels even the composer in suggesting the full-blooded passion of the interlude.' - Gramophone

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