Offer,Barber: Vanessa
Christine Brewer (soprano), William Burder, Simon Birchall, Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Catherin Wyn-Rogers, Stepher Betteridge, Neal Davies (baritone), Stephen Charlesworth
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Leonard Slatkin
Contents
Excerpt,
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Introduction
Barber: Vanessa, Act I Scene 1
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Christine Brewer, William Burder, Simon Birchall, Susan Graham
Potage crème aux perles (Erika, Nicholas, Vanessa)
No, I cannot understand why… (Vanessa, Erika)
Must the winter come so soon? (Erika)
Barber: Vanessa, Act I Scene 2
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Catherin Wyn-Rogers, Christine Brewer, BBC Singers, Susan Graham, William Burder, Stepher Betteridge, Neal Davies
And then? (Baroness, Erika)
No, you are not as good a skater… (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Doctor)
Under the willow tree… (Doctor, Anatol, Vanessa, Erika)
Barber: Vanessa, Act II
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Simon Birchall, Christine Brewer, Neal Davies, William Burder, Stephen Charlesworth, Susan Graham, Catherin Wyn-Rogers
The Count and the Countess of d'Albanie (Nicholas, Footman, Doctor)
I should never have been a doctor (Doctor)
Here you are! (Vanessa, Doctor)
At last I've found you (Anatol, Vanessa)
Love has a bitter core, Vanessa (Anatol, Vanessa, Doctor)
Nothing to worry about (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Nicholas, Baroness, Chorus)
Barber: Vanessa, Act III Scene 1
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Susan Graham, Christine Brewer, Catherin Wyn-Rogers, Neal Davies, William Burder
Why did no-one warn me? (Vanessa, Doctor)
Why must the greatest sorrow… (Vanessa)
There, look! (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol)
On the path to the lake (Anatol, Vanessa, Doctor)
Anatol, tell me the truth! (Anatol, Vanessa, Doctor)
Grandmother! (Erika, Baroness)
Excerpt,
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Intermezzo
Barber: Vanessa, Act III Scene 2
- Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, William Burder, Simon Birchall, Neal Davies, Catherin Wyn-Rogers
By the time we arrive in Paris (Anatol, Doctor, Vanessa)
For every love there is a last farewell (Doctor)
And you, my friend (Vanessa, Doctor, Erika)