Conductor(s): Simon, Geoffrey
Label: Chandos
Genre: Orchestral
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: CHAN10108X
Barcode: 095115110829
Release Date: 08/1981

TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Festival Overture / Hamlet (London Symphony, G. Simon)

Tracklist

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
1 Festival Overture on the Danish National Hymn, Op. 15 13:10
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Shakespeare, William - Lyricist
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Kelly, Janis (soprano)
Hammond-Stroud, Derek (baritone)
2 Overture 10:03
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
3 Act I Scene 1: Melodrame: First appearance of Ghost 01:34
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
4 Act I Scene 4: Fanfare: A Flourish of Trumpets 00:22
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
5 Act I Scene 4: Melodrame: Appearance of Ghost to Hamlet 00:41
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
6 Act I Scene 5: Melodrame: The Ghost tells Hamlet of his father's murder 03:07
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
7 Act II: Entr'acte: Prelude to Scene 1 and first appearance in the play of Ophelia 03:02
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
8 Act II Scene 2: Fanfare: A Room in the Castle - Flourish 00:21
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
9 Act III: Entr'acte: Prelude to Scene 1 which features Hamlet's soliloquy 03:16
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
10 Act III Scene 2: Fanfare: A Flourish 00:10
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
11 Act III Scene 2: Fanfare: The Dumb Show enters 00:15
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
12 Act III Scene 2: Melodrame: The Players enact the Scene of the Poisoning 02:04
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
13 Act IV: Entr'acte: Prelude to Scene 1 - A Room in the Castle 07:12
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
14 Act IV Scene 5: Scene d'Ophelie: Elsinore - Ophelia's Mad Scene 02:24
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Kelly, Janis (soprano)
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
15 Act IV Scene 5: Deuxieme scene d'Ophelie: Re-enter Ophelia, fantastically dressed with straws and flowers 02:07
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
Kelly, Janis (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
16 Act V: Entr'acte: Prelude to Scene 1 - A Churchyard 05:27
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
17 Act V Scene 1: Chant du Fossoyeur 00:54
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hammond-Stroud, Derek (baritone)
18 Act V Scene 1: Marche funebre 04:36
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
19 Act V Scene 2: Fanfare: Trumpets sound 00:21
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
20 Act V Scene 2: Marche finale 00:43
Simon, Geoffrey (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 01:01:49