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ELGAR, E.: Starlight Express (The) (A. Davis)

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Label: Chandos

Genre: Orchestral; Vocal

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: CHSA5111-12

Barcode: 095115511121

Release Date: 01/2012

ELGAR, E.: Starlight Express (The) (A. Davis)

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Disc 1

Elgar, Edward
Pearn, Violet - Lyricist

The Starlight Express, Op. 78

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)
Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Watkin, David (cello)

1

Act I Scene 1: To the Children

05:55

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

2

Act I Scene 1: In the village of Bourcelles in the Swiss …

01:37

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

3

Act I Scene 1: Just then a lamplighter …

00:30

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

4

Act I Scene 1: At that time, Henry had told him about the old railway …

00:42

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

5

Act I Scene 1: … the mother of them all

00:32

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

6

Act I Scene 1: Oh! But I'm forgetting the most important one of all.

00:33

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

7

Act I Scene 1: They were always eager to hear his poetry

01:22

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

8

Act I Scene 1: And suddenly a new, enormous thing stirred in their father's heart

01:48

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

9

Act I Scene 1: As though on cue

00:15

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

10

Act I Scene 1: To the Children: That's odd, said Mother

00:37

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

11

Act I Scene 1: … gold and had put it on for warmth against the cool evening air

00:42

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

12

Act I Scene 1: Before them stood an extremely dishevelled figure holding a suitcase

01:14

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

13

Act I Scene 1: As Daddy took charge of the luggage

00:53

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

14

Act I Scene 1: We want to tell you something

00:38

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

15

Act I Scene 1: All the rules I swear to keep

01:32

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

16

Act I Scene 1: Are you sure you have everything you need?

01:33

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

17

Act II Scene 1: The Blue-eyed Fairy

03:22

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

18

Act II Scene 1: They found a clearing with the open sky above them

01:06

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

19

Act II Scene 1: Henry explained that the Pleiades had been attendants upon Artemis …

02:01

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

20

Act II Scene 1: The Sun has Gone

04:38

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

21

Act II Scene 1: The Sun has Gone: Now, cats are curious creatures, and Riquette was no exception

02:01

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

22

Act II Scene 1: Turning towards the open window …

01:15

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

23

Act II Scene 1: At length Jinny came out of the cave and came over to them

00:21

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

24

Act II Scene 1: Then there's Madame Jequier and dear Miss Waghorn

01:01

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

25

Act II Scene 1: Could it be?

00:33

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

26

Act II Scene 1: And with that the first passenger hurried by them

00:19

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

27

Act II Scene 1: The Sweep

00:12

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

28

Act II Scene 1: Then a fantastic, light, twirling creature …

00:15

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

29

Act II Scene 1: I'm ev'rywhere

00:48

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

30

Act II Scene 1: And the shabby Tramp, playing his barrel organ

00:13

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

31

Act II Scene 1: Well, let's see now

00:27

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

32

Act II Scene 1: Wake up, you little Night Winds

01:29

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

33

Act II Scene 1: Dance of the Winds

02:20

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

34

Act II Scene 1: But where's Cousin Henry?

00:43

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

35

Act II Scene 1: I'm ev'rywhere: Ah! Anyone gazing skywards at that moment …

01:06

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

36

Act II Scene 1: Sun Dance

02:45

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

37

Act II Scene 2: Madame Jequier's constant anxiety …

01:06

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

38

Act II Scene 2: Dandelions, Daffodils

00:52

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

39

Act II Scene 2: In her attic chamber above

01:04

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

40

Act II Scene 2: Henry turned to the children

01:04

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

41

Act II Scene 3: At the Citadelle

01:18

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Watkin, David (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

42

Act II Scene 3: O, stars shine brightly

03:16

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

43

Act II Scene 3: The Sprites had almost finished their task

00:48

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Thomas, Peter (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

44

Act II Scene 3: The Sprites flitted out, back to the Starlight Express

00:18

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

45

Act II Scene 3: Dawn Song

01:09

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

Disc 2

1

Act III Scene 1: My Old Tunes

04:14

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

2

Act III Scene 1: Dandelions, Daffodils

01:15

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

3

Act III Scene 1: Miss Waghorn, whose confusion of mind …

01:11

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

4

Act III Scene 1: My main idea is this …

01:09

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

5

Act III Scene 1: Then Mother spoke …

00:34

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

6

Act III Scene 1: A few days later Henry left to return to London

03:34

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

7

Act III Scene 2: It was late evening on the day of his arrival

07:45

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Watkin, David (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

8

Act III Scene 2: And suddenly he remembered an extraordinary conversation …

02:37

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

9

Act III Scene 2: All three children, perhaps sent back from their nocturnal enterprises …

02:08

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

10

Act III Scene 2: Sympathy - Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed'

02:44

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

11

Act III Scene 2: Jinny said, with her characteristic gravity …

01:33

Callow, Simon (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

Carey, Clive
Pearn, Violet - Lyricist
Davis, Andrew - Arranger

3 Songs from The Starlight Express (arr. A. Davis)

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

12

No. 1. The Organ-grinder's Song

03:07

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

13

No. 2. The Dustman's Song

01:39

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

14

No. 3. The Gardener's Song

01:17

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

Elgar, Edward
Davis, Andrew - Arranger
Pearn, Violet - Lyricist

Starlight Express Suite, Op. 78 (arr. A. Davis)

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)
Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Thomas, Peter (violin)

15

I. To the Children

06:16

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

16

II. Andantino

01:33

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

17

III. The Blue-eyed Fairy

03:16

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

18

IV. The sun has gone

04:51

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

19

V. Andantino

02:05

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

20

VI. Lento

00:29

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

21

VII. Allegro

00:23

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

22

VIII. I'm ev'rywhere

00:45

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

23

IX. Wake up, you little Night Winds

01:20

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

24

X. Dance of the Winds

02:23

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

25

XI. Lento

00:50

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)
Thomas, Peter (violin)

26

XII. Sun Dance

02:34

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

27

XIII. Andante

01:14

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

28

XIV. Allegretto

01:05

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

29

XV. O, Stars Shine Brightly

03:20

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

30

XVI. Dawn Song

01:04

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

31

XVII. My Old Tunes

04:02

Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

32

XVIII. Dandelions, Daffodils

00:55

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

33

XIX. Moderato

02:04

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

34

XX. Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed

02:46

Thomas, Elin Manahan (soprano)
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davis, Andrew (Conductor)

35

XXI. Grandioso

01:34

Davis, Andrew (Conductor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 02:17:49