Composer(s): Talbot, Joby
Conductor(s): Kessels, Koen
Label: Opus Arte
Genre: Ballet
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: OACD9054D
Barcode: 809478090540
Release Date: 06/2025

TALBOT, J.: Winter's Tale (The) [Ballet] (Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden, Kessels)

King Leontes of Sicilia is crippled with an all-consuming jealousy when his friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, stays with him and his wife Hermione. What follows is a tale where a marriage is destroyed, a child is abandoned and all hope is seemingly lost for two lovers.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Winter’s Tale is an award-winning modern ballet classic, packed with emotional turmoil heightened by Joby Talbot’s compelling score.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Talbot, Joby
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
1Act I: Prologue05:52
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
2Act I Scene 1: The court at Sicilia02:48
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
3Act I Scene 1: Bohemian dance02:34
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
4Act I Scene 1: Jealousy seizes Leontes05:50
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
5Act I Scene 1: Leontes confronts Polixenes03:03
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
6Act I Scene 2: The nursery and Arrest of Hermione07:05
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
7Act I Scene 3: Leontes broods alone01:48
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
8Act I Scene 3: Paulina presents the baby girl02:14
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
9Act I Scene 3: Leontes rejects his daughter01:48
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
10Act I Scene 3: Antigonus flees with the baby01:07
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
11Act I Scene 4: Trial of Hermione01:09
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
12Act I Scene 4: Hermione's plea02:24
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
13Act I Scene 4: Profession of loyalty02:19
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
14Act I Scene 4: Leontes condemns his wife00:59
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
15Act I Scene 4: Death of Mamillius01:16
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
16Act I Scene 4: Paulina saves Leontes01:51
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
17Act I Scene 4: Shipwreck and Exit pursued by a bear03:22
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act II Scene 1: Bohemia, sixteen years later05:25
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
2Act II Scene 1: Florizel and Perdita's tryst04:00
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
3Act II Scene 1: Polixenes and his retinue00:27
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
4Act II Scene 1: Florizel and Perdita in love02:37
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
5Act II Scene 2: Polixenes and Camillo in disguise01:15
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
6Act II Scene 3: Springtime festival, Part I03:46
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
7Act II Scene 3: Village musicians02:32
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
8Act II Scene 3: Brother Clown dances01:59
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
9Act II Scene 3: The wishing tree01:34
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
10Act II Scene 3: Wind chimes03:09
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
11Act II Scene 3: Perdita dances01:59
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
12Act II Scene 4: Springtime festival, Part II02:15
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
13Act II Scene 4: Florizel proposes01:56
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
14Act II Scene 4: Polixenes unmasked01:18
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
15Act II Scene 4: Chase on the high seas01:42
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
Disc 3
1Act III Scene 1: Sicilia, at the graves of Hermione and Mamillius04:50
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
2Act III Scene 2: Florizel and Perdita disembark03:20
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
3Act III Scene 2: Polixenes appears00:47
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
4Act III Scene 2: Leontes appeals to Polixenes and Perdita's true identity discovered01:48
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
5Act III Scene 3: Wedding of Florizel and Perdita03:41
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
6Act III Scene 3: Paulina's gift01:31
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
7Act III Scene 3: Hermione lives02:29
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
8Act III Scene 3: Hermione forgives Leontes02:58
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)
9Act III Scene 3: Reunion of Hermione and Perdita03:21
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Kessels, Koen (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:48:08