First released: January 2008
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Disc 1
- 1.Chapter 1: When siege and assault had ceased…
- 2.This fair Britain, founded by that famous knight…0:52
- 3.The king lay at Camelot one Christmas tide…1:08
- 4.With New Year not yet a day old…1:16
- 5.Now, Arthur would not eat until all were served…0:58
- 6.So he stands, the stern young king…1:06
- 7.I’ll say nothing more about the meal…1:12
- 8.Green, were both the garments and the grinning man…1:31
- 9.Garbed in green was the gallant rider…1:27
- 10.And yet he had no helm or hauberk either…1:38
- 11.Stunned, the court stared…1:00
- 12.From the dais Arthur watched…1:34
- 13.‘Fight? Have no worry.’1:28
- 14.If he astonished them first…1:21
- 15.‘By heaven,’ said Arthur…0:53
- 16.‘Grant me grace,’ said Gawain…1:06
- 17.The king commanded the courtly knight to stand.1:12
- 18.‘By God,’ said the Green Knight…1:24
- 19.The Green Knight stood…1:30
- 20.For he held the head up high in both his hands…1:29
- 21.And yet high-born Arthur was heavy at heart…1:25
- 22.Chapter 2: Arthur was granted his gift of adventure…1:29
- 23.So comes the summer season…1:10
- 24.Yet he lingers till All Hallows…1:26
- 25.He dwelt there that day…1:09
- 26.Hasped in his armour…1:26
- 27.Last they showed him his bright shield…1:12
- 28.First he was found faultless…1:35
- 29.He struck his steed with his spurs…1:07
- 30.Gallant Sir Gawain then in God’s name rode out…1:04
- 31.Forsaken he rode far distant from his friends…1:28
- 32.More merry in the morning…1:13
- 33.Scarcely three times had he signed the holy cross…1:10
- 34.So he stayed his steed…1:05
- 35.‘Sir,’ said Gawain…1:31
- 36.Gawain gazed at the good man…1:38
- 37.A chair by the chimney hearth…1:14
- 38.Then enquiries came, but questions carefully put…1:21
- 39.The Knight, done with his dining…2:23
- 40.When Gawain gazed upon that gracious lady…1:15
- 41.On that morning when men remember the birth of our dear lord…1:16
- 42.That day they made much merriment…1:19
- 43.With courteous questions he asked Gawain…1:44
- 44.Gladness filled Gawain then…1:20
- 45.‘Oh, one thing more’ the master said…1:21
Disc 2
- 1.Chapter 3: Long before first light…1:24
- 2.At the burst of the baying the forest trembled.1:29
- 3.While the lord sought sport among the forest leaves…1:48
- 4.‘Good morning, good knight,’ she murmured to Gawain…1:51
- 5.‘Good Lord!’ said Gawain…1:10
- 6.‘Madam,’ said that debonair man…1:26
- 7.She bids him good day…1:29
- 8.Still at his sport, the lord spurred his steed…1:47
- 9.The head, too, and the neck…0:57
- 10.The lord commands his men to meet…1:29
- 11.Afterwards in a chamber, by the chimney…0:52
- 12.Scenting quarry by a marshy covert…1:34
- 13.Pressing close to shoot hunters…1:09
- 14.Coming to the curtain, she coyly peeped in…1:52
- 15.I would learn from you, my lord,’…1:32
- 16.‘Good faith,’ said Gawain then…1:16
- 17.Roused from rest, he rose…1:07
- 18.At last came the lord…0:56
- 19.Then in triumph many bugles blew the prise…1:07
- 20.Merry, the lord with loud voice and laughter…1:12
- 21.They laid out tables on top of trestles then…1:00
- 22.They drank more amid laughter…1:08
- 23.After Mass, he and his men down a morsel…1:21
- 24.To hear the hounds’ voice was truly heart’s delight…1:36
- 25.Out of the deepest darkness of drowsy dreams…1:06
- 26.For that precious princess…1:18
- 27.‘Such words,’ said the woman…1:19
- 28.She offered him a rich ring…1:30
- 29.‘Do you refuse this silk now,’…1:12
- 30.With a word of farewell she went on her way…1:05
- 31.So let him linger there in the lea of their love…1:24
- 32.With night setting in…1:25
- 33.With mirth and minstrelsy…1:15
- 34.Courteous he kissed them…1:11
- 35.Chapter 4: So New Year draws near…1:25
- 36.He fastened on the finest pieces himself…1:04
- 37.Then Gringolet was groomed for him…1:05
- 38.The drawbridge was lowered…1:08
- 39.I have brought you this far…1:23
- 40.‘Good Sir Gawain, let that grim man well alone…’1:15
- 41.‘Mary!’ said the servant…1:02
- 42.He put spurs to Gringolet…1:23
- 43.‘By God, what a desolate spot,’…1:15
- 44.Gawain called out then, loud and clear…1:28
- 45.‘Gawain,’ said the Green Knight then…1:13
- 46.The gallant in green prepared himself…1:27
- 47.‘So have at it, by your faith…’1:22
- 48.Up, up swiftly went the axe…1:10
- 49.The knight stood back and rested on his axe…1:32
- 50.‘For that braided belt you wear…’1:41
- 51.But the other lord laughed and then said lightly…0:53
- 52.‘Truly, no,’ Gawain said…1:03
- 53.‘But the belt,’ said Gawain…1:27
- 54.‘In this green guise she sent me…’1:23
- 55.Our worthy knight went by wild ways…1:17
- 56.‘Behold, sir,’ he said…1:47