The Wasps

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Hallé Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder & Henry Goodman

The Wasps is incidental music composed by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909. The score employs colourful orchestration, folk-influenced melodies and choral passages for theatrical performance, and the orchestral suite drawn from the incidental music represents part of Vaughan Williams's early orchestral output that reflects his interest in English musical idioms.
First released: 6th March 2006

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 1 Overture
    9:39
  2. 2.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 9 Entr'acte and Introduction
    2:50
  3. 3.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 9 "Well, I was in the depths of depression"
    1:16
  4. 4.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 1 "Bastard! Bloody lickspittle!"
    4:01
  5. 5.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 10 Melodrama and Chorus
    6:55
  6. 6.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 2 Introduction (Nocturne)
    1:21
  7. 7.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 3 Melodrama and Chorus
    6:16
  8. 8.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 10 "Let the jury be seated"
    1:07
  9. 9.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 4 The Wasps' Serenade
    5:54
  10. 10.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 11 March Past of the Witnesses
    1:31
  11. 11.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 4 "Boys, your song brings tears to my eyes"
    1:03
  12. 12.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 11 "So, Wok, what's the evidence?"
    2:04
  13. 13.
    The Wasps: Act II. No. 12 Parabasis
    21:16
  14. 14.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 5 "When we buzz"
    0:44
  15. 15.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 5 "Then all hell breaks loose"
    0:33
  16. 16.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 13 Entr'acte
    4:25
  17. 17.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 13 "So, how do you like my new outfit?"
    0:59
  18. 18.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 6 "If you survive your sixtieth year"
    1:35
  19. 19.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 6 "Imagine how it feels"
    1:52
  20. 20.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 14 "His army cloak, his field canteen"
    4:34
  21. 21.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 7 Melodrama and Chorus
    2:29
  22. 22.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 15 "Out of my way"
    0:37
  23. 23.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 15 "Great wine they had at that dinner!"
    2:03
  24. 24.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 7 "So Sandra starts in"
    2:44
  25. 25.
    The Wasps: Act I. No. 8 Melodrama and Chorus
    5:57
  26. 26.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 16 "Ta-ratata-ta"
    1:21
  27. 27.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 17 "I must be dreaming!"
    1:51
  28. 28.
    The Wasps: Act III. No. 18 Chorus and Dance
    8:39

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