The Minotaur

Album by Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Antonio Pappano & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

The Minotaur is an opera by English composer Harrison Birtwistle, first performed in 2008. The work exemplifies contemporary classical music with dense, often ritualistic orchestration, challenging vocal writing and a fragmented dramatic structure that reworks the Minotaur myth and represents a late-career operatic project in Birtwistle's output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Minotaur: Opening Credits
    0:29
  2. 2.
    The Minotaur: One: Arrival
    19:19
  3. 3.
    The Minotaur: Toccata 1
    1:13
  4. 4.
    The Minotaur: Two: The Choice
    15:17
  5. 5.
    The Minotaur: Three: The Labyrinth
    4:39
  6. 6.
    The Minotaur: Four: Ariadne
    5:01
  7. 7.
    The Minotaur: Five: The Labyrinth
    9:10
  8. 8.
    The Minotaur: Toccata 2
    2:14
  9. 9.
    The Minotaur: Six: The Minotaur Dreams
    8:56
  10. 10.
    The Minotaur: Seven: The Labyrinth
    16:25

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Minotaur: Opening
    0:39
  2. 3.
    The Minotaur: Eight: A Proposition
    11:29
  3. 4.
    The Minotaur: Toccata 3
    1:21
  4. 5.
    The Minotaur: Nine: The Minotaur Dreams
    9:34
  5. 6.
    The Minotaur: Ten: The Oracle at Psychro
    6:57
  6. 7.
    The Minotaur: Eleven: A Blind Bargain
    5:47
  7. 8.
    The Minotaur: Twelve: The Labyrinth
    8:57
  8. 9.
    The Minotaur: Thirteen: The Death of the Minotaur
    8:00
  9. 10.
    The Minotaur: Curtain Calls
    3:49
  10. 11.
    The Minotaur: End Credits
    1:25

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