Punch and Judy

Album by Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Phyllis Bryn‐Julson & Jan DeGaetani & Philip Langridge & Stephen Roberts & David Wilson‐Johnson & John Tomlinson & London Sinfonietta & David Atherton

Punch and Judy is an opera by English composer Harrison Birtwistle, premiered in 1968. The work employs fragmented vocal lines, dense orchestral textures and a non-linear dramatic structure, reflecting Birtwistle's interest in modernist and avant-garde techniques and marking an important development in post-war British opera.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Punch and Judy: Prologue
    4:36
  2. 2.
    Punch and Judy: Homage to Judy
    7:40
  3. 3.
    Punch and Judy: Resolve I
    1:09
  4. 4.
    Punch and Judy: Passion Chorale I
    2:13
  5. 5.
    Punch and Judy: Toccata I b
    5:19
  6. 6.
    Punch and Judy: Pretty Polly's Rhapsody I
    2:24
  7. 7.
    Punch and Judy: Sinfonia
    8:13
  8. 8.
    Punch and Judy: War-Cry
    4:58
  9. 9.
    Punch and Judy: Toccata II b
    5:30
  10. 10.
    Punch and Judy: Pretty Polly's Rhapsody II
    5:57

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Punch and Judy: Roundel, 1st movement
    6:31
  2. 3.
    Punch and Judy: Recitative and Passion Aria II
    3:35
  3. 4.
    Punch and Judy: Proclamation III
    7:46
  4. 5.
    Punch and Judy: Nightmare
    2:18
  5. 6.
    Punch and Judy: Tarot-Game 1st draw
    5:29
  6. 7.
    Punch and Judy: Quartet
    12:35
  7. 8.
    Punch and Judy: Toccata III a
    3:18
  8. 9.
    Punch and Judy: Melodrama IV
    3:19
  9. 10.
    Punch and Judy: Death March
    3:37
  10. 11.
    Punch and Judy: Triumph
    6:45

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