Gloriana

Album by Benjamin Britten & Josephine Barstow & Della Jones & Yvonne Kenny & Philip Langridge & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera & Alan Opie & Jonathan Summers & Charles Mackerras

Gloriana is an opera by English composer Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1953. The work uses Britten's mid-20th-century tonal language with expressive orchestration and prominent solo and choral writing to address historical themes associated with the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, and it occupies a notable place in his operatic output of the 1950s.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 1. Prelude
    2:20
  2. 2.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 2. The Tornament
    4:18
  3. 3.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 3. Recitative & Fight
    1:25
  4. 4.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 4. Entrance of the Queen
    1:29
  5. 5.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 5. Recitative
    1:07
  6. 6.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 6. The two Lords' Explanation
    1:24
  7. 7.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 7. Raleigh's Song
    1:43
  8. 8.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 8. Ensemble of Reconciliation
    4:52
  9. 9.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 9. Recitative & Final March
    1:32
  10. 10.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 1. Prelude & Dialogue
    2:02
  11. 11.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 2. The Queen's Song
    1:57
  12. 12.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 3. Cecil's Song of Government
    1:56
  13. 13.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 4. Recitative & Essex's Entry
    2:35
  14. 14.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 5. First Lute Song
    1:59
  15. 15.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 6. Second Lute Song
    3:43
  16. 16.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 7. The First Duet for the Queen & Essex
    4:12
  17. 17.
    Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 8. Soliloquy & Prayer
    5:17
  18. 18.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 1: 1. Prelude & Welcome
    4:03
  19. 19.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 1: 2. The Masque
    11:47
  20. 20.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 1: 3. Finale
    2:56
  21. 21.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 1. Prelude & Song
    2:14
  22. 22.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 2. Duet
    1:25
  23. 23.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 3. Double Duet
    1:46
  24. 24.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 4. Quartet
    3:38

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 1. Pavane
    2:09
  2. 3.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 2. Conversation
    1:20
  3. 4.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 3. Galliard
    1:50
  4. 5.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 4. Conversation & the Queen's Entrance
    1:03
  5. 6.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 5. Lavolta
    1:25
  6. 7.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 6. Conversation
    0:49
  7. 8.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 7. Morris dance
    1:04
  8. 9.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 8. Recitative
    0:24
  9. 10.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 9. The Queen's Burlesque
    1:49
  10. 11.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 10. Quartet
    2:50
  11. 12.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 11. March
    0:46
  12. 13.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 12. The Queen's Announcement
    2:04
  13. 14.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 13. Ensemble
    3:08
  14. 15.
    Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 14. Coranto
    1:24
  15. 16.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 1. Prelude & Chatter
    2:54
  16. 17.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 2. Essex's Intrusion
    0:56
  17. 18.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 3. The Second Duet of the Queen & Essex
    8:00
  18. 19.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 4. The Dressing-Table Song
    2:45
  19. 20.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 5. The Entrance of Cecil
    1:03
  20. 21.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 6. Cecil's Report
    0:47
  21. 22.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 7. Discussion
    0:58
  22. 23.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 8. The Queen's Decision
    1:40
  23. 24.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 2: Ballad - Rondo
    10:39
  24. 25.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 1. Prelude & Verdict
    6:16
  25. 26.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 2. Cecil's Warning
    0:56
  26. 27.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 3. The Queen's Dilemma
    1:29
  27. 28.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 4. Trio
    2:30
  28. 29.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 5. Lady Essex's Pleading
    2:35
  29. 30.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 6. Penepole Rich's Pleading
    1:41
  30. 31.
    Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 7. Epilogue
    8:51

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