Albert Herring

Album by Benjamin Britten & Royal Northern Sinfonia & Steuart Bedford

Albert Herring is a comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1947. Scored for a relatively small orchestra and written in a tonal yet modern musical language, it blends lyrical vocal lines with colourful orchestration and satirical characterisation, and represents a continuation of Britten's exploration of English community life and chamber-scale opera in the late 1940s.
First released: February 2003

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Florence!
    4:14
  2. 2.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: I don't think you ought
    1:06
  3. 3.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Quick, here they are
    2:36
  4. 4.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: I hope we're not too early
    3:00
  5. 5.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Hush! Harold Wood!
    2:41
  6. 6.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Stuffy! Tobacco stink!
    2:28
  7. 7.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: I'm full of happiness
    3:06
  8. 8.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Now then! Notebook, Florence!
    2:53
  9. 9.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: The first suggestion on my list
    4:15
  10. 10.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Magnificent, your Ladyship
    1:57
  11. 11.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Fascinating, Mr Mayor
    2:23
  12. 12.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Is this all you can bring?
    2:52
  13. 13.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: To make our thanks complete
    1:28
  14. 14.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Beggin' your pardon
    6:05
  15. 15.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Right! We'll have him!
    2:51
  16. 16.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Go on, Albert!
    1:50
  17. 17.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Well tried Albert!
    2:56
  18. 18.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene I: Interlude
    3:12
  19. 19.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: Bounce me high, bounce me low
    3:03
  20. 20.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Interlude
    7:10
  21. 21.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene II: Albert the Good
    6:29
  22. 22.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: Shop! Hi, Albert!
    3:41
  23. 23.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: Sid, I'm sorry
    5:12
  24. 24.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene II: Sounds like Sid serenading
    5:04
  25. 25.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene II: Heaven help those
    5:19
  26. 26.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: Hi Sid! You forget to pay for the herbs
    3:56
  27. 27.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: Good morning, young man
    1:37
  28. 28.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene II: Albert! Fast asleep, poor kid
    2:55
  29. 29.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: We bring great news to you
    2:43
  30. 30.
    Albert Herring: Act III: Interlude
    2:20
  31. 31.
    Albert Herring: Act I, Scene II: Well! Think of that, my lad
    2:37
  32. 32.
    Albert Herring: Act III: Is she asleep?
    3:09
  33. 33.
    Albert Herring: Act III: What the hell d'you think I am?
    1:47
  34. 34.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Interlude, Isn't he here?
    2:28
  35. 35.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: For three precious weeks
    0:54
  36. 36.
    Albert Herring: Act III: How's the manhunt?
    5:45
  37. 37.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: That's a fine sight for sore eyes
    2:55
  38. 38.
    Albert Herring: Act III: Hi! Heard the news?
    3:01
  39. 39.
    Albert Herring: Act II, Scene I: Quickly, quickly, come along
    3:21
  40. 40.
    Albert Herring: Act III: Threnody - In the midst of life is death
    4:49
  41. 41.
    Albert Herring: Act III: Albert?
    2:54
  42. 42.
    Albert Herring: Act III: I can't remember everything
    4:41
  43. 43.
    Albert Herring: Act III: I didn't lay it on too thick, did I?
    1:42

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