Enoch Arden

Album by Richard Strauss & Patrick Stewart & Emanuel Ax

Enoch Arden is a melodrama for narrator and piano by Richard Strauss, composed in 1897. The work pairs spoken recitation with a richly expressive piano part in a late-Romantic idiom, reflecting Strauss's interest in narrative and programme music and marking a step in his development between his Lieder output and his larger orchestral works.
First released: 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part I: Prelude, Andante. "Long lines of cliff breaking"
    7:15
  2. 2.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part I: "So these were wed" Langsam
    5:01
  3. 3.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part I: Allegro appassionato. "She when the day that Enoch mention'd"
    5:40
  4. 4.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part I: Tranquillo. "And so ten years, since Enoch left"
    7:34
  5. 5.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part I: Annie's Dream. Langsam. "When lo! Her Enoch sitting on a height"
    3:57
  6. 6.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part II: Prelude. Allegro moderato. "And where was Enoch?"
    6:22
  7. 7.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part II: "Thus over Enoch's early silvering head"
    6:14
  8. 8.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part II: Allegro agitato. "When the dead man came to life"
    7:18
  9. 9.
    Enoch Arden, melodrama for speaker & piano, Op. 38 (TrV 181), Part II: Langsam. "Woman, disturb me not at the last"
    3:41
  10. 10.
    Five Piano Pieces for solo piano, Op. 3 (TrV 105): No. 1. Andante
    4:16
  11. 11.
    Five Piano Pieces for solo piano, Op. 3 (TrV 105): No. 4. Allegro molto
    4:22

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