The Love for Three Oranges

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Opera Australia & Richard Hickox

The Love for Three Oranges is a 1921 opera by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Musically it fuses neoclassical clarity, biting modernist harmonies and vivid orchestral colour to create a satirical, theatrical score that marked a pivotal early-career shift in Prokofiev's output and played a role in shaping interwar operatic and orchestral trends.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Prologue: "What We Want Is Genuine Tragedy!"
    3:58
  2. 2.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act I: Scene 1: "Oh, Poor Boy! Tell Me the Worst. What Are His Chances?"
    3:53
  3. 3.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act I: Scene 1: "Don't Worry... Don't Worry..."
    3:29
  4. 4.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act I: Scene 1: "Leandro, Please Lay on a Sort of Royal Variety Show"
    1:21
  5. 5.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act I: Scene 2: "It's Chelio!"
    3:44
  6. 6.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act I: Scene 2: "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men Can Meet Frustration"
    5:17
  7. 7.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act I: Scene 2: "Who's That?"
    4:57
  8. 8.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act II: Scene 1: "Howzat?!"
    3:59
  9. 9.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act II: Scene 1: "Here They Come... Ain't It Grand? It's Beginning, So Hurry, Hurry!"
    2:55
  10. 10.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act II: Scene 2: "For Your Delight, I Present First, This!"
    1:58
  11. 11.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act II: Scene 2: "Who Are You? What Do You Want Here?"
    3:04
  12. 12.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act II: Scene 2: "Who Is This Woman?"
    5:11
  13. 13.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act II: Scene 2: "I Want an Apple, or a Banana... Perhaps a Cherry..."
    5:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 1: "Farfarello! Farfarello!"
    4:57
  2. 3.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 1: "Wind Has Died. We Must Be in Orange Country"
    4:04
  3. 4.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 2: "We're Here"
    1:55
  4. 5.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 2: "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum! I Heard a Noise. Where's My Ladle?"
    5:52
  5. 6.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 3: "We've Lost Our Following Wind, No Wonder That We're Getting Nowhere!"
    3:48
  6. 7.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 3: "Where Did the Girl Come From?"
    5:15
  7. 8.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 3: "We're Alone, at Last, My Marmalade, My Dessert, My True Love"
    8:06
  8. 9.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act III: Scene 3: "Smeraldina... With a Needle! Fata Morgana! Hey, Look Out Behind You!"
    4:57
  9. 10.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act IV: Scene 1: "Ah! I'll Get You for This, See If I Don't... I"
    3:17
  10. 11.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act IV: Scene 2: "Are You Ready?"
    1:31
  11. 12.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act IV: Scene 2: "Would You Be Ninetta?"
    3:19
  12. 13.
    The Love for Three Oranges: Act IV: Scene 2: "Arrest Them!"
    2:50

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