Hanson: Merry Mount - CD

CD - 1

Howard Hanson

Merry Mount, Op. 31 (1933)

 

1. Act I: Prelude

00:03:01

 

2. Act I: Be as a lion, dread Jehovah… From plots of Hell and witcheries (Puritans, Bradford, Bridget, Plentiful, Myles Brodrib, Tewke, Desire)

00:08:09

 

3. Act I: Ah - I deny thy Christ (Bradford, Banks, Tewke, Puritans)

00:03:51

 

4. Act I: A savoury discourse, good Master Bradford (Bradford, Tewke)

00:02:49

 

5. Act I: Last night came One that paced a-down the stairway of the sky (Bradford)

00:02:37

 

6. Act I: My son, Thou'rt over-ripe for marriage! (Tewke, Bradford)

00:01:44

 

7. Act I: The willow keep to thatch our sleep (Plentiful, Bradford)

00:03:42

 

8. Act I: Plentiful Tewke hath catched the preacher! (Love, Bradford, Peregrine Brodrib, Prence, Children)

00:04:48

 

9. Act I: Gi' you good night, sir… (Prence, Myles Brodrib, Marigold, Bradford, Tinker, Morton, Puritans, Cavaliers)

00:04:59

 

10. Act I: Scratch a Roundhead, find a rebel … Thrones of Earth be idle things (Prence, Scrooby, Tewke, Bradford, Puritans, Cavaliers)

00:02:15

 

11. Act I: Right rev'rend priest, our holy joy … Respect the Sabbath day (Prence, Scrooby, Tewke, Bradford, Puritans, Cavaliers)

00:02:41

 

12. Act I: Marigold! Lady! … Let us be lions of Jehovah (Bradford, Marigold, Lackland, Myles Brodrib, Tewke, Puritans, Cavaliers)

00:04:37

CD - 2

Howard Hanson

Merry Mount, Op. 31 (1933)

 

1. Act II Scene 1: Prelude - I wind and I wind, My true love to find (Men and Women)

00:03:48

 

2. Act II Scene 1: From forth the hill … I christen 'Merry Mount' - Maypole Dance (Lackland, Men and Women)

00:03:56

 

3. Act II Scene 1: Long Live the Lady (Men and Women)

00:00:53

 

4. Act II Scene 1: Marigold! When the morning stars together sang (Lackland, Marigold, Men and Women)

00:04:23

 

5. Act II Scene 1: Methinks I see th'infernal rendezvous of Satan and his bond-slaves (Bradford, Men and Women, Morton, Tewke, Puritans)

00:06:36

 

6. Act II Scene 2: O pity me! Thou alone of women Canst heal this tortured heart (Bradford, Marigold, Lackland, Tewke, Puritans)

00:03:05

 

7. Act II Scene 2: Let them strike twice, And I will come to thee! (Marigold)

00:02:38

 

8. Act II Scene 2: Hale her to the village, A prisoner… (Tewke, Bradford)

00:00:40

 

9. Act II Scene 2: Almighty Father, My King and my God (Bradford, Mystic Voices)

00:03:11

 

10. Act II Scene 2: Chorus of Mystic Voices

00:03:11

 

11. Act II Scene 3: Alleluia! Alleluia! (Bradford, Lucifer, Monsters, Witches and Demons)

00:14:23

 

12. Act II Scene 3: Now thou art mine (Lucifer, Monsters, Witches and Demons, Bradford)

00:01:47

 

13. Act II Scene 3: Rise up, my love my fair one (Bradford, Astoreth)

00:04:33

 

14. Act III Scene 1: Prelude

00:07:30

 

15. Act III Scene 2: Gird you with Sackcloth (Tewke, Puritans)

00:02:56

 

16. Act III Scene 2: Never more shall prayer ravish these lips!… (Bradford, Chorus)

00:03:37

 

17. Act III Scene 2: Woe, woe! Lost sheep are we (Puritans, Bradford, Myles Brodrib)

00:01:47

 

18. Act III Scene 2: No witch am I; But one that long ago was happy (Marigold)

00:04:31

 

19. Act III Scene 2: Ay, even now thy lover frets at Hellgate - Death to the Witch (Bradford, Marigold, Ensemble)

00:05:23