VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Poisoned Kiss

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The Poisoned Kiss 115:59

premiere recording
An opera in three acts. Libretto by Evelyn Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams

COMPACT DISC ONE
1 Overture 7:09

Act I
2 No. 2. Opening Chorus: \'Secret are the sounds . . .\' 2:43
3 No. 3. Scena. Gallanthus: \'What\'s that?\' 1:38
4 No. 4. Scena. Angelica: \'Day is dawning\' 5:54
5 No. 5. Duet. Gallaanthus: \'It\'s really time . . .\' 3:07
6 No. 6. Ensemble. Hob, Lob and Gob: \'Here we come . . .\' 2:24
7 No. 7. Duet and Chorus. Dipsacus: \'I\'m a sorcerer bold\' 1:54
8 No. 8. Duet. Amaryllus: \'It\'s true I\'m inclined . . .\' 2:41
9 No. 9. Ensemble. Tormentilla: \'Hush, lovely cobra\' 2:04
10 Amaryllus: \'Desist, lest you die!\' 0:59
11 No. 10. Duet. Amaaryllus: \'I know we see . . .\' 0:10
12 Amaryllus: \'Blue larkspur in a garden\' 3:01
13 No. 11. Ensemble. Dispacus: \'Who\'s in my forest?\' 0:15
14 Dispacus: \'North wind, south wind\' 1:01
15 Tormentilla: \'Angelica?\' 0:29
16 Amaryllus and Gallanthus: \'O come to our arms\' 2:37
17 No. 12. Song. Tormentilla: \'O who would be . . .\' 2:49
18 No. 13. Finale. Dipsacus: \'All is ready!\' 3:10

Act II
19 No. 14. Introduction 1:04
20 No. 15. Chorus: \'Here we come\' 1:47
21 No. 16. Song and Chorus. Angelica and flower girls: \'By all the powers . . .\' 3:36
22 No. 17. Trio. Lob: \'Ho there!\' 1:56
23 No. 18. Duet. Angelica: \'It does not appear . . .\' 2:17
24 No. 19. Trio. Third Medium: \'If you want to escape\' 3:02
58:03

COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II (continued)
1 No. 20. Chorus: \'Tormentilla! Tormentilla!\' 2:23
2 No. 21. Song and Duet. Tormentilla: \'There was . . .\' 5:40
3 No. 22. Ensemble. Amaryllus: \'Twas here it bade . . .\' 4:08
4 No. 23. Serenade. Amaryllus: \'Dear love, behold . . .\' 3:07
5 No. 24. Duet. Tormentilla: \'Sleeping or waking\' 1:27
6 Tormentilla: \'You must not kiss me\' 4:23
7 No. 26. Finale. Tormentilla: \'Too dark for me . . .\' 2:56

Act III
8 No. 27. Introduction 1:13
9 No. 28. Trio. Mediums: \'Behold our mystic . . .\' 3:25
10 No. 29. Ensemble. Empress: \'Monstrous vision!\' 1:28
11 No. 30. Ballad. Empress: \'When I was young . . .\' 2:48
12 No. 31.Ensemble. Empress: \'You can leave us\' 0:43
13 No. 32. Duet. Tormentilla: \'Is my love alive?\' 0:28
14 Empress: \'Love breaks all rules . . .\' 3:25
15 No. 33. Invocation. Empress: \'Imps and Demons\' 2:24
16 No. 34. Ensemble. Empress: \'Come, O gentle powers\' 5:36
17 No. 35. Duet. Empress: \'Can you, can you remember\' 2:40
18 No. 36. Quartet. All: \'Love in a hut . . .\' 1:21
19 No. 37. Sextet. First Medium: \'Horrid monster!\' 2:36
20 No. 38. Duet. Gallanthus: \'It\'s the proper thing to do\' 1:58
21 No. 39. Finale. Chorus: \'Love has conquered!\' 3:31
57:56