WALTON: Christopher Columbus

Tracklist

Part I
1 Introduction and Chorus. Ironic Spirit: \'No, it cannot be done\' 4:38
2 1 Dialogue. Columbus: \'My name is Christopher\' - 1:12
3 Ironic Spirit: \'You cannot do that alone\' 0:51
4 1A Recitation and Chorus. Ironic Spirit: \'Finding his way by starts and gleams\' - 1:27
5 Columbus: \'Now the game is beginning\' 1:18
6 2 Court Music: Sarabande. Isabella: \'Señor Columbus\' - 1:25
7 Marquesa\'s Song. Isabella: \'Down in the Kingdom of Granada\' - 2:56
8 Columbus: \'But how can they know?\' 1:39
9 3 Men\'s Chorus: \'No! No! No!\' - 1:17
10 Columbus: \'Go and look at the sunset\' - 0:32
11 4 Columbus: \'I haven\'t seen her for years\' - 3:14
Beatriz\'s Song. Beatriz: \'When will he return?\' -
12 5A Columbus: \'May I come up?\' - 1:46
Kyrie. Beatriz: \'You have no right to take a rose from my courtyard\' -
13 Ironic Spirit: \'So, my son, you are leaving Spain?\' 0:27
14 5B Chorus: \'Granada has fallen!\' - 4:33
15 Columbus: \'Give me a ship, Your Majesty\' - 1:42
Fanfare I. Herald: \'On this day, the thirteenth of April\' -
Fanfare II. Herald: \'In the name of the Holy Trinity and Eternal Unity\' -
Fanafe III. Columbus: \'They have givne me all that I asked\' 1:42

Part II
16 6A Introduction: Port Music. Herald: \'Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!\' 1:37
17 6B Woman\'s Song. Woman Singer: \'There be three ships\' 1:20
18 6C Instrumental Reprise of Beatriz\'s Song. Beatriz: \'I heard you were due to sail\' - 1:43
19 Drum 0:26
20 7 Litany of the Saints. Chorus: \'Per Domimum\' - 2:54
Capstan Shanty. Tenor Solo: \'We\'re bound upon a wild goose quest\' -
21 8A Ironic Spirit: \'On these ships they are singing\' - 1:53
Shanty. Tenor Solo: \'We\'ve gone away for ever\'
22 8B Sea Music. Columbus: \'\'\'Friday, August the third\'\'\' - 1:32
23 Ironic Spirit: \'The sailors steered badly\' 0:26
24 9 Night Music. Columbus: \'\'\'Where shall wisdom be found. . .?\'\'\' - 1:22
25 Columbus: \'Listen to me, Señores\' - 0:43
26 10 Speaking Chorus. Columbus: \'Gold, Señores, gold. . .\' - 0:43
27 Columbus: \'\'\'Octoer the eleventh\'\'\' 0:20
28 11 Speaking Chorus. Columbus: \'Stand by for the Dawn!\' - 1:56
Te Deum. Men\'s Chorus: \'Te Deum laudamus\'
29 12A Indian Chorus. Ironic Spirit: \'Look \'ee yonder\' - 3:51
Fanfare. Columbus: \'In the name of the Holy Trinity\' -
Reprise of Indian Chorus: \'Guanahani! Guanahani!\'
30 12B Dialogue. Isabella: \'Have you heard the news, Your Grace?\' - 4:44
Speaking Chorus: \'Back from the West\' -
31 Columbus: \'I took three ships\' 1:11
32 Finale. Tenor Solo: \'Glory, glory to God\' 2:50

33 Hamlet and Ophelia 12:27
A poem for Orchestra
Arranged 1967 by Muir Mathieson from the music for the film Hamlet
Andante doloroso - Con moto, ma espressivo - Lento -
71:15