The Vision of Cleopatra – Tragic Poem (1907)
Words: Gerald Cumberland (1879-1926)
Orchestrated from the composer’s vocal score by John Pickard (2014)
1. Slave dance (Introduction) – 2. Our Queen has joy tonight
3. When battle’s done
4. Far back within the womb of time
5. Great silence is o’er everything
6. Now all is finished
7. The sun has gone away to sleep
CLAUDIA BOYLE soprano - Iris
ANGHARADLYDDON mezzo-soprano - Charmion
CLAUDIA HUCKLE contralto - Cleopatra
PETER AUTY tenor - Antony

Two Choral Pieces (1912)
Words: Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
8. i.Requiem for the Rose
9. ii.The Hag

10. Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme (1907)
NICHOLAS ANSDELL-EVANS organ

11. Overture: For Valour (1904 rev . 1906)
NICHOLAS ANSDELL-EVANS organ

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS [1-7]
WORLD PROFESSIONAL PREMIERES [8-9]
CHORUS OF ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA [1-9]
MARTIN FITZPATRICK chorus master
ORCHESTRA OF ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA conducted by MARTYN BRABBINS

All tracks available in stereo and multi-channel

SA-CD
This hybrid CD can be played on any standard CD players

CDLX7348

"... this beautifully prepared performance by the Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera. ...It is given here by John Pickard's expert 2014 orchestration." "Claudia Huckle as Cleopatra ... final soliloquy is exquiste." "Brabbins's meticulously prepared version ... must now be considered definitive." Guy Rickards, Gramophone, December 2018