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SPOON 44
LC 7395

EXTRACTS FROM THE FANTASY OPERA GORMENGHAST

Music and scenario : Irmin Schmidt
Libretto : Duncan Fallowell
              inspired by Mervyn Peake's trilogy
Sound engineer and programmer: Jono Podmore
produced by : Irmin Schmidt und Jono Podmore

  1. OVERTURE 00:54
  2. GETRUDE'S ARIA: Touch 09:23
  3. SWELTER'S ARIA: Be A Happy Carnivore! 06:15
  4. STEERPIKE'S SONG: Oxygen 07:01
  5. FUCHSIA'S SONG: Rainbow Party 06:52
  6. ENSEMBLE: Joy 03:23
  7. THE TWINS' DUET: Triumph 03:07
  8. BARQUENTINE'S ARIA: Possess Me, Chaos! 02:14
  9. SEPULCHRAVE'S ARIA: Behold The Night! 09:44
  10. DUET FUCHSIA & STEERPIKE: The Birds Are Leaving For The South 06:45
  11. FUCHSIA'S ARIA: Fall, Friendly Rain 05:48

Publishing : Spoon-Music Germany - Messermusic ltd. London

MP3 (128kbps) SOUND EXTRACTS:

Steerpike's song : OXYGEN (track No. 4 of the CD) - 1 min : 57 sec extract.

Fuchsia's song : RAINBOW PARTY (track No. 5 of the CD) - 1 min : 25 sec extract.

Ensemble : JOY (track No. 6 of the CD) - 0 min : 57 sec extract.

Barquentine's aria : POSSESS ME, CHAOS (track No. 8 of the CD) - 1 min : 26 sec extract.


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A phantasmagorical soundworld of electronics, symphony orchestra and pounding beats which envelopes singers who effortlessly stretch from Pop to Classical virtuosity


" If Richard Strauss had written Rockmusic, this is what it would have sounded like - gloriously, unashamedly lush "

Rodney Milnes, The Times, 24.11.1998


 

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