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Jonathan Dove - Siren Song (USED)

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN10472

Barcode: 0095115147221

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Year: 2008

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Contents

Artists

Brad Cooper (tenor)
Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone)
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano)
Siren Ensemble

Conductor

Henk Guittart

Works

Dove, Jonathan

Siren Song

Artists

Brad Cooper (tenor)
Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone)
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano)
Siren Ensemble

Conductor

Henk Guittart

About

Siren Song, by the British composer Jonathan Dove, is a chamber opera about the longing for love and the susceptibility to deception, which here receives its world premiere recording.

Dove is best known for his operas, including Flight, which also received its premiere recording on Chandos and was applauded by the critics. BBC Music Magazine (‘Pick of the month’, June 2004) wrote, ‘Anyone who cares about opera as a living art form will rejoice in Chandos’ decision to issue the recording of Flight from Glyndebourne with the original cast’.

This recording was made live at performances that took place at the 2007 Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam, where Dove was the composer-in-residence. The Siren Ensemble, specially formed for these performances, consists of ten young, talented musicians, most of whom have appeared at the festival in previous years. The Australian tenor Brad Cooper takes the lead role of Davey. Henk Guittart, best known for his work as the violist of the Schoenberg Quartet, conducts.

The opera is based on a bizarre, true story. A young sailor on HMS Ark Royal exchanges letters with a beautiful and successful model personally unknown to him, yet with whom he becomes infatuated. Over time a romantic and passionate relationship develops, yet a meeting is increasingly difficult to arrange and Davey proves to be the victim of an elaborate deception.

Track Listing

TrackTitleDurationArtists
Siren Song, An Opera In One Act
Scene 1
1 Dear Diana, Dear Diana, My Name Is Davey Palmer
2 Davey, Davey
3 You Mention You're A Sailor
Scene 2
4 Like Chocolate, I Like Shopping
Scene 3
5 Dave Palmer? Jonathan Reed, Diana's Brother
Scene 4
6 Dear Diana. Dear Diana
7 I Dream Of A House And A Garden
Scene 5
8 Davey, Davey, When I'm Your Wife
9 Oh! Oh!
Scene 6
10 Hello? Hello? This Is Davey
Scene 7
11 Is She Still In Hospital?
12 Sure, I'll Give You An Education
Scene 8
13 Palmer, It's Your Ship-To-Shore
Scene 9
14 A Dream House, Diana
15 I'm Hungry, My Feet Hurt
Scene 10
16 Is She There?
Scene 11
17 Did You See The Flamingos?
18 Very Soon She'll Be With You
Scene 12
19 Captain, There's Something Funny
20 I Love You, Jonathan?
Scene 13
21 Say It Again
Scene 14
22 Off Cap
Scene 15
23 This Is Stone
Scene 16
24 I Don't Believe You
Scene 17
25 On The Ocean Keep A Look-Out

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