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The Starlight Express

Edward Elgar

Released on 6/11/12 by Chandos
Main artist: Andrew Davis
Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Toneelmuziek
Distinctions: 4 étoiles Classica 5 de Diapason
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What you're getting here takes a little explanation. The Starlight Express started life as a novel for young people by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, a story of a group of children who collect stardust and carry on a secret existence apart from the adult world. It is not unlike Peter Pan in its general outlines, but from the evidence here it is not nearly as elegantly done. Blackwood's novel was made into a play by one Violet Pearn, and Elgar, in 1915, was asked to write incidental music and songs for this play, turning it into a kind of melodrama. Next, the play was reduced here to a narrative, read by actor Simon Callow and structured in such a way as to keep apparently all of Elgar's music, including some little songs. Finally, three songs and a long sequence of instrumental excerpts were collected into a pair of suites by the present conductor, Andrew Davis, leading the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and an assortment of British singers. These final suites are probably the most attractive items here for the average listener. Elgar's music is actually charming, with an airy, tonally simple, yet absolutely characteristic quality as far as could be from the weighty world of his symphonies and oratorios. You could even imagine other performances of these suites as an ideal opener for concerts of English music. The narrated play itself doesn't quite come off, and the original material seems uncertain at times as to whether it wants to be for children or adults. Nevertheless, recordings of this material in any form are rare, and to hear this music from one of Elgar's foremost champions will likely appeal to the composer's fans.
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The Starlight Express

Andrew Davis

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The Starlight Express, Op. 78 (Edward Elgar)

1

Act I Scene 1: To the Children

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:05:56

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

2

Act I Scene 1: In the village of Bourcelles in the Swiss …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:37

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

3

Act I Scene 1: Just then a lamplighter …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:30

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

4

Act I Scene 1: At that time, Henry had told him about the old railway …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:42

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

5

Act I Scene 1: … the mother of them all

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:32

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

6

Act I Scene 1: Oh! But I'm forgetting the most important one of all.

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:33

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

7

Act I Scene 1: They were always eager to hear his poetry

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:22

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

8

Act I Scene 1: And suddenly a new, enormous thing stirred in their father's heart

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:48

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

9

Act I Scene 1: As though on cue

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:15

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

10

Act I Scene 1: To the Children: That's odd, said Mother

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:37

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

11

Act I Scene 1: … gold and had put it on for warmth against the cool evening air

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:42

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

12

Act I Scene 1: Before them stood an extremely dishevelled figure holding a suitcase

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:14

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

13

Act I Scene 1: As Daddy took charge of the luggage

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:53

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

14

Act I Scene 1: We want to tell you something

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:38

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

15

Act I Scene 1: All the rules I swear to keep

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:32

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

16

Act I Scene 1: Are you sure you have everything you need?

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:33

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

17

Act II Scene 1: The Blue-eyed Fairy

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:03:22

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

18

Act II Scene 1: They found a clearing with the open sky above them

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:06

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

19

Act II Scene 1: Henry explained that the Pleiades had been attendants upon Artemis …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:18

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

20

Act II Scene 1: The Sun has Gone

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:04:38

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

21

Act II Scene 1: The Sun has Gone: Now, cats are curious creatures, and Riquette was no exception

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:02:01

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

22

Act II Scene 1: Turning towards the open window …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:15

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

23

Act II Scene 1: At length Jinny came out of the cave and came over to them

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:21

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

24

Act II Scene 1: Then there's Madame Jequier and dear Miss Waghorn

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:01

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

25

Act II Scene 1: Could it be?

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:33

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

26

Act II Scene 1: And with that the first passenger hurried by them

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:19

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

27

Act II Scene 1: The Sweep

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:12

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

28

Act II Scene 1: Then a fantastic, light, twirling creature …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:15

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

29

Act II Scene 1: I'm ev'rywhere

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:48

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

30

Act II Scene 1: And the shabby Tramp, playing his barrel organ

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:13

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

31

Act II Scene 1: Well, let's see now

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:27

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

32

Act II Scene 1: Wake up, you little Night Winds

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:29

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

33

Act II Scene 1: Dance of the Winds

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:02:20

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

34

Act II Scene 1: But where's Cousin Henry?

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:43

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

35

Act II Scene 1: I'm ev'rywhere: Ah! Anyone gazing skywards at that moment …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:06

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

36

Act II Scene 1: Sun Dance

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:02:45

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

37

Act II Scene 2: Madame Jequier's constant anxiety …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:06

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

38

Act II Scene 2: Dandelions, Daffodils

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:52

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

39

Act II Scene 2: In her attic chamber above

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:14

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

40

Act II Scene 2: Henry turned to the children

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:04

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

41

Act II Scene 3: At the Citadelle

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:18

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

42

Act II Scene 3: O, stars shine brightly

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:03:16

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

43

Act II Scene 3: The Sprites had almost finished their task

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:48

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

44

Act II Scene 3: The Sprites flitted out, back to the Starlight Express

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:18

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

45

Act II Scene 3: Dawn Song

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:11

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

DISC 2

1

Act III Scene 1: My Old Tunes

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:04:14

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

2

Act III Scene 1: Dandelions, Daffodils

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:15

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

3

Act III Scene 1: Miss Waghorn, whose confusion of mind …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:11

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

4

Act III Scene 1: My main idea is this …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:01:09

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

5

Act III Scene 1: Then Mother spoke …

Elin Manahan Thomas

00:00:34

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano - David Watkin, cello - Roderick Williams, baritone - Simon Callow, narrator - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Conductor

2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

Album Description

What you're getting here takes a little explanation. The Starlight Express started life as a novel for young people by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, a story of a group of children who collect stardust and carry on a secret existence apart from the adult world. It is not unlike Peter Pan in its general outlines, but from the evidence here it is not nearly as elegantly done. Blackwood's novel was made into a play by one Violet Pearn, and Elgar, in 1915, was asked to write incidental music and songs for this play, turning it into a kind of melodrama. Next, the play was reduced here to a narrative, read by actor Simon Callow and structured in such a way as to keep apparently all of Elgar's music, including some little songs. Finally, three songs and a long sequence of instrumental excerpts were collected into a pair of suites by the present conductor, Andrew Davis, leading the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and an assortment of British singers. These final suites are probably the most attractive items here for the average listener. Elgar's music is actually charming, with an airy, tonally simple, yet absolutely characteristic quality as far as could be from the weighty world of his symphonies and oratorios. You could even imagine other performances of these suites as an ideal opener for concerts of English music. The narrated play itself doesn't quite come off, and the original material seems uncertain at times as to whether it wants to be for children or adults. Nevertheless, recordings of this material in any form are rare, and to hear this music from one of Elgar's foremost champions will likely appeal to the composer's fans.
© TiVo

Details of original recording : 80:05 - DDD - Enregistré en mai et août 2012 à Édimbourg et Londres - Notes en français, anglais et allemand avec le texte de la pièce en anglais

About the album

2 disc(s) - 80 track(s)
Total length: 02:17:21

Main artist: Andrew Davis
Composer: Clive Carey
Label: Chandos
Area: Angleterre
Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Toneelmuziek
Period: Musique Moderne
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo

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2012 Chandos 2012 Chandos

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