‎Glanville-Hicks: Sappho by Bettina Jensen

Act I: Overture

Wolfgang Koch, Gulbenkian Choir, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Roman Trekel, Sir John Tomlinson, Deborah Polaski, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister

3:40

Act I Scene 1: Hurry, Joy, hurry! … Is your lady up? (Chloe, Joy, Doris, Diomedes, Minos)

Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Choir, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Scott MacAllister, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Sir John Tomlinson, Bettina Jensen

4:13

Act I Scene 1: Now, at last you are here (Minos, Sappho)

Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Choir, Sir John Tomlinson, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich

6:13

Act I Scene 1: Aria: My sleep is fragile like an eggshell is (Sappho, Minos)

Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Choir, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Scott MacAllister, Bettina Jensen, Maria Markina

4:16

Act I Scene 1: Minos! (Kreon, Minos, Sappho)

Wolfgang Koch, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jennifer Condon, Jacquelyn Wagner, Bettina Jensen, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Sir John Tomlinson, Deborah Polaski, Scott MacAllister, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Choir

5:14

Act I Scene 1: So, Phaon's back (Minos, Sappho, Phaon)

Gulbenkian Choir, Scott MacAllister, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Sir John Tomlinson, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Bettina Jensen, Maria Markina

3:18

Act I Scene 1: Aria: It must have seemed like that to them (Phaon, Minos, Sappho)

Bettina Jensen, Maria Markina, Deborah Polaski, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Scott MacAllister, Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Gulbenkian Choir, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Roman Trekel

4:32

Act I Scene 1: Phaon, how is it kreon did not ask you to stay (Sappho, Phaon, Minos)

Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Sir John Tomlinson, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Roman Trekel, Wolfgang Koch, Bettina Jensen, Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Scott MacAllister

2:24

Act I Scene 2: The Symposium: Introduction - Phaon has become much thinner … The Nymph in the fountain (Minos, Sappho, Chorus)

Gulbenkian Choir, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Deborah Polaski, Bettina Jensen, Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Maria Markina, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Scott MacAllister

6:21

Act I Scene 2: The Symposium: Boy! bring us the laurel! … What are the fortunes of the world we live in? (Diomedes, Sappho, Minos, Kreon, Phaon, Alexandrian, Chorus)

Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Maria Markina, Sir John Tomlinson, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Choir

4:59

Act I Scene 2: The Symposium: Wait, hear me first! … The epigram contest (Minos, Diomedes, Sappho, Chorus)

Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Deborah Polaski, Scott MacAllister, Bettina Jensen

2:54

Act I Scene 2: The Symposium: Sappho! Sappho! … If death is noble (Sappho, Chorus)

Deborah Polaski, Bettina Jensen, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Wolfgang Koch, Sir John Tomlinson, Roman Trekel, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Choir, Scott MacAllister

3:56

Act I Scene 2: The Symposium: Ah, it is you (Phaon, Sappho)

Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Gulbenkian Choir, Deborah Polaski, Sir John Tomlinson, Maria Markina, Scott MacAllister, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Bettina Jensen

6:27

Act I Scene 2: The Symposium: Nay, but always and forever (Sappho, Phaon)

Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Gulbenkian Choir, Scott MacAllister, Deborah Polaski, Bettina Jensen, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Maria Markina, Sir John Tomlinson, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich

2:45

Act II Scene 3: Introduction - What are you making? … Here's Minos coming (Sappho, Phaon, Chorus)

Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jennifer Condon, Jacquelyn Wagner, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Bettina Jensen, Deborah Polaski, Scott MacAllister

4:44

Act II Scene 3: Hail to Pittakos (Phaon, Minos, Chorus)

Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Sir John Tomlinson, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Bettina Jensen, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Scott MacAllister, Deborah Polaski

1:34

Act II Scene 4: Sea begotten heroes (Chorus)

Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Deborah Polaski, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister

3:53

Act II Scene 4: Admit it now … Now, where is this brother of mine (Sappho, Pittakos, Kreon, Phaon)

Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Choir, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Sir John Tomlinson, Maria Markina, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister

5:31

Act II Scene 4: Ah, here you are at last (Pittakos, Sappho)

Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Choir, Roman Trekel, Sir John Tomlinson, Bettina Jensen, Maria Markina, Scott MacAllister, Wolfgang Koch

6:37

Act II Scene 4: Aria: You think I do not feel … Sappho! Sappho! (Pittakos, Sappho, Minos)

Scott MacAllister, Maria Markina, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Sir John Tomlinson, Gulbenkian Choir, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, Bettina Jensen, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Roman Trekel

4:29

Act III Scene 5: Diomedes, oh Diomedes, what have you done? (Sappho, Diomedes)

Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Choir, Deborah Polaski, Maria Markina, Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Roman Trekel, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister

5:30

Act III Scene 5: Sleep now (Sappho, Diomedes)

Deborah Polaski, Roman Trekel, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister, Sir John Tomlinson, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Wolfgang Koch

3:26

Act III Scene 6: Priestess of the Oracle … Invocation (Sappho, Priestress, Chorus)

Scott MacAllister, Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Bettina Jensen, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Sir John Tomlinson, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich

3:48

Act III Scene 6: Oh Mask! (Kreon, Sappho, Chorus)

Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Choir, Sir John Tomlinson, Scott MacAllister, Bettina Jensen, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Maria Markina

5:51

Act III Scene 7: Introduction

Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Choir, Sir John Tomlinson, Scott MacAllister, Bettina Jensen, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Wolfgang Koch, Roman Trekel, Maria Markina

1:27

Act III Scene 7: The voting must be over (Minos, Sappho)

Gulbenkian Choir, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Bettina Jensen, Wolfgang Koch, Deborah Polaski, Scott MacAllister, Roman Trekel, Sir John Tomlinson, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Maria Markina

6:29

Act III Scene 7: Aria: I am very tired (Minos, Sappho)

Gulbenkian Choir, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Sir John Tomlinson, Roman Trekel, Scott MacAllister, Maria Markina, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Deborah Polaski, Bettina Jensen, Wolfgang Koch

1:50

Act III Scene 7: Sappho! Sappho! It is exile (Pittakos, Sappho, Minos)

Deborah Polaski, Gulbenkian Choir, Maria Markina, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Sir John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Roman Trekel, Bettina Jensen, Scott MacAllister

4:24

Act III Scene 7: Now everything is silence and remoteness (Sappho)

Scott MacAllister, Maria Markina, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, Gulbenkian Choir, Bettina Jensen, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jennifer Condon, Laurence Meikle, Martin Homrich, Roman Trekel, Sir John Tomlinson

7:08

Martin Anderson

Executive Producer
Jennifer Condon

Producer
Thibaut Maillard

Engineer
Pierre Lavoix

Engineer
Margaret Reynolds

Liner Notes
Devon Cass

Photography
Robert Workman

Photography
Ellen Ehrhardt

Personal Assistant
Milena Schlösser

Photography
Moshe Landsberg

Copyist
Bruce Szopo

Photography
Reinhard Simon

Photography
Deborah Hayes

Liner Notes
Matthias Creutziger

Photography
Jennifer Condon

Liner Notes
Nathan Amzi

Photography
Charles Christopher Sligh

Liner Notes

Glanville-Hicks: Sappho

RECORD LABEL

Peggy Glanville-Hicks

Sir John Tomlinson

Gulbenkian Orchestra

Jacquelyn Wagner

Gulbenkian Choir

Production