‎Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by City of London Sinfonia

Introduction - "Over Hill, over Dale, Thorough Bush" (Fairies, Puck)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Dexter Fletcher, Trinity Boys Choir

4:12

"Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath" (Fairies, Oberon, Tytania)

Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, James Bowman, City of London Sinfonia, Trinity Boys Choir

3:04

"Well, Go Thy Way, Thou Shalt Not from This Grove" (Oberon, Puck)

Richard Hickox, Dexter Fletcher, James Bowman, City of London Sinfonia

3:44

"How Now My Love?" (Lysander, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, Della Jones, City of London Sinfonia, John Graham-Hall

4:29

"Be It on Lion, Bear, or Wolf" (Oberon, Demetrius, Helena)

James Bowman, Jill Gomez, City of London Sinfonia, Henry Herford, Richard Hickox

3:41

"Welcome Wanderer!" (Oberon)

James Bowman, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

5:04

"Is All Our Company Here?" (Quince, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug)

Donald Maxwell, Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox, Roger Bryson, Adrian Thompson, Richard Suart, Robert Horn, City of London Sinfonia

7:37

"Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood" (Lysander, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, John Graham-Hall, City of London Sinfonia, Della Jones

2:43

"Through the Frost Have I Gone" (Puck, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, Dexter Fletcher, Della Jones, City of London Sinfonia

1:39

"Stay, Thou Thou Kill Me" (Helena, Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia)

Jill Gomez, Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Henry Herford, Della Jones, John Graham-Hall

5:08

"Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song" (Tytania)

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson

2:04

"You Spotted Snakes with Double Tongues" (Fairies)

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Trinity Boys Choir

2:23

"What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake" (Oberon)

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, James Bowman

2:11

Introduction

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:27

"Are We All Met?" (Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug, Quince, Puck)

Robert Horn, Adrian Thompson, Richard Suart, City of London Sinfonia, Roger Bryson, Dexter Fletcher, Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox, Donald Maxwell

7:23

"I See Their Knavery" (Bottom, Tytania, Fairies)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, Trinity Boys Choir

3:14

"Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman" (Tytania)

Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, City of London Sinfonia

1:16

"Hail Mortal Hail" (Fairies, Bottom, Tytania)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, Trinity Boys Choir

5:36

"I Have Reas'nable Good Ear in Music" (Bottom, Tytania)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson

5:21

"How Now, Mad Spirit?" (Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia)

James Bowman, Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Henry Herford, Dexter Fletcher, Della Jones

2:50

"Flower of This Purple Dye" (Oberon, Puck, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, Hermia)

Jill Gomez, Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Dexter Fletcher, Della Jones, James Bowman, John Graham-Hall, Henry Herford

6:47

"Puppet? Why, So?" (Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, Puck)

Jill Gomez, City of London Sinfonia, Henry Herford, John Graham-Hall, Dexter Fletcher, Della Jones, Richard Hickox

3:41

"This Is Thy Negligence" (Oberon, Puck)

Richard Hickox, James Bowman, City of London Sinfonia, Dexter Fletcher

1:48

"Up and Down" (Puck, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia)

John Graham-Hall, Henry Herford, Dexter Fletcher, Della Jones, Richard Hickox, Jill Gomez, City of London Sinfonia

6:51

"On the Ground, Sleep Sound" (Fairies)

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Trinity Boys Choir

3:13

"My Gentle Robin" (Oberon, Tytania, Puck)

Dexter Fletcher, City of London Sinfonia, James Bowman, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson

8:07

"Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander!" (Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia)

Richard Hickox, Jill Gomez, City of London Sinfonia, Della Jones, Henry Herford, John Graham-Hall

7:10

"When My Cue Comes" (Bottom)

Richard Hickox, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia

4:26

"Have You Sent to Bottom's House?" (Quince, Starveling, Flute, Snout, Snug, Bottom)

Roger Bryson, Richard Suart, Donald Maxwell, Robert Horn, City of London Sinfonia, Adrian Thompson, Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox

5:13

"Now, Fair Hippolyta" (Theseus, Hippolyta, Helena, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius)

Penelope Walker, John Graham-Hall, Jill Gomez, Richard Hickox, Norman Bailey, Della Jones, Henry Herford, City of London Sinfonia

5:20

"If We Offend" (Quince, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, Snug, Theseus, Hippolyta, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia)

Roger Bryson, Robert Horn, Norman Bailey, Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox, Henry Herford, City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Penelope Walker, Adrian Thompson, Jill Gomez, Della Jones, Richard Suart, John Graham-Hall

1:23

"Gentles, Perchance You Wonder at This Show" (Quince, Helena, Demetrius)

Roger Bryson, Richard Hickox, Jill Gomez, Henry Herford, City of London Sinfonia

1:28

"In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall" (Snout, Hermia, Lysander, Theseus)

City of London Sinfonia, Norman Bailey, John Graham-Hall, Richard Hickox, Della Jones, Robert Horn

1:11

"O Grim-Look'd Night" (Bottom, Theseus)

Donald Maxwell, Norman Bailey, Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1:57

"O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans" (Flute, Bottom, Snout, Hippolyta, Theseus)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Robert Horn, Adrian Thompson, Norman Bailey, Penelope Walker

2:47

"You Ladies, You Whose Gemtle Hearts Do Fear" (Snug, Hermia, Demetrius, Theseus)

Norman Bailey, Henry Herford, City of London Sinfonia, Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox, Della Jones

0:50

"This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present" (Starveling, Lysander, Theseus, Demetrius, Hippolyta, Helena, Hermia, Flute, Snug)

Norman Bailey, Adrian Thompson, Henry Herford, Della Jones, Richard Suart, John Graham-Hall, City of London Sinfonia, Jill Gomez, Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox, Penelope Walker

1:56

"Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams" (Bottom, Hippolyta, Demetrius, Theseus)

Henry Herford, Penelope Walker, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Norman Bailey, Donald Maxwell

1:59

"Asleep, My Love?" (Flute, Theseus, Lysander, Bottom)

Richard Hickox, John Graham-Hall, Donald Maxwell, Norman Bailey, Adrian Thompson, City of London Sinfonia

2:48

"Come, Your Bergomask" (Theseus, All)

Andrew Gallacher, Richard Hickox, Della Jones, Adrian Thompson, Richard Suart, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Penelope Walker, Henry Herford, Robert Horn, Jill Gomez, Roger Bryson, John Graham-Hall, Norman Bailey

2:58

"Now the Hungry Lion Roars" (Fairies, Puck, Oberon, Tytania)

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, James Bowman, Dexter Fletcher, Trinity Boys Choir

4:52

Andrew Keener

Producer
Simon Foster

Producer, Executive Producer
Andrew Keener

Editing Engineer
Mark Vigars

Engineer
Ashley Alexander

Assistant Engineer

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

RECORD LABEL

Benjamin Britten

Sergei Prokofiev

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Trinity Boys Choir

Production