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

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

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

4:12

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

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

3:04

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

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

3:44

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

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

4:29

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

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

3:41

"Welcome Wanderer!" (Oberon)

City of London Sinfonia, James Bowman, Richard Hickox

5:04

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

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

7:37

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

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

2:43

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

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

1:39

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

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

5:08

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

Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, City of London Sinfonia

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)

Richard Hickox, James Bowman, City of London Sinfonia

2:11

Introduction

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

3:27

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

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

7:23

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

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

5:36

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

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

5:21

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

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

2:50

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

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

6:47

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

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

3:41

"This Is Thy Negligence" (Oberon, Puck)

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

1:48

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

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

6:51

"On the Ground, Sleep Sound" (Fairies)

Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Trinity Boys Choir

3:13

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

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

8:07

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

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

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)

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

5:13

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

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

5:20

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

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

1:23

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

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

1:28

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:57

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

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

2:47

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

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

0:50

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

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

1:56

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

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

1:59

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

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

2:48

"Come, Your Bergomask" (Theseus, All)

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

2:58

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

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

4:52

Andrew Keener

Producer
Simon Foster

Producer, Executive Producer
Mark Vigars

Engineer
Andrew Keener

Editing 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