Performer: Hallé
Genre: Classical
Album: The Wasps
Released: 2006
MP3 version ZIP size: 1918 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1340 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1716 mb
Rating: 4.4
Votes: 395
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Tracklist

Act I
1-1	No.1 Overture	9:36
1-2	Procleon: 'Bastard! Bloody Lickspittle!'	4:00
1-3	No.2 Introduction (Nocturne)	1:20
1-4	No.3 Melodrama And Chorus	6:15
1-5	No.4 Chorus: The Wasps' Serenade	5:55
1-6	Procleon: 'Boys, Your Song Brings Tears To My Eyes ...'	1:03
1-7	No.5 Chorus ('When We Buzz ...')	0:44
1-8	Procleon: 'Then All Hell Breaks Loose'	0:32
1-9	No.6 Chorus ('If You Survive Your Sixtieth Year...')	1:36
1-10	Procleon: 'Imagine How It Feels ...'	1:52
1-11	No.7 Melodrama And Chorus	2:29
1-12	Procleon: 'So Sandra Starts In ...'	2:45
1-13	No.8 Melodrama And Chorus	5:50
Act II
2-1	No.9 Entr'acte And Introduction	2:45
2-2	Procleon: 'Well, I Was In The Depths Of Depression ...'	1:14
2-3	No.10 Melodrama And Chorus	6:54
2-4	Padre: 'Let The Jury Be Seated'	1:15
2-5	No.11 March Past Of The Witnesses	1:32
2-6	Procleon: 'So, Wok, What's The Evidence?'	2:03
2-7	No.12 Chorus: Parabasis	21:02
Act III
2-8	No.13 Entr'acte	4:24
2-9	Procleon: 'So, How Do You Like My New Outfit?'	1:00
2-10	No.14 Chorus ('His Army Cloak, His Field Canteen ...')	4:30
2-11	No.15 Melodrama ('Out Of My Way ...')	0:37
2-12	Procleon: 'Great Wine They Had At That Dinner!'	2:03
2-13	No.16 Melodrama ('Ta-ratata-ta ...')	1:20
2-14	No.17 Melodrama ('I Must Be Dreaming!')	1:50
2-15	No.18 Chorus And Dance	8:28

Companies, etc.

• Licensed To – Sanctuary Classics
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hallé Concerts Society
• Copyright (c) – Hallé Concerts Society

Credits

• Chorus Master [Chorus Leader] – Richard Stuart
• Composed By – Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Directed By [Choral Director] – James Burton
• Directed By [Music Director] – Mark Elder
• Engineer – Simon Eadon
• Engineer [Assistant] – Will Brown
• Narrator – Henry Goodman
• Orchestra – Hallé*
• Producer – Andrew Keener
• Producer [Voice Of Procleon] – Chris Wines
• Text By – Aristophanes
• Translated By [English Singing And Narration] – David Pountney

Notes

Recorded 26-28 July 2005 in the Albert Halls, Bolton.

Recording made in association with the BBC and BBC Radio 3 and supported by the Vaughan Williams Estate.

The full score is based on the edition prepared by Igor Kennaway from the composer's manuscript.

Special thanks to Martin Kingsbury and Elaine Gould.

CD1 Total Timing 44.07
CD2 Total Timing 61.30

Complete text included

Manufactured and printed in Great Britain.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 065001 341106