London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen - Knussen: Higglety, Pigglety, Pop! & Where the Wild Things Are (2001)
BAND/ARTIST: London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
- Title: Knussen: Higglety, Pigglety, Pop! & Where the Wild Things Are
- Year Of Release: 2001
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:41:18
- Total Size: 466 Mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
CD 1
Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life Op. 21
Part 1
Scene 1: Jennie
1-1 "Why Am I Longing To Be Away Somewhere" 3:12
1-2 "I Have Two Windows" 5:14
Scene 2: Pig
1-3 "Hello Little Lady" 4:01
1-4 "If I Could Eat Experience" 0:54
Scene 3: Cat
1-5 "You Must Be Going To A Very Terrific Place" 3:04
1-6 Orchestral Interlude: The Journey To The Big White House 2:26
Part 2
Scene 4: Rhoda
1-7 "Thank You Very Much For The Ride" 1:16
1-8 "Are You Alright, Miss?" 4:44
Scene 5: Baby
1-9 "Baby, Here Is Nurse" 2:25
1-10 "Yum, Yum!" 5:15
1-11 "Who Can Help Me?" 3:09
Scene 6: Lion
1-12 Jennie's Descent Into The Cellar - "How Black It Is!" 1:52
1-13 "Quiet In There!" 3:42
Part 3 = Dritter Teil = Troisième Partie
Scene 7: The Ash-tree
1-14 "Now I Have Nothing" 5:10
1-15 Kleine Trauermusik 1:08
Scene 8: Recognition
1-16 "Jennie!" 3:48
1-17 Orchestral Interlude: The Ride To Castle Yonder 2:42
1-18 "Hello, As You Probably Noticed" 0:53
Scene 9: Higglety Pigglety Pop!
1-19 Fanfare I - Overture 3:03
1-20 Fanfare II 2:36
1-21 Coda 1:16
CD 2
Where The Wild Things Are Op. 20
2-1 Overture 1:33
2-2 Scene 1: Max 3:42
2-3 Scene 2: Mama 3:06
2-4 Change Of Scene 0:55
Scene 3: Max's Room
2-5 Pantomime And Arietta 1 2:00
2-6 Transformation And Arietta 2 2:43
2-7 First Sea Interlude 3:17
2-8 Scene 4: The Wild Things 4:15
2-9 Scene 5: Coronation 3:04
2-10 Scene 6: The Wild Rumpus 5:16
2-11 Scene 7: Max Alone 3:35
2-12 Scene 8: Parting 2:41
2-13 Second Sea Interlude 2:23
2-14 Scene 9: Max's Room 1:16
Performers:
Cynthia Buchan
Lisa Saffer
Rosemary Hardy
Christopher Gillet
David Wilson-Johnson
Stephen Richardson
Mary King
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen
CD 1
Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life Op. 21
Part 1
Scene 1: Jennie
1-1 "Why Am I Longing To Be Away Somewhere" 3:12
1-2 "I Have Two Windows" 5:14
Scene 2: Pig
1-3 "Hello Little Lady" 4:01
1-4 "If I Could Eat Experience" 0:54
Scene 3: Cat
1-5 "You Must Be Going To A Very Terrific Place" 3:04
1-6 Orchestral Interlude: The Journey To The Big White House 2:26
Part 2
Scene 4: Rhoda
1-7 "Thank You Very Much For The Ride" 1:16
1-8 "Are You Alright, Miss?" 4:44
Scene 5: Baby
1-9 "Baby, Here Is Nurse" 2:25
1-10 "Yum, Yum!" 5:15
1-11 "Who Can Help Me?" 3:09
Scene 6: Lion
1-12 Jennie's Descent Into The Cellar - "How Black It Is!" 1:52
1-13 "Quiet In There!" 3:42
Part 3 = Dritter Teil = Troisième Partie
Scene 7: The Ash-tree
1-14 "Now I Have Nothing" 5:10
1-15 Kleine Trauermusik 1:08
Scene 8: Recognition
1-16 "Jennie!" 3:48
1-17 Orchestral Interlude: The Ride To Castle Yonder 2:42
1-18 "Hello, As You Probably Noticed" 0:53
Scene 9: Higglety Pigglety Pop!
1-19 Fanfare I - Overture 3:03
1-20 Fanfare II 2:36
1-21 Coda 1:16
CD 2
Where The Wild Things Are Op. 20
2-1 Overture 1:33
2-2 Scene 1: Max 3:42
2-3 Scene 2: Mama 3:06
2-4 Change Of Scene 0:55
Scene 3: Max's Room
2-5 Pantomime And Arietta 1 2:00
2-6 Transformation And Arietta 2 2:43
2-7 First Sea Interlude 3:17
2-8 Scene 4: The Wild Things 4:15
2-9 Scene 5: Coronation 3:04
2-10 Scene 6: The Wild Rumpus 5:16
2-11 Scene 7: Max Alone 3:35
2-12 Scene 8: Parting 2:41
2-13 Second Sea Interlude 2:23
2-14 Scene 9: Max's Room 1:16
Performers:
Cynthia Buchan
Lisa Saffer
Rosemary Hardy
Christopher Gillet
David Wilson-Johnson
Stephen Richardson
Mary King
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen
Maurice Sendak's children's books have won thanks from countless parents whose bedtime reading chores were turned to adult delights. Set to the adventurous music of Oliver Knussen, they'll appeal to lovers of sophisticated fantasy works like Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortileges. Higglety Pigglety Pop! is about Jennie, a dog who has everything except experience, which she finds in the mouth of a lion and then goes on to become a stage star. It's full of delightful orchestral sonorities and at least one conventional aria, Jennie's "Now I have nothing." The opera is swift and amusing, with the juicy role of Jenny done to perfection by Cynthia Buchan. Where the Wild Things Are is a wonderful romp about Max, the naughty boy whose room turns into a sea over which he travels to the island where the wild things crown him king before he escapes home to Mom and his favorite soup. The orchestra here carries the load, with extended interludes that include an evocative nocturnal journey and a dazzling wild rumpus by Max and the wild things (the name's a natural for a rock group). Performances are definitive under the composer-conductor's leadership. Vivid sound, too. Packaging includes a cardboard pop-up foldout album instead of a jewelcase. -- Dan Davis
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