Moby Dick / Sinfonietta
Album by Bernard Herrmann; Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Choir, Michael Schønwandt, Richard Edgar‐Wilson, David Wilson-Johnson
Released 25 October 2011
Tracklist
- 1Moby Dick: And God created great whales (Chorus)Bernard Herrmann1:08
- 2Moby Dick: Call me Ishmael - And in the wild conceits (Ishmael)Bernard Herrmann3:24
- 3Moby Dick: Hymn: The ribs and terrors in the whale - With speed he flew to my relief - My song for ever shall record (Chorus)Bernard Herrmann5:57
- 4Moby Dick: At last anchor was up, the sails were set (Ishmael)Bernard Herrmann1:19
- 5Moby Dick: Send everyone aft; mastheads there! Come down! (Ahab)Bernard Herrmann3:29
- 6Moby Dick: Yonder, by the ever-brimming goblet's rim - I, the wearer, see not its far flashings - Dry heat upon my brow? - Gifted with the high perception - Good night ...- good night (Ahab)Bernard Herrmann7:56
- 7Moby Dick: Hist, boys! Let's have a jig! - Oh! Jolly is the gate (Drunken Sailor) - Oh! Thou big white God aloft there (Pip)Bernard Herrmann8:24
- 8Moby Dick: It was a clear steel-blue day (Ishmael) - Oh, Starbuck! It is a mild, mild wind - Aye, toil how we may - Starbuck! (Ahab)Bernard Herrmann8:57
- 9Moby Dick: There she blows! There she blows! (Sailor) - Starbuck, some men die at ebb tide (Ahab) Oh! My captain, my captain! Go not! Go not! (Starbuck)Bernard Herrmann2:00
- 10Moby Dick: Lower away! Stand by the crew! - I turn my bod from the sun - Sink all coffins and all hearses (Ahab)Bernard Herrmann2:33
- 11Moby Dick: Thus, I give up the spear! (Ahab) - And I only am escaped alone to tell thee (Ishmael)Bernard Herrmann1:19
- 12Sinfonietta: I. Prelude: SlowlyBernard Herrmann3:35
- 13Sinfonietta: II. Scherzo: PrestoBernard Herrmann2:34
- 14Sinfonietta: III. AdagioBernard Herrmann3:33
- 15Sinfonietta: IV. Interlude: LargoBernard Herrmann2:31
- 16Sinfonietta: V. VariationsBernard Herrmann4:37
More by Bernard Herrmann, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Choir, Michael Schønwandt, Richard Edgar‐Wilson, David Wilson-Johnson
Release credits
- performing orchestra
- choir vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 10-11]
- baritone vocals [5-6, 8-11]
- conductor
- tenor vocals [2, 4, 8, 11]
Issues
M25 October 2011




