Ruth
Album by Lennox Berkeley; Jean Rigby, Mark Tucker, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Roderick Williams, Joyful Company Of Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Released April 2005
Tracklist
- 1Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: A mountainous place near BethlehemSir Lennox Berkeley1:58
- 2Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Once more I see your green and golden hills, O Judah! (Naomi, Ruth, Orpah)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:05
- 3Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Turn back, my daughters (Naomi, Ruth, Orpah)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:38
- 4Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Almighty Father, let my cry come unto thee! (Naomi, Orpah, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:13
- 5Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Ah, must I leave thee? Must we part? (Orpah, Naomi, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:24
- 6Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Whither thou goest, I will go (Ruth, Naomi)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:03
- 7Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: See! Is this Naomi!? (Naomi, Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:15
- 8Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Ah, call me not Naomi, let Mara be my name (Naomi)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:32
- 9Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1: Where, ah, where is Naomi? (Naomi, Ruth, Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:22
- 10Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: A harvest field belonging to Boaz - Gold grows the barley on hillside and valley (Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:46
- 11Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: Greetings, men of Judah! (Head Reaper, Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:05
- 12Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: The scatter'd ear of corn (Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:56
- 13Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: Come, let us go forth together (Head Reaper, Ruth, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:24
- 14Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: Stay, men of Judah! (Boaz, Head Reaper, Ruth, Men, Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:17
- 15Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: I had no wish to anger them (Ruth, Boaz, Head Reaper)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:20
- 16Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: Ah, let not anger fill your eyes! (Ruth, Boaz)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:06
- 17Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: Whence cometh this to me, that thou should'st deign to notice me? (Ruth, Boaz)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:47
- 18Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2: The scatter'd ear of corn (Boaz, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:26
- 19Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: A threshing-floor, at night - This is the place! Come, daughter (Naomi, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:12
- 20Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Fear not, beloved Ruth! (Naomi, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:42
- 21Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Golden ripe the barley grows (Naomi, Ruth, Head Reaper, Boaz, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:12
- 22Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Lord of the Harvest, what are thy commands? (Head Reaper, Boaz, Men, Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:47
- 23Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Winter time is time to plough, aie, the wind does bite! (Men, Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:15
- 24Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Across the field the long slow line of reapers goes a-reaping (Women)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:33
- 25Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Dance, come dance, dance within the ring (Head Reaper, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:40
- 26Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: O clap your hands, all ye people! (Boaz, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:23
- 27Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Go now, my daughter (Naomi, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:50
- 28Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Master! (Ruth, Boaz)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:43
- 29Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Thou comest in the stillness of the night (Boaz, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley4:23
- 30Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Lo, my beloved, my soul's delight, to thee I give my hand (Boaz, Ruth)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:54
- 31Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Ho there, my people! (Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley1:39
- 32Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Behold this maid (Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, Head Reaper, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley3:26
- 33Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3: Rejoice, O Israel, rejoice (Head Reaper, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz, Women, Men)Sir Lennox Berkeley2:41
More by Lennox Berkeley, Jean Rigby, Mark Tucker, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Roderick Williams, Joyful Company Of Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Issues
RCDApril 2005





