2x CD
The Immortal Hour
Album by Rutland Boughton; Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson‐Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G. Melville
Released April 1987
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 1: PreludeRutland Boughton2:05
- 2The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 2: By dim moon-glimmering coasts and sad sea wastes (Dalua)Rutland Boughton1:30
- 3The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 3: Though you have travelled from one darkness to another (Voices in the Wood/Dalua)Rutland Boughton2:40
- 4The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 4: And if I tread the long, continuous way (Dalua/Voices in the Wood)Rutland Boughton1:24
- 5The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 5: I have come hither, led by dreams and visions (Dalua/Voices in the Wood)Rutland Boughton1:49
- 6The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 6: Hail, Son of Shadow! (Spirit Voice)Rutland Boughton2:14
- 7The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 7: I am old; more old, more ancient than the gods (Dalua)Rutland Boughton1:17
- 8The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 8: Brother and kin to all the twilit gods (Spirit Voice)Rutland Boughton2:17
- 9The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 9: [The sound of mocking laughter is heard from the wood]Rutland Boughton1:27
- 10The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 10: For Lu and Œngus laugh not (Dalua)Rutland Boughton2:57
- 11The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 11: Fair is the moonlight (Etain)Rutland Boughton3:31
- 12The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 12: Hail, daughter of kings (Dalua/Etain)Rutland Boughton1:36
- 13The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 13: Have you forgot the delicate smiling land (Dalua)Rutland Boughton0:51
- 14The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 14: I have forgotton all (Etain/Dalua)Rutland Boughton3:33
- 15The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 15: A king of men has wooed the Immortal Hour (Dalua/Etain)Rutland Boughton3:26
- 16The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 16: Led here by dreams (Dalua/Etain)Rutland Boughton3:44
- 17The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 17: I will go back to the country of the young (Etain)Rutland Boughton0:39
- 18The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 18: Sir, I am glad. I had not thought to see one here (Eochaidh/Dalua)Rutland Boughton2:50
- 19The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 19: I have come to this lone wood (Dalua/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:26
- 20The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 20: Look, O king … I see a fountain (Dalua/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton2:42
- 21The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 21: There is no backward way for such as I (Eochaidh/Dalua)Rutland Boughton2:50
- 22The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 1 no. 22: I have heard you calling, Dalua (Eochaidh/Dalua)Rutland Boughton1:59
- 23The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 1: I've seen that man before who came tonight (Manus/Maive)Rutland Boughton2:16
- 24The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 2: Yes woman, yes, I know (Manus/Etain/Maive)Rutland Boughton3:06
- 25The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 3: But sometimes. Tell me, have you heard (Etain/Manus/Maive/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:22
- 26The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 4: Good folk, I give you greeting (Eochaidh/Etain/Manus)Rutland Boughton1:38
- 27The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 5: Good sir, brave Lord! (Maive/Manus/Eochaidh/Etain)Rutland Boughton3:19
- 28The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 6: At last I know why dreams have led me hither (Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:44
- 29The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 7: And your name, fair lord? (Etain/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:54
- 30The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 8: Truly, I now know full well (Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton2:28
- 31The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 9: I, too, am lifted with the breath (Etain/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:15
- 32The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 10: Who laughed? (Eochaidh/Manus/Maive/Etain)Rutland Boughton0:39
- 33The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 11: Dear lord, sit here (Etain/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:35
- 34The Immortal Hour: Act 1 Scene 2 no. 12: How beautiful they are (Spirit Voices)Rutland Boughton1:13
- CD 2
- 1The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 1: By the voice in the corries (Druids)Rutland Boughton4:02
- 2The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 2: The bells of youth are ringing (Maidens)Rutland Boughton1:32
- 3The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 3: But this was in the old, far-off days (Warriors)Rutland Boughton1:55
- 4The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 4: Hail, Eochaidh, high king of Eiré, hail! (Bards/Maidens/Warriors)Rutland Boughton1:54
- 5The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 5: Green fire of joy, green fire of lifeRutland Boughton1:46
- 6The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 6: Etain, speak, my queen (Eochaidh/Etain)Rutland Boughton1:51
- 7The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 7: No, no my queen (Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton2:33
- 8The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 8: I, too, have heard strange delicate music (Etain)Rutland Boughton1:15
- 9The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 9: The queen! (Warriors/Maidens/Druids)Rutland Boughton3:04
- 10The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 10: Hail, Eochaidh, King of Eiré! (Midir/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:52
- 11The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 11: I am a king's first son (Midir)Rutland Boughton1:50
- 12The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 12: Dagda, lord of thunder and silence (Druids)Rutland Boughton0:42
- 13The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 13: Fair lord, my thanks I give (Eochaidh/Midir)Rutland Boughton1:27
- 14The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 14: Have not great poets sung (Midir/Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:13
- 15The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 15: in the days of the Great Fires (Midir)Rutland Boughton3:09
- 16The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 16: Hear us, Œngus, beautiful, terrible, sun-lord (Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton1:03
- 17The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 17: But now, fair lord, tell me the boon you crave (Eochaidh/Midir)Rutland Boughton2:06
- 18The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 18: I have seen all things pass and all things go (Old Bard)Rutland Boughton2:25
- 19The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 19: Welcome my queen (Eochaidh/Etain)Rutland Boughton1:46
- 20The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 20: This nameless lord (Eochaidh/Etain)Rutland Boughton2:31
- 21The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 21: How beautiful they are (Midir)Rutland Boughton1:25
- 22The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 22: I have heard, I have dreamed that song (Etain)Rutland Boughton1:47
- 23The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 23: I am a song in the land of the young (Midir)Rutland Boughton3:12
- 24The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 24: I am a small green leaf in a great wood (Etain/Eochaidh/Midir)Rutland Boughton2:15
- 25The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 25: O do not leave me, Star of my Desire! (Eochaidh)Rutland Boughton0:40
- 26The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 26: Hasten, lost love, found love! (Midir/Etain)Rutland Boughton1:08
- 27The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 27: in the land of youth there are pleasant places (Spirit Voices)Rutland Boughton1:12
- 28The Immortal Hour: Act 2 no. 28: My dreams! My dreams! (Eochaidh/Spirit Voices)Rutland Boughton1:11
More by Rutland Boughton, Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson‐Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G. Melville
Release credits
- conductor
- performing orchestra
- producer
- recording
Issues
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T2x CDApril 1987
T2x CDOctober 1998





