Title: Merry Mount Artist: H. Hanson Label: Naxos American Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 730099691222 Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta Release Date: 2007-05-29 Number of Discs: 2
Born in Nebraska, of Scandinavian heritage, Howard Hanson was influenced as much by Jean Sibelius as by his American surroundings. The plot of his 1933 opera, Merry Mount, set in New England in 1625 during a conflict between.
Tracks: 1.1 Act 1. Prelude 1.2 Act 1. Be As a Lion, Dread Jehovah... from Plots of Hell and Witcheries 1.3 Act 1. Ah - I Deny Thy Christ 1.4 Act 1. a Savoury Discourse, Good Master Bradford 1.5 Act 1. Last Night Came One That Paced A-Down the Stairway of the Sky 1.6 Act 1. My Son, Thou'rt Over-Ripe for Marriage! 1.7 Act 1. the Willow Keep to Thatch Our Sleep 1.8 Act 1. Plentiful Tewke Hath Catched the Preacher! 1.9 Act 1. Gi' You Good Night, Sir 1.10 Act 1. Scratch a Roundhead, Find a Rebel... Thrones of Earth Be Idle Things 1.11 Act 1. Right Rev'rend Priest, Our Holy Joy... Respect the Sabbath Day 1.12 Act 1. Marigold! Lady!... Let Us Be Lions of Jehovah 2.1 Act 2. Scene 1. Prelude - I Wind and I Wind, My True Love to Find 2.2 Act 2. Scene 1. from Forth the Hill... I Christen 'Merry Mount' - Maypole Dance 2.3 Act 2. Scene 1. Long Live the Lady 2.4 Act 2. Scene 1. Marigold! When the Morning Stars Together Sang 2.5 Act 2. Scene 1. Methinks I See Th'infernal Rendezvous of Satan and His Bond-Slaves 2.6 Act 2. Scene 2. O Pity Me! Thou Alone of Women Canst Heal This Tortured Heart 2.7 Act 2. Scene 2. Let Them Strike Twice, and I Will Come to Thee! 2.8 Act 2. Scene 2. Hale Her to the Village, a Prisoner. 2.9 Act 2. Scene 2. Almight Father, My King and My God 2.10 Act 2. Scene 2. Chorus of Mystic Voices 2.11 Act 2. Scene 3. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2.12 Act 2. Scene 3. Now Thou Art Mine 2.13 Act 2. Scene 3. Rise Up, My Love My Fair One 2.14 Act 3. Scene 1. Prelude 2.15 Act 3. Scene 2. Gird You with Sackcloth 2.16 Act 3. Scene 2. Never More Shall Prayer Ravish These Lips! 2.17 Act 3. Scene 2. No Witch Am I; But One That Long Ago Was Happy 2.18 Act 3. Scene 2. Ay, Even Now Thy Lover Frets at Hellgate - Death to the Witch
