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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #2280 on: 13:10:57, 10-06-2007 »
Clue: a couple of vocal works here, plus some film scores...  Wink

I sense a struggle for this one, so here's an extra composer, another big-hitter in the line-up:

Arthur Bliss
Charles Gounod
Charles T Griffes
Georges Auric
Florent Schmitt
Hector Berlioz
George Frederic Handel
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« Reply #2281 on: 16:00:49, 10-06-2007 »
There's Berlioz's Roman Carnival overture and Auric's music for the film Roman Holiday. Something Roman or to do with days off, perhaps?
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« Reply #2282 on: 16:14:57, 10-06-2007 »
No holidays or carnivals, Tony. There is a Roman link, of sorts, to the connection (as you'll see later) but neither the Berlioz nor the Auric are correct. Here's an extra composer off the subs' bench:

Arthur Bliss
Charles Gounod
Charles T Griffes
Georges Auric
Florent Schmitt
Hector Berlioz
George Frederic Handel
Samuel Barber
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« Reply #2283 on: 19:00:06, 10-06-2007 »
Evening, IGI!

Berlioz: Cleopatre
Barber: Antony & Cleopatra
Handel: Giulio Cesare
Bliss: Caesar & Cleopatra
Auric: Caspar & Cleopatra
Gounod: Variations de Cleopatre (FAUST)
Griffes: Cleopatra to the Asp
Schmitt: Antony und Cleopatra
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« Reply #2284 on: 19:06:30, 10-06-2007 »
Evening, Parsifal! Well spotted...thought it was never going to go!

Cleopatra it is...and no need for my Carry on Cleo clue!



The compositions by Bliss and Auric were both written for the same film, ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ (1945) directed by Gabriel Pascal, based on Shaw’s play. Pascal had originally approached Prokofiev, then Walton to write the score. Shaw on the other hand wanted Bliss who agreed to write the music. In the meantime things went wrong. Bliss walked out and Britten was asked to step in. He too walked out and George Auric eventually wrote the music used in the film. Both Bliss and Auric scores have been recorded by Chandos.


Arthur Bliss – Caesar and Cleopatra (film score)
Charles Gounod – Faust (Ballet music = ‘Cleopatra and her Slaves’)
Charles T Griffes – Cleopatra to the Asp (song)
Georges Auric – Caesar and Cleopatra (film score)
Florent Schmitt – Antony and Cleopatra: Six Symphonic Episodes in Two Scenes based on Shakespeare’s play
Hector Berlioz – La mort de Cléopâtre (lyric scene)
George Frederic Handel – Giulio Cesare
Samuel Barber: Antony & Cleopatra

There's also an Oscar Straus operetta too and a Cimarosa opera.
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« Reply #2285 on: 19:10:03, 10-06-2007 »
Do you know Barber's opera? I've got a live Spoleto Festival recording - not ideal, but it gives a good impression of the work which I think is worthy of a revival.
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« Reply #2286 on: 19:11:08, 10-06-2007 »
And Massenet's CLEOPATRE. Regrettably the recording with Kathryn Harries has long been deleted: I haven't yet tracked it down. Do you have/know it?
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« Reply #2287 on: 19:12:47, 10-06-2007 »
And Carl Heinrich Graun's 1742 opera Cleopatra e Cesare, which is quite good in an almost Handelian kind of way.
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« Reply #2288 on: 19:13:26, 10-06-2007 »
Yes, I 've got the Barber CD. I haven't yet heard L. Price's Cleopatra excerpt, which (I'm told) is essential listening. I've got highlights from the Graun  Cheesy
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« Reply #2289 on: 19:13:51, 10-06-2007 »
I only know the aria 'J'ai verse le poison' which is sung by Renée Fleming on her latest disc. I'd love to hear her take on the role.
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« Reply #2290 on: 19:16:13, 10-06-2007 »
Quote from: richard barrett on 19:12:47, 10-06-2007
And Carl Heinrich Graun's 1742 opera Cleopatra e Cesare, which is quite good in an almost Handelian kind of way.

A few others here too - Hasse and Mattheson alongside the Graun and Handel:

http://www.amazon.com/Isabel-Bayrakdarian-Cleopatra-George-Frideric/dp/B000641ZEK/ref=sr_1_9/104-8821891-5531966?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181499267&sr=1-9
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« Reply #2291 on: 19:27:42, 10-06-2007 »
Try these four (an easier quartet):

Sibelius
Vivaldi
Berlioz
Tchaikovsky
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« Reply #2292 on: 21:44:31, 10-06-2007 »
Could it be 'Raindrops keep fallin' on my head', and/or possibly a touch of wind??  Cheesy

Sibelius Tapiola
Vivaldi RV253 or a few excerpts from The Seasons
Berlioz Lelio (the big Shakespearean slice thereof)
Tchaikovsky Op18 (or even Francesca da Rimini).
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« Reply #2293 on: 21:48:33, 10-06-2007 »
Oops, Sib's tempest incidental music would be even better...
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« Reply #2294 on: 22:27:07, 10-06-2007 »
Spot on, FMJ! Well done.

Vivaldi's RV253 'La Tempesta di Mare' (among several concerti with that title)
Tchaikovsky - The Tempest
Sibelius - The Tempest, incidental music
Berlioz - Lelio: Fantaisie sur la Tempete de Shakespeare
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