Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212063224
Catalog number: SIGCD 632
Releasedate: 18-09-20
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212063224
Releasedate: 18-09-20
- The story of Beowulf, although thousands of years old, is still loved by many all over the world. This is a new musical telling of that story composed by Toby Young.
This recording of a new musical telling of the story, composed by Toby Young, blurs traditional sense of the genre of classical music by merging it with folk and popular music. This fusion is what makes Beowulf a fantastic story. The greatest versions of the story are not the simple good verses bad, but the ones which involve slight ambiguous points; ones which allow the reader/listener to mkae his/her mind up about what is exactly going on. The combination of Toby Young’s score and Jennifer Thorp’s libretto create this perfectly.
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1BeowulfPrologue02:37
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2BeowulfCelebration02:31
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3Beowulf‘Hwaet! Listen’00:47
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4BeowulfGreat Hall03:42
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5BeowulfRefrain00:29
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6BeowulfInterlude: The Fight04:04
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7BeowulfGrendel’s Bad Deeds02:37
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8BeowulfSweet Song01:19
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9BeowulfUnferth’s Row01:49
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10BeowulfRefrain01:29
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11BeowulfGrendel-Beowulf Battle03:33
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12BeowulfWhen I Was King04:42
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13BeowulfInterlude: Triumph02:35
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14BeowulfRousing Song01:49
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15BeowulfRefrain01:09
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16BeowulfPresentation of Hrunting01:55
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17BeowulfGrendel’s Mother03:06
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18BeowulfRise up03:21
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19BeowulfHrothgar’s sermon01:57
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20BeowulfInterlude: Searching05:26
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21BeowulfChorus of soldiers02:34
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22BeowulfRefrain01:26
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23BeowulfMy lord has gone01:34
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24BeowulfFinal Chorus03:25