Bernard Herrmann is widely regarded as one of Hollywood's most important composers, responsible for more than fifty film scores (in addition to his work for TV, radio, and the concert hall), and noted for his collaborations with Orson Welles and, later, with Alfred Hitchcock. Welles was unofficially involved with Robert Stevenson's film of Jane Eyre in the 1940s, and it was Welles that suggested Herrmann as composer for the project. Herrmann became obsessed with all things BrontÃ«, and within months was writing to friends of his plans to write an opera on Wuthering Heights. It took him eight years to complete the vocal score, using a libretto written by his wife, Lucille Fletcher. Although he conducted a recording of the work, in 1966, he failed to see a live production in his lifetime. Although the opera features eight solo roles, Cathy and Heathcliff dominate the action and are the only singers in Hans Sorensen's Suite of excerpts - recorded here for the very first time. Keri Fuge and Roderick Williams take the vocal roles in this recording. Echoes was composed in 1965 for string quartet, and was later arranged for string orchestra by Hans Sorensen - the version heard on this album. The recording was made in the Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore. In Surround Sound, and is available as a Hybrid SACD and in Spatial Audio.

Tracklist:

Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~I. Prologue. The Snow and Wind. Allegro tumultuoso - Lento.
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~II. Act I. Scene
Allegretto pastorale (molto tranquillo): I have been wandering through the green woods -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~III. Act I. Scene
Sunset. Moderato: Do you remember the day you first came to Wuthering Heights!
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~III. Act
Scene
Andante con moto (molto moderato): On the moors, on the moors -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~IV. Act I. Scene
Lento tranquillo: Look, the moon -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~V. Interlude (Nocturne). Lento assai
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~VI. Act I. Scene
Adagio, molto espressivo e triste: I am the only being, whose doom no tongue would ask -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~VII. Act II. Adagio tranquillo: I have dreamt in my life dre
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~VIII. Act IV. Meditation. Andante con malinconia -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~VIII. Act IV. Molto lento: Heathcliff. Heathcliff -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~VIII. Act IV. Allegro molto moderato (agitato e appassionato
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~VIII. Act IV. Molto moderato ma liberamente: Open the window
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~IX. Act IV. Death of Cathy. Molto moderato e molto tranquill
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~IX. Act IV. Largo assai (tenebroso) -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~X. Act IV. Allegro feroce: May she wake in torment! -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~XI. Act IV. Lento, molto sostenuto e tempestoso -
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~XII. Act IV. Adagio (tenebroso): Heathcliff! Heathcliff! Let
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~XIII. Act IV. Lento, molto sostenuto e tempestoso - Molto ap
Suite from 'Wuthering Heights' for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra~XIV. Act IV. Adagio tenebroso
Echoes for String Quartet

UPC: 0095115533727
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 7.7.23
Format: CD

Herrmann / Fuge / Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Suite From Wuthering Heights (Hybr) (CD)