Among Stephen Dodgson's portfolio of more than 250 works are chamber operas, of which Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart is a most striking example. It is based on the true story of a woman who was convicted of the then capital crime of horse stealing and transported to Australia, and Dodgson conveys the romance and drama of the story with characteristic lyricism and rhythmic energy. Words are paramount for Dodgson, and his setting is vivid, immediate and tonal, with some swaggering rustic moments amidst the precise characterization and idiomatic instrumental writing.

Tracklist:

Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I: Introduction
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: What An Almighty Fuss
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: For So Many Years
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: Oh Harvest Moon
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: Under That Far And Shining Sky
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: The Harvest Is Ended
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: Oh, My Goodness Gracious! Look!
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: Margaret?
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: The Ripen'd Corn In Sheaves Is Born
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 1: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 2: Seasons Come, Seasons Go
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 2: Who's There?
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 2: Come, Will. Enough's Enough
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 2: No! No!
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act I Scene 2: Back You Devils
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 1: You Are Young
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 1: Ah! Dr. Stebbing And Mr. Barry
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 1: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 2: I Don't Care What You Think
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 2: Come In, Margaret
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 2: Come Then, Alice
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 2: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 3: Luff? Are You There?
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 3: Heard You That, Old Man?
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 3: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II Scene 4: Impossible. Impossible!
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act II: Postlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 1: Prisoner At The Bar
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 1: My Lord, My Testimony Has Said I Am Her Employer
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 1: Conscience Insists, My Lord
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 1: Interlude I
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 1: Oh, Mistress!
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 1: Interlude II
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 2: Good Conduct, Margaret
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 2: Margaret... Can It Be You?
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 2: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 3: We're Clear Now
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 3: Oh Joy Of Freedom!
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 3: I Know, I Know
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 3: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 4: Prisoner At The Bar
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 4: My Lord, Always To This Court I Have Confessed My Guilt
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 4: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 5: Mrs. Cobbold... Before You Speak
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act III Scene 5: In My Loneliness
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV: Introduction
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 1: What A Joy!
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 1: Ever Since I Came To This New Land
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 1: Mrs. Palmer, Forgive Me
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 1: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 2: Come In, Margaret
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 2: John... Oh, I Never Thought To See You Again
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 2: Interlude
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 3: Oh John... I Am Almost Afraid
Margaret Catchpole, Two Worlds Apart, Act IV Scene 3: Oh, Distant Moon

UPC: 730099045971
Label: Naxos Opera Classics
Release Date: 1.29.21
Format: CD

Dodgson / Ensemble Perpetuo / Perkins - Margaret Catchpole (3 CD)