SETLST — Music Reviews

Tracklist

1Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Quietly but expressively

4:22

2Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 1: We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)

2:29

3Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between

1:50

4Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in from of the house

0:26

5Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: It is later that night (Narrator)

0:57

6Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: Serenade. Con moto moderato

1:49

7Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)

2:26

8Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Ver

0:52

9Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow

2:08

10Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)

1:27

11Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Prelude. With animation

0:50

12Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)

0:37

13Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)

0:08

14Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could

1:20

15Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)

0:06

16Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly

2:22

17Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto

2:27

18Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)

0:58

19Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso

2:53

20Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)

0:46

21Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain).

1:21

22Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)

0:50

23Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: The Street of Felicity. Very quietly

0:38

24Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)

1:11

25Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow

1:32

26Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)

0:39

27Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Prelude. Moderato – Slower

1:33

28Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Curtain

0:43

29Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)

0:26

30Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly – Slow

1:43

31Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)

1:05

32Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour – Quieter

2:26

33Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)

1:00

34Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace

0:11

35Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: As more and more people gather… (Narrator)

0:29

36Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Entry of the Caliph. Pompously

0:17

37Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)

0:09

38Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares

0:21

39Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)

1:17

40Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Passionately

4:14

41Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scene 1: in the Palace's dark vaults (Narrator)

0:26

42Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously

1:57

43Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scene 2: Sunlight streams through the cell's grating (Narrator)

1:14

44Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: Prelude. Quick – Slower, softer - Not too quick – Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph's Palace, in fro

2:29

45Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: The song of the Muezzin at sunset

1:08

46Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: With another sunset approaching (Narrator)

1:51

47Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo

2:53

48Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)

1:29

49Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 2: Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement

3:03

50Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 2: Closing Scene. Slow – (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) – (Dying away in

10:16

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