Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

2020-04-07 • Opera

Tracklist

• 1
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene I: A humble hut, with net curtains and a plain stool; dawn
  5:20
• 2
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene II: Seaside; water sparkling blue, skydawn-pink yielding to fair blue
  5:26
• 3
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene III: The hut; lunchtime
  6:40
• 4
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene IV: Seaside; sea green and yellow, light faintly ominous
  2:17
• 5
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene V: A cottage, with a pleasant garden and velvet chair
  6:11
• 6
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VI: Seaside; water purple and murky blue, hint of a storm
  2:34
• 7
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VII: A castle, with a great rural vista, tapestries, and an ivory canopied bed
  11:14
• 8
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VIII: Seaside; water dark gray, definite howling of sullen wind
  6:11
• 9
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene IX: Flourishes and fanfares of brass
  4:52
• 10
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene X: Seaside; much wind, high sea and tossing, sky red along edges, red light suffuses
  1:56
• 11
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XI: A papal palace
  7:42
• 12
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XII: Seaside; storm, lightning, sea quite black. The pit of creation.
  2:17
• 13
  The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XIII: A humble hut
  2:05