Composer: Gordon Getty
Performer: Robert Breault, Lester Lynch, Diana Kehrig, Bruce Rameker, Nathaniel Webster, Melody Moore, Chester Patton, Christopher Robertson, Nikolai Schukoff, Susanne Mentzer, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186445
Release: 2012
Size: 1.28 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Plump Jack
01. Act I: Overture
02. Act I Scene 2: Hal’s Memory (Henry IV, Hal)
03. Act I Scene 3: Gad’s Hill (Falstaff, Hal, Boy, 1st Traveler, 2nd Traveler, Bardolph, Pistol)
04. Act I Scene 4: Clarence (Henry IV, Chief Justice, Clarence)
05. Act I Scene 5: Boar’s Head Inn (Falstaff, Hal, Hostess, Boy, Pistol, 1st Captain, 2nd Captain)
06. Act II Scene 6: Shallow’s Orchard (Shallow, Falstaff)
07. Act II Scene 7: Jerusalem (Clarence, Chief Justice, Henry IV, Warwick, Hal, Chorus)
08. Act II Scene 9: Pistol’s News (Davy, Falstaff, Bardolph, Shallow, Pistol, Chorus)
09. Act II Scene 10: Banishment (Hostess, Bardolph, Pistol, Boy, Shallow, Falstaff, Henry V (Hal), Chorus)
10. Act II Scene 11: Muse of Fire (Pistol, Boy, Hostess, Shallow, Bardolph, Davy, Henry V (Hal), Chorus)
11. Act II Scene 12: Off to War (Pistol, Boy, Shallow, Bardolph, Davy, Hostess, Chorus)
This opera is based on the character Plump Jack, featured in Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V. In the third scene Getty uses some of the music and words from Henry V’s coronation. Getty’s aim is to “touch the heart” with the same directness as a film score.