Treemonisha (1975 original cast)

~ Release by Scott Joplin (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Treemonisha: Act I. No. 1 Overture
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 1 Overture
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
7:31
2Treemonisha: Act I. No. 2 The Bag of Luck (Zodzetrick, Monisha, Ned, Treemonisha, Remus)
baritone vocals [Zodzetrick]:
Ben Harney (American songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music)
bass vocals [Ned]:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals [Monisha]:
Betty Allen (mezzo soprano)
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 2 The Bag of Luck (Zodzetrick, Monisha, Ned, Treemonisha, Remus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
6:37
3Treemonisha: Act I. No. 3 The Corn Huskers (Chorus, Treemonisha, Remus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 3 The Corn Huskers (Chorus, Treemonisha, Remus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
0:43
4Treemonisha: Act I. No. 4 We’re Goin’ Around (A Ring Play) (Andy, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 4 We’re Goin’ Around (A Ring Play) (Andy, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
2:10
5Treemonisha: Act I. No. 5 The Wreath (Treemonisha, Lucy, Monisha, Choruys)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. Aunt Dinah Has Blowed de Horn (Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
1:36
6Treemonisha: Act I. No. 6 The Sacred Tree (Monisha)
soprano vocals [Monisha]:
Betty Allen (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 6 The Sacred Tree (Monisha)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
7:41
7Treemonisha: Act I. No. 7 Surprised (Treemonisha, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 7 Surprised (Treemonisha, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
0:17
8Treemonisha: Act I. No. 8 Treemonisha’s Bringing Up (Monisha, Treemonisha, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Monisha]:
Betty Allen (mezzo soprano)
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 8 Treemonisha’s Bringing Up (Monisha, Treemonisha, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
3:57
9Treemonisha: Act I. No. 9 Good Advice (Parson Alltalk, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act I. No. 9 Good Advice (Parson Alltalk, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
4:43
10Treemonisha: Act I. No. 10 Confusion (Monisha, Chorus, Lucy, Ned, Remus)
bass vocals [Ned]:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Monisha]:
Betty Allen (mezzo soprano)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 1. Confusion (Monisha, Lucy, Ned, Remus, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
2:46
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1Treemonisha: Act II. No. 11 Superstition (Simon, Chorus)
bass vocals [Simon]:
Raymond Bazemore
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. Superstition (Simon, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
3:39
2Treemonisha: Act II. No. 12 Treemonisha in Peril (Simon, Chorus, Zodzetrick, Luddad, Cephus)
baritone vocals [Zodzetrick]:
Ben Harney (American songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music)
bass vocals [Simon]:
Raymond Bazemore
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. Treemonisha in Peril (Simon, Zodzetrick, Luddud, Cephus, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
2:52
3Treemonisha: Act II. No. 13 Frolic of the Bears
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. Frolic of the Bears (Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
3:08
4Treemonisha: Act II. No. 14 The Wasp Nest (Simon, Chorus, Cephus)
bass vocals [Simon]:
Raymond Bazemore
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. The Wasp-Nest (Simon, Cephus, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
1:14
5Treemonisha: Act II. No. 15 The Rescue (Treemonisha, Remus)
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. The Rescue (Treemonisha, Remus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
1:26
6Treemonisha: Act II. No. 16 We Will Rest Awhile (Chorus)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. We Will Rest Awhile (Male quartet)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
1:24
7Treemonisha: Act II. No. 17 Going Home (Treemonisha, Remus, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 2. Going Home (Remus, Treemonisha, Foreman, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
0:39
8Treemonisha: Act II. No. 18 Aunt Dinah Has Blowed the Horn (Chorus)
1:40
9Treemonisha: Act III. No. 19 Prelude
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. Prelude to Act 3
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
3:33
10Treemonisha: Act III. No. 20 I Want to See My Child (Monisha, Ned)
bass vocals [Ned]:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals [Monisha]:
Betty Allen (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. I Want to See My Child (Duet: Ned and Monisha)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
2:23
11Treemonisha: Act III. No. 21 Treemonisha’s Return (Monisha, Ned, Remus, Treemonisha, Chorus, Andy, Zodzetrick, Luddud)
baritone vocals [Zodzetrick]:
Ben Harney (American songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music)
bass vocals [Ned]:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Monisha]:
Betty Allen (mezzo soprano)
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. Treemonisha's Return (Monisha, Remus, Ned, Treemonisha, Andy, Zodzetrick, Luddud, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
3:34
12Treemonisha: Act III. No. 22 Wrong Is Never Right (A Lecture) (Remus, Chorus)
tenor vocals [Remus]:
Curtis Rayam (american operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. Wrong Is Never Right (Remus, Octet Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
5:52
13Treemonisha: Act III. No. 23 Abuse (Andy, Chorus, Treemonisha)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. Abuse (Andy, Treemonisha, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
0:29
14Treemonisha: Act III. No. 24 When Villains Ramble Far and Near (A Lecture) (Ned)
bass vocals [Ned]:
Willard White (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. When Villains Ramble Far and Near (Ned)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
4:56
15Treemonisha: Act III. No. 25 Conjurors Forgiven (Treemonisha, Andy, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. Conjurers Forgiven (Treemonisha, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
1:08
16Treemonisha: Act III. No. 26 We Will Trust You as Our Leader (Treemonisha, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. We Will Trust You as Our Leader (Treemonisha, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Treemonisha
8:34
17Treemonisha: Act III. No. 27 A Real Slow Drag (Treemonisha, Lucy, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Treemonisha]:
Carmen Balthrop (American soprano)
orchestra:
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Treemonisha: Act 3. A Real Slow Drag (Treemonisha, Lucy, Chorus)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist)
part of:
Three Moments from Treemonisha (A Concert Paraphrase)
part of:
Treemonisha
5:32