Delius: Hassan - Complete Incidental Music

1. 1
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Quietly but expressively
   4:22
2. 2
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 1: We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)
   2:29
3. 3
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between
   1:50
4. 4
   Hassan, 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
5. 5
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: It is later that night (Narrator)
   0:57
6. 6
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: Serenade. Con moto moderato
   1:49
7. 7
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)
   2:26
8. 8
   Hassan, 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
9. 9
   Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: Chorus behind the scenes. Not too slow
   2:08
10. 10
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1 Scene 2: The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)
    1:27
11. 11
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Prelude. With animation
    0:50
12. 12
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)
    0:37
13. 13
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Fanfare preceding the Ballet (Gaily, outside)
    0:08
14. 14
    Hassan, 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
15. 15
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)
    0:06
16. 16
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly
    2:22
17. 17
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 3, Divertissement. Con moto
    2:27
18. 18
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)
    0:58
19. 19
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso
    2:53
20. 20
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)
    0:46
21. 21
    Hassan, 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
22. 22
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 1: This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)
    0:50
23. 23
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: The Street of Felicity. Very quietly
    0:38
24. 24
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)
    1:11
25. 25
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: Music accompanying Ishak's poem. Not too slow
    1:32
26. 26
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 2 Scene 2: Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)
    0:39
27. 27
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Prelude. Moderato – Slower
    1:33
28. 28
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Curtain
    0:43
29. 29
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)
    0:26
30. 30
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Very quietly – Slow
    1:43
31. 31
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 1: The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)
    1:05
32. 32
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: The great Hall of the Palace. With vigour – Quieter
    2:26
33. 33
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)
    1:00
34. 34
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares, in the great Hall of the Palace
    0:11
35. 35
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: As more and more people gather… (Narrator)
    0:29
36. 36
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Entry of the Caliph. Pompously
    0:17
37. 37
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)
    0:09
38. 38
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Fanfares
    0:21
39. 39
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 3 Scene 2: Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)
    1:17
40. 40
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scene 1: Prelude. Slow – Passionately
    4:14
41. 41
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scene 1: In the Palace's dark vaults (Narrator)
    0:26
42. 42
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scenes 1 & 2: Interlude between Scenes 1 and 2. Slow and ponderously
    1:57
43. 43
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 4 Scene 2: Sunlight streams through the cell's grating (Narrator)
    1:14
44. 44
    Hassan, 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
45. 45
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: The song of the Muezzin at sunset
    1:08
46. 46
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: With another sunset approaching (Narrator)
    1:51
47. 47
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: The Procession of Protracted Death. March tempo
    2:53
48. 48
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 1: The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)
    1:29
49. 49
    Hassan, DCW 8, Act 5 Scene 2: Prelude to the last scene. With flowing movement
    3:03
50. 50
    Hassan, 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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