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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Symposium Prologue (2195 AD) | |||
| 2. The Red Centre Prld: Scene 1: The Classroom | |||
| 3. The Red Centre Prld: Scene 2: The Dormitory | |||
| 4. The Red Centre Prld: Scene 3: The Classroom | |||
| 5. The Red Centre Prld: Scene 4: The Washroom | |||
| 6. The Red Centre Prld: Scene 5: Graduation In The Assembly Hall | |||
| 7. Act One, Scene 1: The Wall | |||
| 8. Act One, Scene 2: The House In The Day | |||
| 9. Act One, Scene 3: Offred's Bedroom | |||
| 10. Act One, Scene 4A: The Kitchen | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Act Two, Scene 1: Offred's Bedroom | |||
| 2. Act Two, Scene 2: The Study At Night | |||
| 3. Act Two, Scene 3: Joy's Sitting Room | |||
| 4. Act Two, Scene 4A: The Kitchen | |||
| 5. Act Two, Scene 4B: The Walk To The Shops | |||
| 6. Act Two, Scene 5: The Wall | |||
| 7. Act Two, Scene 6: The Houselight | |||
| 8. Act Two, Scene 7: The Wall | |||
| 9. Act Two, Scene 8: The House | |||
| 10. Act Two, Scene 9: Offred's Bedroom | |||
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Product Description
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With The Handmaid's Tale, the Danish composer Poul Ruders has created a powerful opera that presents the bleakest of futures for mankind. Based on a novel by Margaret Atwood, Ruders uses an extensive musical vocabulary to portray the horrors of a society in which women living in sin or second marriages are forced to become "handmaids" who are sent to childless families to be impregnated. This society, Gilead, forms the backdrop on which Ruders and his librettist Paul Bentley can pose the most uncomfortable of questions. Ruders' orchestral colours are frequently hyper-expressionist, as befits a story of the utmost oppression. The dramatic effectiveness of the piece is never in doubt: the frequent flash-backs contextualise and accentuate the ongoing drama. Ruders draws on a vast range of techniques to create this futuristic world. The Handmaid's Tale is a draining experience, but one which is nevertheless stimulating. One is left with the highest sense of admiration for Ruders' seemingly endless invention. Marianne Rorholm, in the main role of Offred, is astonishing in her stamina and involvement, projecting all the vulnerability and hopelessness of the central character. There is not a single weak link in the cast of this performance, recorded live in March 2000. The Handmaid's Tale is strongly recommended, but not to the faint-hearted. --Colin Clarke
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