Adès*, Philip Hensher - Jill Gomez, Valdine Anderson, Niall Morris, Roger Bryson, Almeida Ensemble, Thomas Adès – Powder Her Face

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Label:	EMI Classics – 7243 5 56649 2 1, EMI Classics – CDCB 7243 5 56649 2 1
Format:	2 x CD
Country:	US
Released:	1998
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern, Opera

Tracklist

	Powder Her Face (An Opera In Two Acts, Op. 14)
	Act One
1-1	Overture	2:58
1-2	Oo Aa! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha	4:12
1-3	I See. This It What It Has Come To	2:52
1-4	Take It From Me	5:06
1-5	Interlude	1:06
1-6	Of Course She's Done Well	2:14
1-7	I Could Never Grow Bored Of Dukedoms	1:52
1-8	I Hear Him Coming (Pantomime)	5:07
1-9	Interlude	2:37
1-10	Fancy, Fancy Being Rich	4:46
1-11	Interlude. ...Mm...Ah!...How May I Help You?	3:49
1-12	...Mm...Ah!...Room Service?	3:24
1-13	What Have You Got There?	3:08
1-14	Come Here	6:18
1-15	Interlude	2:04
1-16	Is Daddy Squiffy?	5:43
1-17	Are You Saying The Duchess Is A Whore?	4:57
1-18	Ha Ha Ha Ha... (Paper Chase)	2:18
	Act Two
2-1	Did She?...Of Course She Did	3:09
2-2	Order. Silence	5:30
2-3	But Now I Have Heard Something New	3:46
2-4	Did You Hear - What He Said?	1:44
2-5	So That Is All	5:09
2-6	Interlude	1:04
2-7	I'd Like To Make One Thing Entirely Clear	3:06
2-8	Ah! None Left	4:11
2-9	Interlude. Fifty-eight, Seventy-nine	1:16
2-10	Agh - Who Are You?	6:34
2-11	That Will Do. You May Go	4:44
2-12	Broken. It's Broken	8:07
2-13	Enough...Or Too Much!	2:41

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Licensed To – EMI Records Ltd.
Distributed By – EMI Classics
Manufactured By – EMI Classics
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC Music
Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios

Credits

Bass Vocals [Hotel Manager, Duke, Laundryman, Other Guest, Judge] – Roger Bryson
Composed By, Conductor – Thomas Adès
Edited By, Mastered By – Simon Kiln
Engineer – Tim Alcock*
Engineer, Edited By – Tony Wass
Executive-Producer, Mastered By – David R. Murray
Libretto By – Philip Hensher
Liner Notes – Andrew Porter (2)
Orchestra – Almeida Ensemble
Photography By – Colin Thomas (2), Ivan Kyncl
Producer – Chris De Souza
Soprano Vocals [Dutchess] – Jill Gomez
Soprano Vocals [Maid, Confidante, Waitress, Mistress, Rubbernecker, Society Journalist] – Valdine Anderson
Tenor Vocals [Electrician, Lounge Lizard, Waiter, Priest, Rubbernecker, Delivery Boy] – Niall Morris

Notes

Recorded: XII.1995, Rosslyn Hill Chapel London.
℗ 1998 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by BBC Music under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.
© 1998 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in U.S.A.

Includes booklet (104 p.) with libretto in English.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (CD1): 724355665027
Matrix / Runout (CD2): 724355665126
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L043
Mould SID Code: IFPI 1603
Rights Society: bel BIEM
SPARS Code: DDD
Barcode: 724355664921

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Powder Her Face (2×CD, Album)	EMI Classics, EMI	7243 5 56649 2 5, 5 56649 2 1	Europe	1998
New Submission	Powder Her Face (2×CD, Album, Reissue)	EMI Classics, EMI Classics	0 27170 2, 50999 0 27170 2 9	Europe	2011