release date:16 July 2012
Title:Gordon Getty (B 1933) - Plump Jack
Artist:Robertson, Schukoff, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, cond. Schirmer
Label:PentaTone
Format:1SACD
Cat No:PTC 5186445
Genre:Opera
 

• 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

 
 
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