Nancy Van de Vate's "Hamlet" is a monumental orchestral work, released on June 5, 2012, under the Vienna Modern Masters label. This sprawling, 2 hour and 40 minute composition is a complete musical retelling of Shakespeare's iconic tragedy, Hamlet. Van de Vate masterfully translates the play's intricate drama, soliloquies, and dialogues into a rich, symphonic tapestry.
The album is structured as a continuous narrative, with each track representing a scene from the play. Van de Vate's composition is notable for its vivid character portrayals and atmospheric settings, from the eerie, ghostly encounters to the intense, dramatic confrontations. The score is a testament to Van de Vate's deep understanding of Shakespeare's text and her ability to evoke powerful emotions and imagery through music.
"Hamlet" showcases Van de Vate's unique voice in the world of contemporary classical music. Her work is characterized by its lush orchestration, dynamic range, and intricate thematic development. This album is a must-listen for fans of Shakespeare, orchestral music, and those seeking a fresh, immersive experience of one of the most famous stories in the English language.
Tracks
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: OvertureNancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Who's there? (Barnardo, Francisco, Horatio, Marcellus)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Hamlet, and others (Chorus, King, Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Good Halet, cast thy nighted colour off (Queen, King, Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Oh, That This too, too solid flesh would melt (Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Enter Horatio, Marcellus, ang Barnardo (Halet, Horatio, Marcellus)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Enter Laertes and Ophelia, speaking together quietly (Laertes, Ophelia, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: It Is very cold (Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, Ghost)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Where willst thou lead me? (Hamlet, Ghost)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act I Scene 1: Remember thee? Oh, yes, thou poor ghost? (Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act II Scene 1: Oh my Lord, I have been so affrighted (Ophelia, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act II Scene 1: Enter King, Queen, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and others (King, Queen, Rosencrantz, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act II Scene 1: Hamlet enters, reading a book (Hamlet, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act II Scene 1: My honoured Lord! (Guildenstern, Rosencrantz, Hamlet, Polonius, First Player)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: The King's apartment (King, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Queen, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: To be or not to be (Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: But sh! The fair Ophelia! (Hamlet, Ophelia)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: Love! His affections do not tend the way (King, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: There Is a play tonight before the King (Hamlet, Horatio, Queen, Courtiers, Rosencrantz)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: For us and for our tragedy (Prologue, Player King and Queen, Hamlet, Lucianus, Ophelia, Queen, Polonius, Attendants, King, Horatio)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1: Tis now the very witching hour of night (Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 2: I like him not (King, Guildenstern, Rosencrantz, Polonius)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 2: Oh, my offense Is rank (King)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 2: Now while he Is praying (Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 2: He will come straight (Polonius, Queen, Hamlet)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act III Scene 2: But what have I done? (Queen, Hamlet, Ghost)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act IV: There's meaning in these sighs (King, Queen)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act IV: Safely stowed. Who calls me? (Hamlet, Rosencrantz, King)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act IV: I will not speak with her (Queen, Gentleman, Ophelia, King)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act IV: Where Is the King? (Laertes, Queen, King, Ophelia, Messenger)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act IV: Our sorrows come so fast (Queen, Laertes)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Is It to be a Christian burial? (Grave-digger, Grave-digger's mate, Hamlet, Horatio)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Dies irae, dies illa (Chorus, Hamlet, Horatio, Laertes, Priest)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Sweets to the sweet (Queen, Laertes)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Oh, treble woe (Laertes, Hamlet, Queen, Horatio, King)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Here's the commission (Hamlet, Horatio, Osric)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: A table Is prepared (King, Queen, Laertes, Hamlet, Osric)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Hamlet and Laertes play their first bout (Hamlet, Laertes, Osric, King, Queen)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: They play for the third time (Osric, Horatio, Laertes, Hamlet, King, Queen)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Oh, villainy! Villainy! (Hamlet, Laertes, Chorus, King)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
Hamlet, Act V: Horatio, I am dead (Hamlet, Horatio, Chorus)Nancy Van de Vate, Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinos klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria, Zerotin Academic Choir, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky
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