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Ruders - The Handmaid's Tale

Annita Wadsholt (Alto), Susanne Resmark (Alto), Kari Hamnøy (Alto), Royal Danish Opera Chorus (Artist), Poul Ruders (Composer), et al. | Format: Audio CD
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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Symposium Prologue (2195 AD) (Offred, Handmaids) 5:12£0.59
Listen  2. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): The Red Centre Prelude, Scene 1: The Classroom (Lydia, Handmaids, Offred, Janine) 4:30£0.59
Listen  3. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): The Red Centre Prelude, Scene 2: The Dormitory (Offred, Moira, Janine, Handmaids) 4:08£0.59
Listen  4. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): The Red Centre Prelude, Scene 3: The Classroom (Lydia, Handmaids) 3:23£0.59
Listen  5. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): The Red Centre Prelude, Scene 4: The Washroom (Lydia, Offred, Moira, Moira's Aunt) 2:11£0.59
Listen  6. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): The Red Centre Prelude, Scene 5: Graduation in the Assembly Hall (Lydia, Aunts, Handmaids) 3:18£0.59
Listen  7. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 1: The Wall (Offred) 1:47£0.59
Listen  8. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 2: The House in the Day (Offred, Serena Joy, Rita) 1:47£0.59
Listen  9. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 3: Offred's Bedroom (Offred, Rita, Serena Joy, Luke, The Double) 4:29£0.59
Listen10. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 4A: The Kitchen (Rita, The Double, Moira, Offred) 1:35£0.59
Listen11. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 4B: The Walk to the Shops (Offred, Ofglen, Econowives, Handmaids, Guardian) 4:13£0.59
Listen12. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 5: The Wall (Offred, Ofglen) 4:04£0.59
Listen13. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 6: The Doctor (Doctor, Offred) 8:21Album Only
Listen14. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 7: The House in the Day (Nick, Lydia, Offred's Mother, Luke, The Double, Offred) 6:21£0.59
Listen15. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 8: Offred's Bedroom (Lydia, The Double, Luke, Offred) 3:42£0.59
Listen16. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 9: Joy's Sitting Room (Offred's Mother, The Double, Rita, Offred, Nick, Serena Joy, The Commander, Chorus) - 5:13£0.59
Listen17. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 9 (continued): The Ceremony0:41£0.59
Listen18. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 10: Offred's Bedroom (Nick, Offred) 1:18£0.59
Listen19. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 11: The Red Centre Assembly Hall (Handmaids, Wives, Lydia, Guards, Janine, Moira, Luke, The Double, Warren's Wife) 8:28Album Only
Listen20. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 12: The Commander's Study (The Commander, Offred) 2:09£0.59
Listen21. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act I Scene 13: Offred's Bedroom (Offred)0:46£0.59


Disc 2:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 1: Offred's Bedroom (Rita, Offred) 1:29£0.59
Listen  2. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 2: The Study at Night (The Commander, Offred, Nick) 2:29£0.59
Listen  3. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 3: Joy's Sitting Room (Serena Joy, Offred, The Commander) 1:04£0.59
Listen  4. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 4A: The Kitchen (Rita, The Double, Moira, Luke) 1:39£0.59
Listen  5. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 4B: The Walk to the Shops (Offred, Ofglen, A Handmaid, Janine / Ofwarren) 6:13£0.59
Listen  6. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 5: The Wall (Guards, Ofglen, Offred) 1:56£0.59
Listen  7. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 6: The House at Night (The Double, Luke, The Commander) 5:30£0.59
Listen  8. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 7: The Wall (Guard, Luke, Ofglen, Offred) 4:55£0.59
Listen  9. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 8: The House (Serena Joy, Offred) 1:26£0.59
Listen10. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 9: Offred's Bedroom (Offred, The Double, Lydia) 6:55£0.59
Listen11. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 10: The Study (The Commander, Offred, Nick) 2:39£0.59
Listen12. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 11: Jezebel's (The Commander, Offred, The Commander X) 2:24£0.59
Listen13. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 12: Jezebel's Restroom (Moira, Offred, A Girl) 1:49£0.59
Listen14. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 13: Jezebel's Bedroom (The Commander, Offred) 1:52£0.59
Listen15. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 14: Joy's Sitting Room (Serena Joy, Nick)0:31£0.59
Listen16. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 15: Offred's Bedroom (Serena Joy, Offred) 1:21£0.59
Listen17. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 15: Offred's Bedroom (continued) (Offred, Nick) 4:52£0.59
Listen18. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 16: The Salvaging (Wives, Handmaids, Lydia, Guards, A Man, Offred, Ofglen) 5:43£0.59
Listen19. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 17: The Wall (New Ofglen, Offred) 2:34£0.59
Listen20. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 18: The House (Serena Joy, Offred) 1:26£0.59
Listen21. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II Scene 19: Quartet. The House (Offred, Serena Joy, The Commander, Rita, Nick, Eyes) 4:38£0.59
Listen22. Tjenerindens Fortaelling (The Handmaid's Tale): Act II: Postlude [- Symposium Epilogue (2195 AD)] 2:30£0.59

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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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Amazon.com: 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars MORE THEATRICAL THAN OPERATIC, 4 Sep 2002
By F. FUNES - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ruders - The Handmaid's Tale (Audio CD)
I have to credit danish composer Poul Ruders for his supreme effort in musicizing such a complex work like Margaret Attwood's
prizewinning novel and translate it into TJENERINNENDES FORTAELNING.It's a great job,specially the part of Offred,which
can be extremely taxing for the poor soprano who takes it on.
As for the rest of the piece,to me it sounds more like modern theatre rather than opera,like many other works by composers like Harrison Birtwistle,York Holler or David Blake.Listening to this work means a powerful schock to the system,so if you're not into this type of works,just handle it with tongs...
It would be great to listen to the piece without the libretto first,just the music,then follow it with the text,although I'm fully conscious that both things form a compact block in this
particular work.Enjoy,as much as you can and be warned of where political and mainly religious fanaticism could lead us all to,which is one of the many messages of Attwood's novel and by extension of Ruders piece.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, 28 July 2001
By Thomas F. Dillingham - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ruders - The Handmaid's Tale (Audio CD)
Ruders and Bentley, along with the outstanding cast and orchestra of this recorded performance, have captured the core of Margaret Atwood's horrific vision of a possible future. Ruders's music is astonishingly inventive (as the other reviewers have pointed out), with moments of intensity that rival, for example, Strauss's "Elektra" or Berg's "Lulu," while managing to remain singable and listenable. The libretto distils the strongest moments of Atwood's narrative into what must be intense dramatic moments onstage. (Too bad the film did not have a similarly inventive screenplay.)I suspect this will rank among the best of 20th century operas and may well be among the few that receive many productions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Why 'The Handmaid's Tale' matters., 10 July 2001
By Randall Herman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ruders - The Handmaid's Tale (Audio CD)
This modern opera is based on a Orwellian-like novel by Margaret Atwood. The composer-Poul Ruders-does an effective job of highlighting the bleakness of this story. He has a very creative libretto-by Paul Bentley- to work with. The cast's peak performance lends high drama and tension to the story. This works together with the variety of musical styles to present a highly recommended opera.
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