Artist:
Nathan Granner
Melody Moore
Dennis Doubin
Barbary Coast Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Opera
Total Time:
01:54:22
Record Label:
Pentatone
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
January 24, 2025
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Nathan Granner
Melody Moore
Dennis Doubin
Barbary Coast Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Opera
Total Time:
01:54:22
Record Label:
Pentatone
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
January 24, 2025
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Product Description: PENTATONE releases Gordon Getty’s fourth opera, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, in a new studio recording featuring Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, and Kevin Short, as well as the San Francisco Boys Chorus and Barbary Coast Orchestra, under the baton of Dennis Doubin. Based on the popular 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and other stories by James Hilton, the opera tells the heart-warming story of a teacher at Brookfield, an all-boys English boarding school to which “Chips” dedicates most of his adult life. The opera chronicles Chips’ story of love, loss and learning over his decades-long tenure at Brookfield. Along the way, we’re reminded of the difference one good teacher can make as we watch Chips and his children, “thousands of them, and all boys,” enrich each other’s lives.
Writing both the music and libretto of his opera, Getty has shaped Hilton’s cherished story into a memory play, in which the protagonist looks back on important episodes of his life. The score encapsulates the intimacy of the plot and the nuances of its characters. Just like Chips, Getty treats each personality with a profound understanding of–and love for–the human spirit, with all its strengths and flaws. For Getty, after decades of fascination with the character and story of Mr. Chips, the completion of this opera is the realization of a long-held dream.
Gordon Getty is a PENTATONE artist with a vast discography. Goodbye, Mr. Chips is his fourth opera recording on the label, after Plump Jack (2012), Usher House (2013) and The Canterville Ghost (2015). Melody Moore, Nathan Granner, Lester Lynch and Kevin Short have featured on many PENTATONE recordings. Conductor Dennis Doubin and the San Francisco Boys Chorus make their label debut.
Writing both the music and libretto of his opera, Getty has shaped Hilton’s cherished story into a memory play, in which the protagonist looks back on important episodes of his life. The score encapsulates the intimacy of the plot and the nuances of its characters. Just like Chips, Getty treats each personality with a profound understanding of–and love for–the human spirit, with all its strengths and flaws. For Getty, after decades of fascination with the character and story of Mr. Chips, the completion of this opera is the realization of a long-held dream.
Gordon Getty is a PENTATONE artist with a vast discography. Goodbye, Mr. Chips is his fourth opera recording on the label, after Plump Jack (2012), Usher House (2013) and The Canterville Ghost (2015). Melody Moore, Nathan Granner, Lester Lynch and Kevin Short have featured on many PENTATONE recordings. Conductor Dennis Doubin and the San Francisco Boys Chorus make their label debut.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Alma Mater, amnis pratum... ennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus
(01:27)
2 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Chips was the soul of Brookfield. Lester Lynch, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (02:27)
3 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Chips, my good fellow... Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:04)
4 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: ...there was Kathie Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:11)
5 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Kathie, Kathie... Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:44)
6 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Chips, darling, it's started. Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:41)
7 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Somehow I walked the three miles back to campus… Nathan Granner, Michael Jankosky, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (03:00)
8 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: I suppose I was the first... Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:14)
9 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Call-over: Wayne, Weaver, Webb... Nathan Granner, Bruce Rameker, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:35)
10 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Sometimes the mood was somber... Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (02:26)
11 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: There had been talk... Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (06:46)
12 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Poor Ralston! Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (03:24)
13 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Kathie, you won't remember... Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (03:09)
14 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Intermezzo ennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (06:27)
15 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Ralston soon went on to better things. Lester Lynch, Kevin Korth, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (06:28)
16 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Sir, my father was… ream sequence) Nathan Granner, Kevin Korth, Melody Moore, Michael Jankosky, Bruce Rameker, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (08:48)
17 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Chips caught bronchitis… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (07:46)
18 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Chips had retired from teaching… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Samuel Faustine, Dennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (09:05)
19 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: When the Armistice came in nineteen-eighteen… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (08:45)
20 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Mrs. Wickett also told me… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:51)
21 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Thank you, Miss Bridges. Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (03:08)
22 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Well, you old ruffian… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Kevin Short, Samuel Faustine, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:07)
23 .Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Alma mater - I thought I heard you... Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Samuel Faustine, Kevin Short, Dennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (02:01)
2 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Chips was the soul of Brookfield. Lester Lynch, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (02:27)
3 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Chips, my good fellow... Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:04)
4 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: ...there was Kathie Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:11)
5 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Kathie, Kathie... Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:44)
6 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Chips, darling, it's started. Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:41)
7 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Somehow I walked the three miles back to campus… Nathan Granner, Michael Jankosky, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (03:00)
8 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: I suppose I was the first... Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:14)
9 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Call-over: Wayne, Weaver, Webb... Nathan Granner, Bruce Rameker, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:35)
10 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Sometimes the mood was somber... Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (02:26)
11 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: There had been talk... Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (06:46)
12 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Poor Ralston! Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (03:24)
13 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 1: Kathie, you won't remember... Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (03:09)
14 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Intermezzo ennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (06:27)
15 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Ralston soon went on to better things. Lester Lynch, Kevin Korth, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (06:28)
16 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Sir, my father was… ream sequence) Nathan Granner, Kevin Korth, Melody Moore, Michael Jankosky, Bruce Rameker, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (08:48)
17 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Chips caught bronchitis… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (07:46)
18 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Chips had retired from teaching… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Samuel Faustine, Dennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (09:05)
19 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: When the Armistice came in nineteen-eighteen… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (08:45)
20 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Mrs. Wickett also told me… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (05:51)
21 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Thank you, Miss Bridges. Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (03:08)
22 . Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Well, you old ruffian… Lester Lynch, Nathan Granner, Kevin Short, Samuel Faustine, Dennis Doubin & Barbary Coast Orchestra (04:07)
23 .Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Act 2: Alma mater - I thought I heard you... Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Samuel Faustine, Kevin Short, Dennis Doubin, Barbary Coast Orchestra & San Francisco Boys Chorus (02:01)
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