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Composed by Peter Sculthorpe.

 

Audio CD (1987).
Format:
Soundtrack.
Label:
American Gramaphone.
ASIN:
B0002YL5OO.

Composed by Peter Sculthorpe (born April 29, 1929), a noted Australian composer from Launceston, Tasmania known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as Kakadu (1988) and Earth Cry (1992), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback.

CD produced by Chip Davis and Graeme Clifford.
Engineered by Mike Stavrou.
Mastered by Clete Baker, Sound Recorders, Omaha, Nebraska.
Recorded in Australia.

Musicians: Sydney Studio Musicians, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Phoenix Strings Quartet.

 

Track listing:  
1. King of the Faeries (performed by a group of folk musicians led by Doug Kelly).  
2. Sand Dunes  
3. Wills' Variations: The Croquet Waltz.
The Grail.
The Cricket Quadrille.
Wills' Death.
 
4. The Dream  
5. Dream Sequence:
Premonition.  
Wire Music.  
Dreamtime.(performed by Aboriginal musicians from Gapuwiyak Community, NT).  
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls. (from Act II of Michael Balfe’s 1843 opera 'The Bohemian Girl', Soprano: Vanessa Fallon, Harp Solo: Louise Johnson).  
6. Dawn Travelling  
7. Burke & Wills March  
8. The Search  
9. Julia  
10. The Gulf  
11. The Coolibah Tree  
12. Stars  
13. Burke's Death  
14. Julia Reprise  

I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
With vassals and serfs at my side,
And of all who assembled within those walls
That I was the hope and the pride.
I had riches all too great to count
And a high ancestral name.

But I also dreamt which pleased me most
That you loved me still the same,
That you loved me
You loved me still the same,
That you loved me
You loved me still the same.

I dreamt that suitors sought my hand,
That knights upon bended knee
And with vows no maidens heart could withstand,
They pledged their faith to me.
And I dreamt that one of that noble host
Came forth my hand to claim.

But I also dreamt which charmed me most
That you loved me still the same
That you loved me
You loved me still the same,
That you loved me
You loved me still the same.

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