Mozart
1 The Marriage of Figaro Countess' cavatina (Porgi, amor) 'Hear my prayer, I humbly beg you'
2 Countess and Susanna's recitative and duettino (Che soave zeffiretto) 'That's amazing! How did he react?' with Judith Howarth, soprano
Gluck
3 Alceste Alceste's aria (Ou suis-je?) 'Where am I?'
Wagner
4 Tannhäuser Elisabeth's prayer (Allmachtige Jungfrau) 'Almighty Virgin'
Britten
5 Peter Grimes Embroidery aria 'Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness'
Beethoven
6 Fidelio Leonora's recitative and aria (Komm, Hoffnung) 'Vile murderer! Sadistic swine!' - 'Come hope, you faint and distant star' with Philharmonia Orchestra
Handel
7 Rodelinda Rodelinda's aria (Se il mio duol non e si forte) 'If my pain, my bitter sighing'
Gluck
8 Alceste Alceste's aria (Grands dieux)'Great Gods! Cruel fortune has cursed me'
Wagner
9 Lohengrin Elsa's dream (Einsam in truben Tagen) 'When all my hopes departed'
Menotti
10 The Consul Magda's aria 'To this we've come'
Korngold
11 The Dead City (Die tote Stadt) Marietta's song (Gluck, das mir verblieb) 'My joy lives in you'
with Timothy Robinson, tenor
Dvo?ák
12 Gypsy Songs Op. 55 'Songs my mother taught me'
Lehár
13 The Land of Smiles Lisa and Sou-Chong's Duet (Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt?)'Love, what has given you this magic pow'r?' with Timothy Robinson, tenor
Rodgers
14 The Sound of Music 'Climb ev'ry mountain' with Philharmonia Orchestra London

Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London Track 4 - 21 August 2004 Other tracks - 19-21 & 23 May 2008 16-18 and 20-22 December 2007
Producers - Track 4 - Brian Couzens Other tracks Brian Couzens (Executive) and Brian Pidgeon
Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens
Assistant engineers on track 4 - Michael Common and John Benton Other tracks - Jonathan Cooper