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'Following on from her acclaimed first recital disc for Chandos' Opera in English series, Brewer now offers an even greater mix of music in the second volume. Handel, Gluck and Mozart rub shoulders with Wagner, Beethoven and Korngold, while the Anglo-American repertoire is represented by Britten and Richard Rodgers, and the disc is completed by Menotti, Dvorák and Lehár.' |
 1 Mozart's 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
3 Gluck's Alceste Alceste's aria (Ou suis-je?)
'Where am I?'
4 Wagner's Tannhäuser Elisabeth's prayer
(Allmachtige Jungfrau) 'Almighty Virgin'
5 Britten Peter Grimes Embroidery aria
'Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness'
6 Beethoven's Fidelio Leonora's recitative and aria (Komm, Hoffnung) 'Vile murderer! Sadistic swine!' - 'Come hope, you faint and distant star'
with Philharmonia Orchestra
7 Handel's Rodelinda Rodelinda's aria (Se il mio duol non e si forte) 'If my pain, my bitter sighing'
8 Gluck's Alceste Alceste's aria (Grands dieux)'Great Gods! Cruel fortune has cursed me'
9 Wagner's Lohengrin Elsa's dream (Einsam in truben Tagen) 'When all my hopes departed'
10 Menotti's The Consul Magda's aria 'To this we've come'
11 Korngold's The Dead City (Die tote Stadt) Marietta's song (Gluck, das mir verblieb) 'My joy lives in you'
with Timothy Robinson, tenor
12 Dvořák's Gypsy Songs Op. 55
'Songs my mother taught me'
13 Lehár's 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
14 Rodgers's The Sound of Music 'Climb ev'ry mountain' with Philharmonia Orchestra
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