Great Arias & Ensembles Volume 1
OPER 0012

Puccini
1. La bohème:
Rodolfo 'Oh Mimi, our love is over...'
with Dennis O'Neill, Cynthia Haymon, Marie Mclaughlin, Alan Opie, Alastair Miles, William Dazeley, Andrew Shore, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and Peter Kay's Children's Choir
from CHAN 3008(2)
Rossini
The Barber of Seville

2. Figaro's entrance from Act I
3. Rosina, the Count, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio:
'Now then, Signor Don Bartolo'
with Della Jones, Bruce Ford, Alan Opie, Andrew Shore and Peter Rose from CHAN 7023/4
Saint-Saens
4. Samson and Delilah:
Verse 2 from 'Softly awakes my heart'
with Diana Montague, Mary Plazas (PMF Scholar)and Bruce Ford from CHAN 3010
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
Silvio and Nedda: 'How can you tell me you ever loved me?'
6.Canio: 'Go on stage'
with Rosa Mannion, Dennis O'Neill, Alan Opie, Peter Bronder, William Dazeley,
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and Peter Kay's Children's Choir from CHAN 3003
Puccini
Tosca
7. Tosca: 'Life has taught me singing and loving'
8. Tosca, Sacristan and Scarpia: 'Three agents, go in a carriage'
9. Cavaradossi: 'All the stars shone in heaven'
with Jane Eaglen (PMF Scholar), Dennis O'Neill, Gregory Yurisich, Peter Rose, Andrew Shore, John Daszak, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
and Peter Kay's Children's Choir from CHAN 3000(2)
Donizetti
Don Pasquale
10. Ernesto: 'Poor, lost Ernesto'
11.Don Pasquale, Ernesto, Norina and Malatesta: 'I've been cheated and disparaged'
with Andrew Shore, Lynne Dawson, Barry Banks (PMF Scholar), Jason Howard and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3011(2)
von Flotow
12. Martha:
Lionel 'None so rare, none so fair'
with Bruce Ford, Mary Plazas (PMF Scholar), Barry Banks (PMF Scholar) and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3006
Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
13. Easter Hymn (extract)
14. Santuzza: 'No, no Turiddu'
with Nelly Miricioiu, Dennis O'Neill, Phillip Joll (PMF SCholar), Diana Montague and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3004
Mussorgsky
15. Boris Godunov:
Boris 'My soul is sad'
with John Tomlinson, Joan Rodgers (PMF Scholar), Susan Parry, Yvonne Howard, Stuart Kale, Mark Curtis, Matthew Best,
Clive Bayley (PMF Scholar), Choristers of Leeds Parish Church and the Chorus of Opera North from CHAN 3007
Verdi
16. A Masked Ball:
Amelia and Gustavus 'The sweetest glowing fire of love'
with Dennis O'Neill, Susan Bullock, Anthony Michaels-Moore and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3013
Gounod
17
. Faust:
Valentin 'Duty bids me leave this place'
with Paul Charles Clarke, Mary Plazas (PMF Scholar), Garry Magee, Alastair Miles, Diana Montague, Sarah Walker
and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3014(3)
Puccini
18. La bohème:
Rodolfo and Mimì 'Lovely maid in the moonlight'
with Cynthia Haymon, Marie McLaughlin, Dennis O'Neill, Alan Opie, Alastair Miles, William Dazeley, Andrew Shore, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
and Peter Kay Children's Choir from CHAN 3008(2)

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18: Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Tracks 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14: London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Tracks 2 and 3: English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gabriele Bellini
Track 15: English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel