Great Arias & Ensembles Volume 2
OPER 0017

Puccini
1.
Tosca
'Life has taught me singing and loving'
with Jane Eaglen (PMF Scholar) and Gregory Yurisich
from CHAN 3000(2) and CHAN 3066
Handel
2.
Julius Caesar
'Tyrant, avoid my sight'
with Janet Baker
from CHAN 3019(3)
Verdi
3.
Rigoletto
'The old man laid his curse on me'
with John Rawnsley and John Tomlinson
from CHAN 3030(2)
Leoncavallo’s
Pagliacci
4. Canio: 'Go on stage'
5. Canio: 'Put on your costume'
with Dennis O'Neill
from CHAN 3003 and CHAN 3005(2)
Verdi’s
Ernani
6. Elvira: 'Ernani! Ernani, rescue me'
with Susan Patterson and Helen Williams
from CHAN 3052(2) and CHAN 3067
7. Don Carlo
'Charlemagne inspire me' with Alan Opie and English National Opera Chorus from CHAN 3052(2)
Rossini
8.
The Barber of Seville
The Count: 'My poor heart is so full of emotion' with Bruce Ford, Della Jones and Alan Opie from CHAN 3025(2)
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
9. Tatyana: 'Are you an angel sent to guard me . . .'
10. Tatyana: 'No, come what may, I'm now resolved'
11. Onegin: 'You wrote a letter'
12. Onegin: 'Were I the sort who had intended' with Kiri Te Kanawa and Thomas Hampson from CHAN 3042(2)
Verdi
13.
Il trovatore
Leonora, Manrico and chorus: 'Lord, have mercy upon a soul departing'
with Sharon Sweet, Dennis O'Neil and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3036(2)
Donizetti’s Mary Stuart
14. Mary Stuart: 'You murmuring breezes'
15. Mary Stuart: 'What tumult! Those voices!'
16. Mary Stuart: 'In the peace of my gloomy seclusion'
with Janet Baker, Angela Bostock and the English National Opera Chorus from CHAN 3017(2)
Verdi
17.
La traviata
Violetta: 'Forever I must leave thee' with Valerie Masterson from CHAN 3023(2)
Puccini
18.
La bohème
Rodolfo: 'Lovely maid in the moonlight' with Dennis O'Neill and Cynthia Haymon from CHAN 3008(2)
Richard Strauss’
Der Rosenkavalier
19. The Feldmarschallin: 'Ah, there he goes' with Yvonne Kenny
20. Baron Ochs: 'Look for my glasses there in my jacket' with John Tomlinson and Elizabeth Vaughan from CHAN 3022
Puccini
21.
Turandot
Calaf: 'None may sleep!' with Dennis O'Neill from CHAN 3013
22. Gianni Schicchi
Lauretta: 'Oh, my beloved father' with Yvonne Kenny from CHAN 3035

Track 1, 18, 21, 22: Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Tracks 4, 5, 13, 19, 20: London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Tracks 6, 7: English National Opera Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Tracks 2, 14, 15, 16, 17: English National Opera Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
Track 3: English National Opera, Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder
Track 8: English National Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Belini
Tracks 9, 10, 11, 12: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras