Puccini’s
Turandot
8. Turandot: 'Within this Palace a story lives forever' - ‘Gentle Princess Lo-u-Ling, pure, serene and so gentle'
with Jane Eaglen (PMF Scholar), Dennis O'Neill and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
9. Liù: 'I beg you, hear me, ah my lord, I beg you!'
with Mary Plazas (PMF Scholar)
from CHAN 3086(2)
Rossini
10. Stabat Mater
'Through her soul in endless grieving' (Cujus animam)
with Barry Banks (PMF Scholar)
from CHAN 3112
Mozart
11. Idomeneo
Ilia: 'My father was taken'
with Rebecca Evans
from CHAN 3103(2)
Janáček
12. The Cunning Little Vixen
Forester: 'When evening arrives, I welcome the rays of the setting sun!'
with Sir Thomas Allen
from CHAN 3101(2)
Verdi’s
Aida
13. Aida: 'We'd leave this white oppressive heat'
with Jane Eaglen (PMF Scholar) and Dennis O'Neill
14. Populace: 'Glory to Isis, goddess fair'
with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3074(2)
Handel
15. Messiah
'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'
with Bruce Ford
from CHAN 3100
Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14: Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Track 3: The Bath Festival Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin
Tracks 4, 5: English National Opera Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel
Tracks 10, 15: London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Track 11: Orchestra of Opera North conducted by David Parry
Track 12: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Simon Rattle