Rossini
1 Tancredi Tancredi's Cavatina
'Tell me, my beating heart'
Handel
2 Rodelinda Bertarido's Aria 'Art thou troubled?'
Mozart
3 The Clemency of Titus Vitellia's Recitative
'Now is the moment, oh Vitellia...'
4 Vitellia's Aria: 'No bridal garlands'
with Paul Richards, basset-horn solo
Handel
5 Xerxes Xerxes' Recitative 'May the Fates...'
6 Xerxes' Aria: 'Under thy shade'
Rossini
7 The Italian Girl in Algiers
Isabella & Taddeo's Duet 'All the changes in my fortune...'
8 'Ah, yes, as friends...' with Andrew Shore, baritone
9 'All for the pleasure' with Andrew Shore, baritone
and PMF Scholars: Peter Wedd, tenor & Simon Bailey, bass
Donizetti
10 La favorita Leonora & Alfonso's Duet
'Ines, tell me what happened'
11 'Leonora! Leonora! Be silent!'
with Helen Miles, soprano & Garry Magee, baritone
Donizetti
12 Lucrezia Borgia Brindisi
'Oh the secret life, you may hear it' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Bellini
13 Norma Norma & Adalgisa's Duet 'Take my children, take them with you'
14 'See, O Norma' with Anne Mason, mezzo-soprano
Ponchielli
15 La Gioconda La Cieca's Aria 'Voice that consoles me' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Rossini
16 William Tell Mathilde, Jemmy & Hedwige's Trio 'My brave new son, to you...'
with Mary Plazas, soprano (PMF Scholar) & Anne Mason, mezzo-soprano
German
17 Merrie England Queen Elizabeth's Song 'O peaceful England' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Bishop
18 Clari, or the Maid of Milan 'Home, sweet home' with Della Jones, piano
Bonus track:
Rossini
The Barber of Seville Rosina's Cabaletta 'I can be so demure'
with English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Gabriele Bellini
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London - 12-16 March 2000
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Jonathan Cooper, Assistant engineer – Richard Smoker