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1 Puccini's Gianni Schicchi Lauretta's Solo
'Oh, my beloved father'
2 Mozart's Idomeneo Ilia's Aria Act III 'Gentle zephyrs...'
3 Purcell's The Indian Queen Aerial Spirit's Act I Solo
'I attempt from love's sickness'
4 Handel's Rinaldo Almirena's Act II Aria 'Hear thou...'
5 Donizetti's Linda from Chamonix Linda & Carlo's Act I
Love Duet 'Linda!' with Barry Banks, tenor (PMF Scholar)
6 Bizet's The Pearl Fishers Leïla's Act II Recitative & Aria
'I'm all alone here in the night' 'As once before...'
7 Mozart's Concert Aria 'Thanks be to you...'
8 Purcell's King Arthur Venus' Song Act V 'Fairest isle'
9 Handel's Joshua Achsah's Air 'Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre'
10 Rossini's Semiramide Semiramis & Arsaces'Act II Duet
'Dark day of dread!' (cadenza - Patric Schmid)
with Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
11 Catalani's La Wally Wally's Aria Act I 'I'll float...'
12 Rossini's William Tell Mathilde's Act II Romance
'Dark, sombre wood'
13 Bizet's The Pearl Fishers Léïla & Nadir's Act II Love Duet
'Léïla! Leïla!' 'Lord Brahma!' & 'Your heart was never tuned to mine'
with Barry Banks, tenor (PMF Scholar)
14 Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress Anne's Lullaby Act III
'Gently, little boat' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
15 Sullivan's The Mikado Yum-Yum's Act II Song
'The sun, whose rays...'
16 Zeller's The Bird Seller 'When you're sent roses...'
17 Porter's Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi's Song: So in love
18 Boughton's The Immortal Hour Midir's 'Faery Song'
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London - 15-19 October 1999
Producer - Brian Couzens
Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens
Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker |
