Saint-Saëns
1 Samson and Delilah Delilah & Samson's Duet
'Softly awakes my heart...' with Bruce Ford, tenor
Gounod
2 Faust Siebel's Flower Song
Delibes
3 Lakmé Lakmé & Mallika's duet
'Come, Mallika!...'
with Mary Plazas, soprano (PMF Scholar)
Saint-Saëns
4 Samson and Delilah
Delilah's Recitative & Aria
'Tonight, seeking hither my presence...'
5 Delilah's Aria - 'Fair spring is returning...'
Donizetti
6 La favorite
Leonora's Recitative, Aria & Cabaletta
'Can I believe...' 'O my beloved...'
7 'I submit to heav'nly powers...'
Berlioz
8 The Damnation of Faust Marguérite's Romance
'The fire of love inside me...'
Gluck
9 Orpheus and Eurydice Orpheus's Aria -
'What is life to me without thee...'
Rossini
10 Count Ory Trio: Count, Isolier & Countess
'Night lends her aid..'
11 'With love and tender yearning . . .'
with Mary Plazas, soprano (PMF Scholar) & Bruce Ford, tenor
Thomas
12 Mignon Frédéric's Rondo-Gavotte
'Here am I in her boudoir...'
Offenbach
13 La Périchole Périchole's Griserie 'I've dined so well, I feel divine...'
14 Périchole's Letter Song - 'Oh my dearest...'
15 Périchole's Aria - 'You don't have looks...'
Thomas
16 Mignon Mignon's Romance 'Have you heard of the land...'
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London 1-14 September 1997
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens, Assistant engineer - Peter Newble