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1 Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah Delilah & Samson's Duet 'Softly awakes my heart...' with Bruce Ford, tenor 2 Gounod's Faust Siebel's Flower Song 3 Delibes' Lakmé Lakmé & Mallika's duet 'Come, Mallika!...' with Mary Plazas, soprano (PMF Scholar) 4 Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah Delilah's Recitative & Aria 'Tonight, seeking hither my presence...' 5 Delilah's Aria - 'Fair spring is returning...' 6 Donizetti's La favorite Leonora's Recitative, Aria & Cabaletta 'Can I believe...' 'O my beloved...' 7 'I submit to heav'nly powers...' 8 Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust Marguérite's Romance 'The fire of love inside me...' 9 Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice Orpheus's Aria - 'What is life to me without thee...' 10 Rossini's 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 12 Thomas' Mignon Frédéric's Rondo-Gavotte 'Here am I in her boudoir...' 13 Offenbach's 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...' 16 Thomas' 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 |