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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 |
