Registered charity number: 258224

Gramophone

'Manrico, Radamès, Chénier and Otello himself are all here, in true heroic mode. Manrico rallies his forces with a confident top C, Radamès reacts to the prospects of military promotion with manly zest, Chénier declaims fiercely against the sufferings of the poor, and Otello calls aloud for blood... (Dennis O'Neill) is one of the few tenors who in 'Celeste Aida' can not only take the final B flat softly as written but have the imagination to see that the melody's reprise calls also for the gentlest of tones. His Otello, too, is admirable: incisive in the Oath duet, warm and noble in the Death scene.'

3 December 2008

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1 Leoncavallo's Pagliacci Canio's Aria 'Go on stage...' - 'Put on your costume' from CHAN 3003
2 Ponchielli's La Gioconda Enzo's Aria 'Heaven and sea!'
3 Verdi's Aida Radames' Recitative & Aria 'I pray that I be chosen' - 'Goddess Aida' from CHAN 3074
4 Verdi's Il trovatore Aria & Cabaletta 'When holy church has blessed..' with Sharon Sweet, soprano, Marc Le Brocq, tenor & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3036
5 Verdi's Attila Trio of Odabella, Foresto & Ezio 'Foresto, my soul belongs to you' with Janice Watson, soprano & Alan Opie, baritone
6 (Donizetti's) Salvi's The Duke of Alba Marcello's Recitative & Aria 'Here, unobserved in this chapel'
7 Giordano's Andrea Chenier Chenier's Aria 'One day, gazing at the splendour of Heav'n's blue distance'
8 Chenier's Improvviso 'Just like a day in May time'
9 Verdi's Otello Otello & Iago's Duet 'Ah! Would that God had given him...' with Alan Opie, baritone
10 Otello's Death
11 Puccini's Tosca Cavaradossi's Recitative & Aria 'Give me my palette!' - 'How strange a thing is beauty' with Andrew Shore, baritone from CHAN 3000
12 Verdi's The Girl of the Golden West Johnson's Aria 'Let her believe that I have gained my freedom'
13 Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana Turiddu's Drinking Song 'My friends, don't go away' with Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
14 Finale 'Mamma, mamma, this wine.....' with Nelly Miricioiu, soprano, Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Bainbridge, contralto & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3004

 

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International Record Review
'One of O’Neill’s best parts on stage, for me, was Foresto in Verdi's Attila, from which comes a splendid trio linking the tenor with Opie again and with Janice Watson, all three of whom sing fervidly.'

© Peter Moores Foundation 2004

Bonus tracks
15 Rossini's Armida Trio of Ronaldo, Carlo & Ubaldo 'I lost the will to action' with tenors Bruce Ford &
Barry Banks (PMF Scholar), from CHAN 3100
16 Puccini's La bohème Rodolfo's Aria 'Your tiny hand is frozen' from CHAN 3008

London Philharmonic Orchestra - tracks 1, 2, 4-10 & 12-15; Philharmonia Orchestra - tracks 3, 11 & 16
David Parry - conductor

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London 7-10 August 1997 - track 1; 3-7 March 2003 - tracks 2, 5-10, 12 & 15; 23-28 April 2001 - track 3; 16-20 December 1999 - track 4; 25-27 & 29-30 August 1995 - track 11; 3-5 August 1997 - tracks 13 & 14; 3-7 September 1997 - track 16
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineers - Jonathan Cooper - tracks 2, 5-10, 12 & 15;
Ralph Couzens - tracks 3, 4, 11 & 16; Ben Connellan - tracks 1, 13 & 14

Registered charity number: 258224

CHAN 3105

Great Operatic Arias - Dennis O'Neill 2