performance at the Coliseum will find their memories vividly rekindled. There is more good singing, too, from Barry Banks as Ernesto, a performance to compare favourably with those by foriegn tenors who have a wider but not necessarily more justified international reputation... Very strongly recommended.'

BBC Music Magazine

'Andrew Shore's characterisation of the pompous-but-likeable Pasquale has been much admired on the stage, and comes across ebulliently on disc... Shore's ripe buffo-baritone is ideally suited to the role. Lynne Dawson is a lively Norina, with an attractive, pure soprano voice and an engaging personality.'

The Sunday Telegraph

'The series has established Parry as an opera conductor who should be in regular demand by our companies... he conveys the brilliance, wit and deeper qualities of Donizetti's adorable score... Those who have enjoyed (Shore's) 

CHAN 3011
3 December 2008

Opera buffa in three acts
Text by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer
after A. Anelli
English translation by David Parry

The Cast

Andrew Shore, baritone - Don Pasquale
Jason Howard, baritone - Dr Malatesta
Barry Banks, tenor (PMF Scholar) - Ernesto
Lynne Dawson, soprano - Norina
Clive Bayley, bass (PMF Scholar) - A Notary
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry - conductor

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London
15, 17, 18, 20 & 21 November 1997
Producer - Brian Couzens
Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens
Assistant engineers - Peter Newble & Richard Smoker

Don Pasquale