Donizetti
1 The Elixir of Love Dulcamara's Cavatina
'Attention! Attention!' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
2 Nemorino & Dulcamara's Recitative & Duet
'Good doctor, beg your pardon'
with Barry Banks, tenor (PMF Scholar)
3 Adina & Dulcamara's Duet
'How he loved me!' - 'With a look of love...'
with Mary Plazas, soprano (PMF Scholar)
4 Act II finale 'It will give you cheeks like peaches.'
with PMF Scholars, Mary Plazas, soprano
& Barry Banks, tenor, Ashley Holland, baritone
& Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Rossini
5 The Barber of Seville Bartolo's Aria
'Dare you offer such excuses'
6 The Italian Girl in Algiers Isabella & Taddeo's Duet
'All the changes in my fortune' - 'Ah, yes, as friends united'
with Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Mozart
7 Don Giovanni Leporello's Catalogue Aria
'Look here: this not so little volume'
Donizetti
8 Don Pasquale Malatesta & Pasquale's Duet
'She'll be here by midday ' with Jason Howard, baritone
9 Pasquale & Norina's Duet
'Well good evening! You're in a hurry'
with Lynne Dawson, soprano
10 Malatesta & Pasquale's Duet
'Don Pasquale ...' - 'Ah brother... a living corpse is standing here before you'
with Jason Howard, baritone
Verdi
11 Falstaff Honour monologue 'Hey, Page boy!'
Philharmonia Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra - David Parry - conductor
English National Opera Orchestra - Gabriele Bellini & Paul Daniel - conductors
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London 7-11 February 1999 - tracks 1-4; 12-16 March 2000 - track 6;
22-27 August 2000 - track 7; 15, 17, 18, 20 & 21 November 1997 - tracks 8-10; 27 May-3 June - track 11; Goldsmiths College, London, 9-14 August 1994 - track 5
Producer - Brian Couzens
Sound engineers - Ralph Couzens & Jonathan Cooper (Falstaff)
Mastering engineer - Michael Common
