Handel
1 Acis and Galatea
Polyphemus' Recitative & Air
'I rage, I rage..' - 'O ruddier than the cherry.'
Mozart's
2 The Abduction from the Seraglio Osmin's Song, Act I
'When a maiden takes your fancy'
3 Osmin & Blonde's Act II Duet
'I am going, but take my advice'
with Helen Williams, soprano
4 Pedrillo & Osmin's Duet
'Vivat Bacchus! Long live Bacchus!'
with Barry Banks, tenor (PMF Scholar)
Handel
5 Samson Harapha's Air, Act II
'Honour and arms scorn such a foe'
Verdi
6 Simon Boccanegra
Prologue: Fiesco's Scena & Aria
'A last farewell I bid you' - 'My soul is torn...'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Mussorgsky
7 setting of
Mephistophele's Song of the Flea
from Goethe's 'Faust' 'There lived a king of old.'
Borodin
8 Prince Igor Prince Igor's Aria, Act II
'No rest, no slumber'
9 Galitsky's Aria, Act I
'The Prince has drunk his fill?' - 'The sober life...'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
10 Khan Konchak's Aria, Act II 'Igor, listen...'
Dargomïzhsky
11 Russalka Miller's Song, Act I
'Like every maiden in the whole of Russia'
Verdi
12 Ernani Silva's Scena & Cavatina, Act 1
'Can I believe it?' - 'Vain illusion!...'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Lehmann
13 In a Persian Garden
'Myself when young did eagerly frequent...'
Sullivan
14 The Mikado The Mikado's Song, Act II 'A more humane Mikado' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Offenbach
15 Geneviève de Brabant Gendarmes' Duet 'We're public guardians bold yet wary'
with Andrew Shore, baritone
Sullivan
16 The Pirates of Penzance Policeman's Song, Act II 'When a felon's not engaged in his employment'
with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Bonus Track
Mussorgsky
17 Boris Godunov, Prologue: Boris's prayer 'My soul is sad'
with Chorus of Opera North, Choristers of Leeds Parish Church,
English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London - 15-19 October 1999
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens, Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker
