1 Nabucco
Chorus of Hebrew Slaves 'Speed your journey'
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3032
2 Luisa Miller
Rodolfo's Aria 'Oft in the quiet evening hour'
Dennis O'Neill, tenor,
from CHAN 3013
3 Ernani
Elvira's Cavatina and Cabaletta
'Darkness has fallen, and Silva's not returned yet'
4 'Ernani, Ernani, rescue me'
Susan Patterson, soprano and Helen Williams, soprano,
from CHAN 3052
5 The Sicilian Vespers
Procida's Aria 'Oh, my Palermo '
Alastair Miles, bass
from CHAN 3032
6 Rigoletto
The Duke's Aria from Act II 'Women abandon us'
Arthur Davies, tenor
from CHAN 3030
7 Il trovatore
Miserere 'Lord, have mercy upon a soul departing'
Sharon Sweet, soprano and Dennis O'Neill, tenor,
from CHAN 3036
8 Falstaff
Fenton's Sonnet 'From these true lovers' lips'
Bruce Ford, tenor
from CHAN 3006
9 Rigoletto
Quartet 'If you want a faithful lover'
Arthur Davies, tenor, Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano,
Helen Field, soprano and John Rawnsley, baritone
from CHAN 3030
10 The Force of Destiny
Don Carlo and Alvaro's Duet 'In death's awful shadow'
Dennis O'Neill, tenor and Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone from CHAN 3013
11 Il trovatore
Count di Luna's Aria and Cabaletta 'In the stars that shine above me'
12 'The hour has come'
Alan Opie, baritone, Clive Bayley, bass (PMF Scholar) and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir from CHAN 3036
13 I Lombardi
Oronte's Cavatina 'My heart is full of happiness' Dennis O'Neill, tenor
from CHAN 3013
14 La traviata
Violetta's Aria 'For ever I must leave thee' Valerie Masterson, soprano,
from CHAN 3023
15 A Masked Ball
Gustavus and Amelia's Duet 'You love me, love me...' - 'Ah! The sweetest glowing fire of love'
Dennis O'Neill, tenor and Susan Bullock, soprano,
from CHAN 3013
16 Simon Boccanegra
Fiesco's Scena 'A last farewell I bid you'
'My soul is torn with suffering' John Tomlinson, bass and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3044
17 Otello
Desdemona and Otello's Duet 'Now in the silent darkness'
18 'Once when you told me' Rosalind Plowright, soprano (PMF Scholar) and Charles Craig, tenor, from CHAN 3068
19 La traviata
Brindisi 'Be happy, be happy and raise your glass with me'
John Brecknock, tenor and Valerie Masterson, soprano from CHAN 3023
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir,
Philharmonia Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by David Parry
Recorded in The Colosseum, Watford, Blackheath Halls, London, Abbey Road Studios, London and London Coliseum
Producers - Brian Couzens, Suvi Raj Grubb, John Fraser
Sound engineers - Ralph Couzens, Jonathan Cooper, Stuart Eltham
