Ernani
'American soprano Susan Patterson...proves a feisty Elvira, spirited and accomplished in delivery.'
BBC Music Magazine
Otello
Rosalind Plowright 'sounds wonderfully well...'
Gramophone
La traviata
'Masterson turns Verdi's courtesan into a complex being...how good a tenor Brecknock was...graceful and the diction immaculate..'
The Times
Il trovatore
'Sweet's Leonora floats the generous melodies Verdi has given her, complemented by Dennis O'Neill's lusty and Italianate Manrico.. Opie as Di Luna is the star of the recording, a top-grade performance..'
The Daily Telegraph
Great Operatic Arias - Dennis O'Neill 1
'an intelligent, musical singer who knows how to shape a vocal line and phrase a text and communicate an emotion.'
American Record Guide

 

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 & Cabaletta 'Darkness has fallen, and Silva's not returned yet'
4 'Ernani, Ernani, rescue me' Susan Patterson, soprano & 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 & 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 & John Rawnsley, baritone
from CHAN 3030

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3 December 2008 

Verdi - A Celebration

CHAN 3067

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10 The Force of Destiny Don Carlo & Alvaro's Duet 'In death's awful shadow' Dennis O'Neill, tenor & Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone from CHAN 3013 
11 Il trovatore Count di Luna's Aria & Cabaletta 'In the stars that shine above me'
12 'The hour has come' Alan Opie, baritone, Clive Bayley, bass (PMF Scholar) & 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 & Amelia's Duet 'You love me, love me...' - 'Ah! The sweetest glowing fire of love' Dennis O'Neill, tenor & Susan Bullock, soprano
from CHAN 3013 
16 Simon Boccanegra Fiesco's Scena 'A last farewell I bid you'
17 'My soul is torn with suffering' John Tomlinson, bass & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3044
18 Otello Desdemona & Otello's Duet 'Now in the silent darkness'
19 'Once when you told me' Rosalind Plowright, soprano (PMF Scholar) & Charles Craig, tenor
from CHAN 3068
19 La traviata Brindisi 'Be happy, be happy and raise your glass with me'
John Brecknock, tenor & 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 & London Coliseum
Producers - Brian Couzens, Suvi Raj Grubb, John Fraser
Sound engineers - Ralph Couzens, Jonathan Cooper, Stuart Eltham

 

 

 

 

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