Description:

• 1 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
• 4 3/4 in.
• digital
• optical
• 1.4 m/s
• stereo
• digital recording

Notes:

• Compact disc.
• Program notes and texts in English in container.
• Gerald Finley, baritone ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edward Gardner, conductor.
• Recorded Apr. 13-16, 2009, Blackheath Halls, London.
• Sung in English.

Contents:

• Iolanta. My only beloved Mathilde I claim / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Euryanthe. What refuge here? / Carl Maria von Weber
• Doctor Atomic. Batter my heart / John Adams
• Otello. Take it: take the path to your ruin ; Yes, I believe in God who has created me / Guiseppe Verdi
• Tannhäuser. Turning my gaze upon this proud assembly ; With dark foreboding twilight casts her shadow ; Look down, oh gentle evening star / Richard Wagner
• Don Giovanni. Come on, we're wasting time ; There will my arms enfold you / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (with Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Gareth Hancock, harpsichord)
• The silver tassie. Oh bring to me a pint of wine / Mark-Anthony Turnage
• Carmen. You're most kind, and in return I toast you ; Toreador, be ready! / Georges Bizet (with Deborah Miles-Johnson, mezzo-soprano ; Emma Brain-Gabbott, soprano ; Kathryn Jenkin, soprano ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir)
• The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Do not disdain out masters thus / Richard Wagner (with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir)
• Linda of Chamounix. In this valley we shared our childhood / Gaetano Donizetti (with Anne Marie Gibbons, mezzo-soprano)
• Tosca. Three agents, quick as you now / Giacomo Puccini (with Matthew Long, tenor ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir)
• South Pacific. Some enchanted evening / Richard Rodgers.

Publisher or Distributor Number: CHAN 3167

Control Number: 1911684

UPC: 095115316726

Series:

• Opera in English
• Opera in English.

Subjects:

• Musicals -- Excerpts.
• Operas -- Excerpts.

Genre:

• Excerpts.
• Operas.
• Sound recordings.

Other Authors:

• Adams, John, 1947- Doctor Atomic. Batter my heart.
• Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Chanson du toréador. English.
• Brain-Gabbott, Emma, performer.
• Crowe, Lucy, performer.
• Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Linda di Chamounix. Ambo nati in questa valle. English.
• Finley, Gerald, 1960- performer.
• Gardner, Edward, 1974- performer.
• Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, performer.
• Gibbons, Anne-Marie, performer.
• Hancock, Gareth, performer.
• Jenkin, Kathryn, performer.
• London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
• Long, Matthew, performer.
• Miles-Johnson, Deborah, performer.
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. Là ci darem la mano. English.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. Tre sbirri, una carrozza. English.
• Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific. Some enchanted evening.
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Iolanta. Arii͡a Roberta. English.
• Turnage, Mark-Anthony. Silver tassie. Oh bring to me a pint of wine.
• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello. Credo in un Dio crudel. English.
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Verachtet mir die Meister nicht. English.
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. O du mein holder Abendstern. English.
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Sängerkrieg. Blick' ich umher. English.
• Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Euryanthe. Wo berg' ich mich? English.