Great Arias and Ensembles from Your Favourite Operas, Volume 3
GEORGES BIZET
(1838-1875)
1.
Act II, Scene 2 from Carmen
5:14
Escamillo: 'You're most kind, and in return I toast you' (Toreador's Aria)
Garry Magee and others/Geoffrey Mitchell Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3091[2])
2.
Act I, Scene 10 from Carmen
4:38
Caren: 'There's an old bar in the city' (Seguedilla)
Patricia Bardon/Julian Gavin Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3091[2])
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)
3.
Act I from The Abduction from the Seraglio
5:02
Belmonte: 'Constanza! Constanza!' -
'Oh what trembing, oh what passion' (Aria)
Nicolai Gedda/The Bath Festival Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin
(from CHAN 3081[2])
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
4.
Act I, Scene 1 from Falstaff
4:53
Falstaff: 'Hey, page boy!' -
'Your honour? Vermin!' (Monologue)
Andrew ShoreEnglish National Opera Orchestra/Paul Daniel
(from CHAN 3079[2])
5.
Act III, Scene from Falstaff
2:38
Fenton: 'From lover's lips a happy song is flying' (Aria)
Barry Banks/Susan Gritton/English National Opera Orchestra/Paul Daniel
(from CHAN 3079[2])
GAETANO DONIZETTI
(1797-1848)
6.
Part One, Scene 4 from Lucia of Lammermoor
4:55
Luia: 'Imagine when the breezes sigh' (Duet)
Elizabeth Futral/Paul Charles Clarke/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3083[2]2)
7.
Part Two, Act I, Scene 4 from Lucia of Lammermoor
3:30
Edgardo: 'What restrains me at such a moment?'/
Enrico: 'What restrains my righteous anger?' (Sextet)
Paul Charles Clarke/Alan Opie/Elizabeth Futral/Peter Rose/Christine Rice/Peter Wedd/Geoffrey Mitchell Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3083[2])
GIACOMO PUCCINI
(1858-1924)
8.
Act II, Scene 2 from Turandot
6:06
Turandot: 'Within this Palace a story lives forever' -
'Gentle Princess Lo-u-Ling, pure, serene and so gentle' (Aria)
Jane Eaglen/Dennis O'NeillGeoffrey Mitchell Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3086[2])
9.
Act I from Turandot
2:32
Liù: 'I beg you, hear me, ah my lord, I beg you!' (Aria)
Mary Plazas/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3086[2]2)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
(1792-1868)
10.
from Stabat Mater
6:25
'Through her soul in endless grieving' (Cujus animam)
Barry Banks/London Philharmonic Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3112)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
11.
Act II, Scene 2 from Idomeneo, King of Crete
5:32
Ilia: 'My father was taken' (Aria)
Rebecca Evans/Orchestra of Opera North/David Parry
(from CHAN 3103[2]2)
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
(1854-1928)
12.
Act III from The Cunning Little Vixen
4:50
Forester: 'When evening arrives, I welcome the rays of the setting sun!' (Final Scene)
/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Simon Rattle
(from CHAN 3101[2]2)
GIUSEPPE VERDI
13.
Act III from Aida
3:51
Aida: 'We'd leave this white oppressive heat' (Duet)
Jane Eaglen/Dennis O'Neill/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3074[2]2)
14.
Act II, Scene 2 from Aida
7:28
Populace: 'Glory to Isis, goddess fair' (Grand March from Triumphal Scene)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3074[2])
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
(1685-1759)
'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' (Aria)
Bruce Ford/London Philharmonic Orchestra/David Parry
(from CHAN 3100)