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CHAN 3086
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Puccini: Turandot
Release Date: October 2002
Originally recorded in April 2001
Composer (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Soprano Voice soprano - Princess Turandot
Jane Eaglen
Jane Eaglen
Solo tenor - The Emperor Altoum
Nicolai Gedda
Nicolai Gedda
Solo bass - Timur
Clive Bayley
Clive Bayley
Solo tenor - Calaf
Dennis O'Neill
Dennis O'Neill
Solo soprano - Liù
Mary Plazas
Mary Plazas
Solo baritone - Ping
Peter Sidhom
Peter Sidhom
Tenor Voice tenor - Pang/Prince of Persia
Mark Le Brocq
Mark Le Brocq
Tenor Voice tenor - Pong
Peter Wedd
Peter Wedd
Solo baritone - A Mandarin
Simon Bailey
Simon Bailey
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Choral
New London Children's Choir
New London Children's Choir
Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
David Parry
David Parry
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Christopher Brooke
Christopher Brooke
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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P&P for single unit's: UK=£4.65, EU=£12, World=£17.4
Opera - Turandot
GIACOMO PUCCINI
(1858-1924)Turandot
118:39
Lyric drama in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after Gozzi's dramatic fairy-tale
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
'People of proud Peking'
4:11
Mandarin, Crowd, Guards, Liù, Unknown Prince, Timur
2.
'When all was lost'
1:21
Timur, Unknown Prince, Liù, Crowd
3.
'Sharpen the axe!'
2:27
Crowd, Executioner's Assistant
4.
'Is the moon never rising?'
4:45
Crowd
5.
'How young to die!'
5:27
Crowd, Unknown Prince, White Priests of the Procession
6.
'Son, are you mad?'
1:47
Timur, Unknown Prince, Liù, Prince of Persia, Crowd
7.
'What do you want? Who are you?'
1:54
Ping, Pong, Pang, Unknown Prince
8.
'Why so much noise?'
1:45
Turandot's Handmaidens, Ping, Pong, Pang, Unknown Prince, Timur
9.
'Nights without a gleam of starlight . . .'
2:35
Pang, Pong, Ping, Voices of the Shadows, Unknown Prince, Timur
10.
'I beg you, hear me'
2:29
Liù
11.
'Don't cry for me, Liù'
2:07
Unknown Prince, Liù, Timur
12.
'Ah! How can you ignore us?'
2:36
Timur, Liù, Ping, Pong, Pang, Unknown Prince, Crowd
Act II
Scene 1
13.
'Hallo Pang! Hallo Pong!'
3:10
14.
'I've a house in fair Honan'
4:11
Ping, Pong, Pang
15.
'Do you remember when the Royal Prince of Samarkand came?'
5:17
Ping, Voices within, Pong, Pang
Scene 2
16.
'With the three enigmas ready'
4:26
Crowd
17.
'I am the pris'ner of a ghastly promise'
4:20
Emperor, Unknown Prince, Crowd
18.
'People of proud Peking!'
1:50
Mandarin, Crowd
19.
'Within this Palace a story lives forever'
2:38
Turandot, Crowd
20.
'O Princess who in caravans of splendour'
3:24
Turandot, Unknown Prince, Crowd
21.
'O stranger, now listen!'
7:54
Turandot, Unknown Prince, Sages, Emperor, Crowd, Liù
22.
'Emp'ror and father! Son of Heaven!'
3:01
Turandot, Emperor, Crowd, Unknown Prince
23.
'Three enigmas that you asked me'
4:18
Raimondo, Lucia
78:13
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
Scene 1
1.
'The Princess Turandot commands'
3:18
Heralds, Distant Voices
2.
'None shall sleep now!'
3:30
Unknown Prince, Women's Voices, Ping, Pong, Pang
3.
'These girls should please you!'
4:07
Ping, Pong, Pang, Maidens, Unknown Prince, Crowd, Guards
4.
'How pale you look, O stranger!'
3:18
Turandot, Unkown Prince, Liù, Crowd, Ping, Timur
5.
'Yes, I love him so deeply!'
3:21
Liù, Turandot, Ping, Unknown Prince, Crowd
6.
'You who with ice are shrouded'
2:58
Liù, Crowd, Unknown Prince
7.
'Liù!. . . Liù!. . . Wake up!'
4:49
Timur, Ping, Crowd, Pong, Pang
8.
'Deathly Princess, so heartless!'
3:24
Unknown Prince, Turandot
9.
'What have you done?'
3:15
Turandot, Unknown Prince, Voices
10.
'I never wept before'
4:47
Turandot, Unknown Prince
Scene 2
11.
'Glory to our Emp'ror!'
3:32
Crowd, Turandot
40:26
Solo: Nicolai Gedda tenor - The Emperor Altoum
Solo: Clive Bayley bass - Timur
Solo: Dennis O'Neill tenor - Calaf
Solo: Mary Plazas soprano - Liù
Solo: Peter Sidhom baritone - Ping
Solo: Simon Bailey baritone - A Mandarin
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Choral: New London Children's Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
28 April- 3 May 2001
