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CHAN 3113
Multiple Set of 3 CDs
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Running Time: 163:41
Release Date: August 2004
Originally recorded in September 2003
Composer (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Baritone Voice baritone - Count
William Dazeley
William Dazeley
Soprano Voice soprano - Countess
Yvonne Kenny
Yvonne Kenny
Solo soprano - Susanna
Rebecca Evans
Rebecca Evans
Baritone Voice bass-baritone - Figaro
Christopher Purves
Christopher Purves
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Cherubino
Diana Montague
Diana Montague
Solo baritone - Bartolo
Jonathan Veira
Jonathan Veira
Solo mezzo-soprano - Marcellina
Frances McCafferty
Frances McCafferty
Solo baritone - Basilio
Emily Hall
Emily Hall
Solo tenor - Don Curzio
Stuart Kale
Stuart Kale
Solo bass - Antonio
Graham Danby
Graham Danby
Soprano Voice soprano - Barbarina
Sarah Tynan
Sarah Tynan
Solo soprano - Girl
Yvette Bonner
Yvette Bonner
Solo soprano - Girl
Victoria Joyce
Victoria Joyce
Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Conductor
David Parry
David Parry
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Michael Common
Michael Common
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - The Marriage of Figaro
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)The Marriage of Figaro
163:57
Opera buffa in three acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, English translation by Jeremy Sams
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Overture
3:54
Act I (41:16)
2.
'Fifteen, sixteen, twenty, thirty'
2:44
Figaro, Susanna
3.
'What on earth are you measuring'
0:50
4.
'Supposing one evening the Countess'
2:35
5.
'All right. Shut up and listen'
1:52
Susanna, Figaro
6.
'Bravo, my lord and master!'
0:54
7.
'So, little master, you're dressed to go dancing'
2:35
Figaro
8.
'But why did you wait till the day of the wedding'
1:05
Bartolo, Marcellina
9.
'Now for vengeance, glorious vengeance!'
2:59
Bartolo
10.
'So all is not lost'
0:47
11.
'I bow to your grace'
2:10
Marcellina, Susanna
12.
'Good riddance, you old spinster'
2:09
Susanna, Cherubino
13.
'I don't know what it is that I'm feeling'
2:54
Cherubino
14.
'Now I'm done for!'
1:30
Cherubino, Susanna, Count, Basilio
15.
'Susanna, heaven bless you!'
2:03
Basilio, Susanna, Count
16.
'It's outrageous! Search the castle'
4:20
Count, Basilio, Susanna
17.
'Basilio, run and tell Figaro to come here'
1:01
Count, Susanna, Cherubino, Basilio
18.
'Praise and adore him' (I)
1:09
Chorus
19.
'So what is all this nonsense?'
1:36
Count, Figaro, Susanna
20.
'Praise and adore him' (II)
1:01
Chorus
21.
'God bless you!'
1:11
Figaro, Susanna, Basilio, Cherubino
22.
'Here's an end to your life as a rover'
3:51
Figaro
45:14
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II (46:21)
1.
'Hear my prayer, humbly I beg you'
3:40
Countess
2.
'Come here, dear Susanna, and finish your story'
3:06
Countess, Susanna, Figaro
3.
'How it grieves me, Susanna'
1:22
Countess, Susanna, Cherubino
4.
'Tell me what love is'
2:41
Cherubino
5.
'Bravo, your voice is lovely!'
1:08
Countess, Susanna, Cherubino
6.
'Kneel down and let me look at you'
2:54
Susanna
7.
'Enough of this nonsense!'
3:00
Countess, Susanna, Cherubino, Count
8.
'What does this mean?'
1:25
Count, Countess
9.
'Come out of there, Susanna!'
3:00
Count, Countess, Susanna
10.
'So you're proposing not to open it?'
1:00
Count, Countess
11.
'Don't worry, Cherubino'
1:02
Susanna, Cherubino
12.
'Look at the little devil!'
0:21
Susanna
13.
'Everything as I left it'
1:24
Count, Countess
14.
'Out you come, you vile seducer'
2:54
Count, Countess
15.
'You called, sir?'
1:21
Susanna, Count, Countess
16.
'I cannot believe it'
3:31
Countess, Susanna, Count
17.
'The wedding procession is ready and waiting'
3:13
Figaro, Count, Susanna, Countess
18.
'Oh, my lord!, My lord!'
5:34
Antonio, Count, Countess, Susanna, Figaro
19.
'Noble lord, we come for justice'
3:41
Marcellina, Basilio, Bartolo, Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna
46:21
COMPACT DISC THREE
Act III (40:29)
1.
'This is very perplexing!'
0:58
Count
2.
'Don't be afraid!'
1:40
Countess, Count, Susanna
3.
'How could you be so cruel'
2:29
4.
'But I don't understand'
0:39
Count, Susanna
5.
'Hey, Susanna, how's it going?'
0:10
Figaro, Susanna
6.
' ''You've won the case already'' '
1:29
7.
'Must I be made to suffer'
3:11
Count
8.
'Come on, come on, Cherubino'
0:43
Barbarina, Cherubino
9.
'And Susanna's not here'
1:53
10.
'I remember his love so tender'
4:32
Countess
11.
'The case is decided'
2:04
Curzio, Marcellina, Figaro, Count, Basilio
12.
'Darling boy, let me embrace you'
4:49
Marcellina, Figaro, Bartolo, Curzio, Count, Susanna
13.
'This is our little baby'
1:18
Marcellina, Bartolo, Susanna, Figaro
14.
'I must warn you, my lord'
0:29
Antonio, Count
15.
'That's amazing!'
0:41
Countess, Susanna
16.
'. . .the breezes. . .'
2:35
17.
'That should do the trick!'
0:26
Susanna, Countess
18.
'Gentle lady, may these presents'
1:13
Girls
19.
'Madam, with your permission'
0:47
Barbarina, Countess, Susanna
20.
'Hey, what did I tell you!'
1:07
Antonio, Countess, Susanna, Count, Cherubino
21.
'My lord, if you detain these lovely girls'
1:13
Figaro, Count, Countess, Susanna, Antonio
22.
'Now I can hear them'
1:57
Figaro, Susanna, Count, Countess, Serving girls, Chorus
23.
'As true-hearted lovers'
4:07
Chorus
Act IV (31:43)
24.
'I have lost it, I'm so stupid'
1:32
Barbarina
25.
'Barbarina, what's happened?'
1:14
Figaro, Barbarino, Marcellina
26.
'Mother!'
0:50
Figaro, Marcellina
27.
'The pavilion on the right'
0:41
Barbarina
28.
'That's Barbarina! Who goes there?'
0:36
Figaro, Basilio, Bartolo
29.
'Everything's ready; the hour of reckoning is at hand'
1:28
30.
'You foolish slaves of Cupid'
2:47
Figaro
31.
'My lady, Marcellina says Figaro will be here'
0:18
Susanna, Marcellina
32.
'My lady, you are trembling'
0:38
Susanna, Countess, Figaro
33.
'At last, the moment I've longed for'
1:21
34.
'Come quickly my beloved, I implore you'
3:34
Susanna
35.
'Treachery! Now I see how she has deceived me!'
0:36
Figaro, Countess, Cherubino
36.
'I'll approach her, oh so softly'
1:11
Cherubino, Countess
37.
'Here she is, my dear Susanna'
1:48
Count, Susanna, Figaro, Cherubino, Countess
38.
'Now we're alone together'
2:38
Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna
39.
'Night shrouds the world in mystery'
3:43
Figaro, Susanna
40.
'I surrender, my love'
1:57
Figaro, Susanna, Count
41.
'Quickly, bring your weapons!'
4:52
Count, Figaro, Basilio, Curzio, Antonio, Bartolo, Susanna, Cherubino, Barbarina, Marcellina
72:22
Solo: Rebecca Evans soprano - Susanna
Solo: Jonathan Veira baritone - Bartolo
Solo: Frances McCafferty mezzo-soprano - Marcellina
Solo: Emily Hall baritone - Basilio
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Don Curzio
Solo: Graham Danby bass - Antonio
Solo: Yvette Bonner soprano - Girl
Solo: Victoria Joyce soprano - Girl
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Conductor: David Parry
1-7 September 2003
