Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 16 - Sir Thomas Allen

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Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 16 - Sir Thomas Allen

Running Time: 71:14

CD UPC: 0095115311820

Release Date: 2005
Originally recorded in October 2003

Composer (1818-1893)
Charles-Francois Gounod

Composer (1792-1868)
Gioachino Rossini

Composer (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer (1813-1883)
Richard Wagner

Composer (1840-1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composer (1811-1896)
Ambroise Thomas

Composer (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Verdi

Composer (1838-1875)
Georges Bizet

Composer (1913-1976)
Benjamin Britten

Composer (1825-1899)
Johann Strauss II

Composer (1870-1899)
Franz Lehár

Composer (1902-1979)
Richard Rodgers

Composer (1897-1957)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Solo baritone
Thomas Allen

Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor
David Parry

Venue
Blackheath Halls, London

Producer
Brian Couzens

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (Assistant)
Michael Common

Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English

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Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 16 - Sir Thomas Allen

CHARLES-FRANCOIS GOUNOD

(1818-1893)

Valentin's Aria from Faust

3:23

'Even the bravest heart may swell'

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

(1792-1868)

Figaro's Cavatina from The Barber of Seville

4:45

'I am the barber everyone wants, I am!'

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

(1756-1791)

Count Almaviva's Recitative and Aria from The Marriage of Figaro

4:42

'''You've won the case already''' -

'Must I be made to suffer'

RICHARD WAGNER

(1813-1883)

Wolfram's Aria from Tannhäuser

4:47

'With dark foreboding twilight casts her shadows'

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

(1840-1893)

Yeletsky's Aria from The Queen of Spades

4:59

'You seem unhappy, my beloved'

AMBROISE THOMAS

(1811-1896)

Drinking Song from Hamlet

4:13

'Oh wine, deliver me from sadness'

with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

GIUSEPPE VERDI

(1813-1901)

Miller's Scena and Aria from Luisa Miller

8:05

'Stop!' You shall listen' -

'Marriage is sacred' -

'I was right to be suspicious'

with Brindley Sherratt bass

RICHARD WAGNER

Wolfram's Aria from Tannhäuser

4:58

'Turning my gaze upon this proud assembly'

GEORGES BIZET

(1838-1875)

Zurga's Recitative and Aria from The Pearl Fishers

6:26

'The storm has died away'

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

(1913-1976)

10.

Billy in the Darbies from Billy Budd

5:36

'Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray'

JOHANN STRAUSS II

(1825-1899)

11.

Watch Duet from Die Fledermaus (The Bat)

4:48

'Though I'm somewhat out of practice'

with Janice Watson soprano

FRANZ LEHÁR

(1870-1899)

12.

Cavalryman Duet from The Merry Widow

3:32

'Hello, here's a soldier bold'

with Janice Watson soprano

RICHARD RODGERS

(1902-1979)

13.

Billy Bigelow's Soliloquy from Carousel

7:11

'I wonder what he'll think of me!'

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD

(1897-1957)

14.

Fritz's Song from Die Tode Stadt (The Dead City)

3:49

'In visions, illusions'

with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

72:35

Solo: Thomas Allen baritone

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

23-26 October 2003

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Reviews

As always, Allen was a supremely intelligent recitalist, matching sound with sense, probing the meaning of a text without fracturing the vocal line.

The Guardian

Allen had the perfect measure of expressive pace and scale…a most artful balance between the intimate and the rhetorical.

The Times

Put the question ‘what would you choose to describe operatic singing?’ and you would get no doubt a fine list of adjectives, some of them what is called ‘choice’, but it is doubtful whether ‘natural’ would be among them. Play a couple of items from this recital and there is a fair chance that that would be exactly the word which the same people would use if asked to describe the singing there. Natural and sincere: no posing, no rhetoric, and certainly no playing to the gallery.

Gramophone

This anthology of some of Allen’s greatest roles, from Mozart to Richard Rodgers, is real fan-club fodder – and more. The disc, with its accompanying booklet generously packed with photos and enhanced by Rodney Milnes’s elegant and illuminating commentary, bears all the marks of a lovingly engineered ad produced artefact, with commitment and affection ringing out of every track.

Opera

How good to have this anthology of Thomas Allen’s versatility in a wide range of his operatic roles…anyone who cherishes good singing will rejoice in this great baritone’s smooth legato, perfect diction, subtle characterisation and, of course, beautiful and unmistakable voice.

The Sunday telegraph

The Allen baritone is in full, eloquent form, with a ring of mature authority and faultless diction.

Financial Times

The years might be catching up with Allen’s tonal lustre, but his ability to communicate in a wide range of roles remains undimmed. Stylish accompaniments and excellent sound.

BBC Music Magazine

The Baritone is just past 60, but his voice is healthy as ever. He still has the agility for Rossini’s Fgaro, and he sings the Count’s aria (from Mozart’s ‘Figaro’) in a seldom-heard ersion that raises the tessitura almost to the tenor range… Fine sound and accompaniements, and the usual deluxe Chandos package

American Record Guide

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