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Beethoven: Opera - 'Fidelio'
Running Time: 110:52
Release Date: May 2005
Originally recorded in August 2004
Composer (1770-1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Solo bass -Rocco
Robert Lloyd
Robert Lloyd
Solo soprano - Marzellina
Rebecca Evans
Rebecca Evans
Tenor Voice tenor - Jaquino
Peter Wedd
Peter Wedd
Bass Voice bass-baritone - Don Pizarro
Pavlo Hunka
Pavlo Hunka
Baritone Voice bass - Don Fernando & Second prisoner
Christopher Purves
Christopher Purves
Solo tenor - Florestan
Richard Margison
Richard Margison
Soprano Voice soprano - Leonora
Christine Brewer
Christine Brewer
Solo tenor - First prisoner
Ashley Catling
Ashley Catling
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)
Michael Common
Michael Common
Engineer (Assistant)
John Benton
John Benton
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)Fidelio
111:00
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner,with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Treitschke, after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal
English translation by David Pountney
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Overture
6:31
Act I
Scene 1
2.
No. 1 Duet: 'These people could drive you berserk'
4:55
Jaquino, Marzellina, Rocco
3.
No. 2 Aria: 'If only we could marry today'
4:31
Marzellina, Rocco, Leonora
4.
No. 3 Quartet: 'A wonder, clear and pure'
4:34
Marzellina, Leonora, Rocco, Jaquino
5.
No. 4 Aria: 'If you don't save up your money'
3:35
Rocco, Leonora, Marzellina
6.
No. 5 Trio: 'Good, that's the stuff!. . .'
5:51
Rocco, Leonora, Marzellina
Scene 2
7.
No. 6 March -
1:45
Dialogue: 'This handwriting seems familiar'
Pizarro
8.
No. 7 Aria with choir: 'Ah! This is ecstasy!'
3:24
Pizarro, Chorus of sentries
9.
No. 8 Duet: 'Now, Warder, listen!'
5:20
Pizarro, Rocco
10.
No. 9 Recitative and Aria: 'Vile murderer! Sadistic swine!'
1:56
11.
'Come hope, you faint and distant star'
5:12
Leonora
12.
Dialogue: 'But Marzellina. . .'
0:45
Jaquino, Marzellina, Rocco, Leonora
13.
No. 10 Finale: 'Oh, what delight to breathe the air'
7:38
Chorus, First prisoner, Second prisoner
14.
'What did he say?'
2:20
Leonora, Rocco
15.
'Let's down to work, for time is pressing'
2:36
Rocco, Leonora
16.
'Oh father, do be quick!'
0:41
Marzellina, Rocco, Jaquino, Leonora
17.
'Presumptuous idiot, who are you to take such a liberty'
1:43
Pizarro, Rocco
18.
'Farewell, the warm and radiant light'
4:19
Chorus of Prisoners, Marzellina, Leonora, Jaquino, Pizarro, Rocco
67:40
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
1.
No. 11 Introduction and Aria: Introduction
3:14
2.
Aria: 'God! The darkest hours'
1:51
3.
'In the spring of youthful promise'
4:52
Florestan
4.
No. 12 Melodrama and Duet: 'How cold it is in these dungeons'
1:51
Leonora, Rocco
5.
'Now bend your back, let's see you working'
5:00
Rocco, Leonora, Florestan
6.
No. 13 Trio: 'In a better world, they surely shall applaud you'
6:13
Florestan, Rocco, Leonora, Pizarro
7.
No. 14 Quartet: 'You perish!'
4:44
Pizarro, Florestan, Leonora, Rocco, Jaquino
8.
No. 15 Duet: 'Oh joy beyond all understanding'
2:48
Leonora, Florestan
Scene 2
9.
No. 16 Finale: 'Hear! Hear! Hear how the world wildly rejoices'
2:03
Chorus of People
10.
'My noble sovereign's will and order'
4:09
Fernando, Chorus of people and prisoners, Rocco, Pizzaro, Leonora, Marzellina
11.
'Oh God, oh God, what ecstasy!'
2:52
Chorus, Leonora, Marzellina, Florestan, Fernando, Rocco
12.
'Let our voices tell the story'
3:39
Chorus, Florestan, Leonora, Rocco, Marzellina, Jaquino, Fernando
43:20
Solo: Robert Lloyd bass -Rocco
Solo: Rebecca Evans soprano - Marzellina
Solo: Richard Margison tenor - Florestan
Solo: Ashley Catling tenor - First prisoner
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
21-25 August 2004
