WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)
1.
Countess' Cavatina (Porgi, amor) from The Marriage of Figaro
3:49
'Hear my prayer, I humbly beg you'
2.
Countess and Susanna's Recitative and Duettino (Che soave zeffiretto) from The Marriage of Figaro
3:53
'That's amazing! How did he react?' -
with Judith Howarth soprano
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
(1714-1787)
3.
Alceste's Aria (Ou suis-je?) from Alceste
4:54
'Where am I?'
RICHARD WAGNER
(1813-1883)
4.
Elisabeth's Prayer (Allmachtige Jungfrau) from Tannhauser
4:34
'Almighty Virgin'
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
(1913-1976)
5.
Embroidery Aria from Peter Grimes
4:05
'Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness'
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
6.
Leonora's Recitative and Aria (Komm, Hoffnung) from Fidelio
7:10
'Vile murderer! Sadistic swine!' -
'Come hope, you faint and distant star'
Philharmonia Orchestra
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
(1685-1750)
7.
Rodelinda's Aria (Se il mio duol non e si forte) from Rodelinda
5:54
'If my pain, my bitter sighing'
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
8.
Alceste's Aria (Grands dieux) from Alceste
3:56
'Great Gods! Cruel fortune has cursed me'
RICHARD WAGNER
9.
Elsa's Dream (Einsam in truben Tagen) from Lohengrin
7:42
'When all my hopes departed'
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
(1911-2007)
10.
Magda's Aria from The Consul
7:09
'To this we've come'
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
(1857-1957)
11.
Marietta's Song (Gluck, das mir verblieb) from Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
5:12
'My joy lives in you'
with Timothy Robinson tenor
ANTONIN DVORÁK
(1841-1904)
12.
'Songs my mother taught me' from Gypsy Songs, Op. 55
2:17
FRANZ LEHÁR
(1870-1948)
13.
Lisa and Sou-Chong's Duet (Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt?) from The Land of Smiles
4:35
'Love, what has given you this magic pow'r?'
with Timothy Robinson tenor
RICHARD RODGERS
(1902-1979)
14.
'Climb ev'ry mountain' from The Sound of Music
3:10
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry