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CHAN 3027
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Donizetti: The Elixir Of Love
Running Time: 132:21
Release Date: August 1999
Originally recorded in February 1999
Composer
Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti
Tenor Voice tenor - Nemorino
Barry Banks
Barry Banks
Solo soprano - Adina
Mary Plazas
Mary Plazas
Solo baritone - Belcore
Ashley Holland
Ashley Holland
Baritone Voice baritone - Dr Dulcamara
Andrew Shore
Andrew Shore
Solo soprano - Giannetta
Helen Williams
Helen Williams
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell 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)
Richard Smoker
Richard Smoker
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - The Elixir of Love
GAETANO DONIZETTI
The Elixir of Love
132:35
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Felice Romani after Eugène Scribe's Le Philtre
English version by Arthur Jacobs
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
No. 1: Prelude and Introduction
1.
Prelude
2:39
2.
'After long and heavy labour'
2:09
Giannetta, Harvesters
3.
'How delightful, how enchanting!'
3:37
Nemorino, Giannetta, Harvesters
4.
'That's a really happy ending'
0:31
Adina, Giannetta, Harvesters, Nemorino
5.
'''Lovely was Queen Isolda'''
3:53
Adina, Nemorino, Giannetta, Harvesters
6.
Marziale
1:24
7.
'To the one who shines in beauty'
3:38
Belcore, Adina, Giannetta, Harvesters, Nemorino
8.
'If you love me as I love you'
4:30
Belcore, Adina, Nemorino, Giannetta, Harvesters
9.
'Too soon, my lovely creature'
0:44
Belcore, Adina
No. 2: Scene and Duet
10.
'The same old tedious passion!'
1:29
Adina, Nemorino
11.
'For example, ask the breezes'
3:33
Adina, Nemorino
12.
'Such affection is but folly'
3:25
Adina, Nemorino
No. 3: Chorus and Cavatina
13.
'What's the meaning of that kind of fanfare?'
1:46
Villagers
14.
'Attention! Attention!'
7:53
Dulcamara, Villagers
15.
'Have courage!'
0:44
Nemorino, Dulcamara
No. 4: Duet
16.
'It was Tristan who employed it'
7:37
Nemorino, Dulcamara
No. 5: Finale I
17.
'Magical potion! I have you!'
1:36
Nemorino
18.
'Who is that madman?'
0:59
Adina, Nemorino
19.
'Trallarallara'
1:04
Nemorino, Adina
20.
'Oh, let her laugh and mock at me'
5:34
Nemorino, Adina
21.
'Tran, tran, tran, tran'
2:00
Belcore, Adina, Nemorino
22.
'Ha, ha! Of course, that's quite all right'
1:24
Nemorino, Belcore, Adina
23.
'One moment, sergeant!'
3:04
Giannetta, Belcore, Soldiers, Villagers, Nemorino, Adina
24.
'Adina, think again'
4:52
Nemorino, Belcore, Adina, Giannetta, Villagers, Soldiers
25.
'Today's our wedding'
3:11
Adina, Nemorino, Giannetta, Belcore, Villagers, Soldiers
73:20
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
No. 6: Introductory Chorus
1.
'Sing up, then.'
2:27
Belcore, Dulcamara, Giannetta, Villagers, Adina
2.
'Since singing is your pleasure'
1:10
Dulcamara, Belcore, Giannetta, Villagers
3.
'I am rich and you are pretty'
2:27
Dulcamara, Adina, Villagers
4.
'Pray silence!'
1:57
Belcore, Villagers, Dulcamara, Adina, Giannetta
5.
'I always like a wedding'
1:52
Dulcamara, Nemorino
No. 7: Scene and Duet
6.
'Is that not like a woman'
1:13
Belcore, Nemorino
7.
'Twenty florins!'
4:42
Nemorino, Belcore
8.
'Shake my hand, then, my young shaver'
3:29
Belcore, Nemorino
No. 8: Chorus
9.
'Can it be possible?'
4:20
Village Women, Giannetta
No. 9: Quartet
10.
'I've polished off two bottles now'
1:39
Nemorino, Village Women, Giannetta, Adina, Dulcamara
11.
'It's magnificent!'
2:27
Nemorino, Adina, Dulcamara, Giannetta, Villagers
12.
'I see it perfectly'
3:11
Nemorino, Adina, Dulcamara, Giannetta, Villagers
13.
'Why should he seem so happy?'
1:31
Adina, Dulcamara
No. 10: Duet
14.
'How he loved me!'
4:20
Adina, Dulcamara
15.
'With a look of love and laughter'
2:49
Adina, Dulcamara
No. 11: Romance
16.
'Only one teardrop glistened there'
5:13
Nemorino
No. 12: Recitative
17.
'Here she is.'
1:36
Nemorino, Adina
18.
'Take it!'
3:46
Adina, Nemorino
19.
'All right. Take this, then!'
4:20
Nemorino, Adina
No. 13: Finale II
20.
'Halt! Right turn!'
1:58
Belcore, Adina, Dulcamara, Nemorino, Villagers, Giannetta
21.
'It will give you cheeks like peaches'
2:38
Dulcamara, Villagers, Adina, Nemorino, Belcore
59:15
Solo: Mary Plazas soprano - Adina
Solo: Ashley Holland baritone - Belcore
Solo: Helen Williams soprano - Giannetta
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
7-11 February 1999
