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CHAN 3042
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Running Time: 141:57
Release Date: March 2001
Originally recorded in June 1992
Composer (1840-1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Solo baritone - Eugene Onegin
Thomas Hampson
Thomas Hampson
Solo soprano - Tatyana
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
Solo tenor - Lensky
Neil Rosenshein
Neil Rosenshein
Solo bass - Prince Gremin
John Connell
John Connell
Solo bass - A Captain/Zaretsky
Richard van Allan
Richard van Allan
Solo tenor - Monsieur Triquet
Nicolai Gedda
Nicolai Gedda
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Madame Larina
Linda Finnie
Linda Finnie
Solo mezzo-soprano - Filippyevna
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Olga
Patricia Bardon
Patricia Bardon
Choral
Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Orchestra
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Conductor
Sir Charles Mackerras
Sir Charles Mackerras
Venue
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Producer
John Fraser
John Fraser
Engineer
Mark Vigars
Mark Vigars
Engineer (Assistant)
Mark Rogers
Mark Rogers
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Eugene Onegin
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893)Eugene Onegin
142:20
Opera in three acts
Text by the composer and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin
English translation by David Lloyd-Jones
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
Introduction
2:39
Scene 1
No. 1 Duet and Quartet
2.
'Oh, did you hear the lovesick shepherd boy'
5:08
Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Nurse
No 2 Chorus and Dance of the Peasants
3.
'My legs ache and can no longer run'
2:39
Leader (John Hudson), Peasants, Madame Larina
4.
'In a cottage by the water'
2:05
Peasants
No. 3 Scene and Aria
5.
'Oh, how I love to hear the people singing'
0:58
Tatyana, Olga
6.
'I'm not the sort to sit in silence'
2:35
Olga
No. 4 Scene
7.
'Come here, my darling Olga!'
3:10
Madame Larina, Nurse, Tatyana, Peasants, Olga
No. 5 Scene and Quartet
8.
'Mesdames, I hope that you'll excuse me'
1:48
Lensky, Onegin, Madame Larina
9.
'Now tell me, which of them's Tatyana?'
1:42
Onegin, Lensky, Tatyana, Olga
No. 6 Scene and Arioso
10.
'How perfect, how wonderful'
2:14
Lensky, Olga, Onegin, Tatyana
11.
'How I love you, I adore you, Olga'
3:16
Lensky, Olga
No. 7 Closing Scene
12.
'Ah, here you are!'
2:40
Madame Larina, Nurse, Lensky, Onegin
Scene 2
No. 8 Introduction and Scene
13.
Introduction
1:38
14.
'There! No more talk tonight'
1:19
15.
'I can't sleep, Nanny'
0:49
16.
'Well, let me think now'
4:55
Nurse, Tatyana
No. 9 Letter Scene
17.
'To write is foolishness, I know it'
2:52
18.
' ''I had to write'' '
3:03
19.
'No, there could never be another'
1:52
20.
'For you were always there beside me'
0:50
21.
' ''Are you an angel'' '
2:20
22.
' ''No, come what may'' '
2:14
Tatyana
No. 10 Scene and Duet
23.
'Ah, night is over!'
2:30
24.
'Oh, Nanny, may I ask a favour?'
0:25
25.
'Then make your grandson go in secret'
3:08
Tatyana, Nurse
Scene 3
No. 11 Chorus of Girls
26.
'Dear companions, come this way'
3:07
Girls
No. 12 Scene and Aria
27.
'Onegin! Here! To see me!'
2:23
28.
'You wrote a letter'
1:47
Tatyana, Onegin
29.
'Were I the sort who had intended'
3:14
Onegin
30.
'But try to practise self-control'
1:02
Onegin, Girls
70:30
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
No. 13 Entr'acte, Waltz and Chorus
1.
Entr'acte and Waltz
2:38
2.
'This is superb!'
1:45
Guests
3.
'Certainly! But why aren't you dancing?'
1:03
Captain, Guests
4.
'So that's their verdict!'
2:19
Onegin, Lensky, Guests
No. 14 Scene and Triquet's Couplets
5.
'How can I have deserved to be so taunted by you?'
2:22
Lensky, Olga, Onegin
6.
'By chance I 'ave with me a song'
0:44
7.
' ''A cette fête conviée'' '
2:39
Triquet, Guests
No. 15 Mazurka and Scene
8.
'Messieurs! Mesdames!'
1:13
Captain
Mazurka
9.
'Why aren't you dancing, Lensky?'
3:14
Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Madame Larina
No. 16 Finale
10.
'Here in your house!'
2:50
Lensky, Onegin, Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Guests
11.
'Your challenge I accept'
1:52
Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Olga
Scene 2
No. 17 Introduction, Scene and Aria
12.
Introduction
1:59
13.
'What's happened? Where can your opponent be?'
1:14
Zaretsky, Lensky
14.
'How far, how far away you seem now'
6:22
Lensky
No. 18 Duel Scene
15.
'Ah, here they are!'
1:55
16.
'We fight to satisfy our honour'
4:02
Zaretsky, Onegin, Lensky
Act III
Scene One
17.
No. 19 Polonaise
4:19
No. 20 Scene and Aria
18.
'Here, too, I'm bored!'
2:25
Onegin
19.
Ecossaise
1:50
20.
'The Princess Gremina!'
2:15
Guests, Onegin, Tatyana, Gremin
No. 20a Aria
21.
'The gift of love is rightly treasured'
5:41
Gremin
No. 21 Scene and Arioso
22.
'And now, you must be introduced to her'
1:21
Gremin, Tatyana, Onegin
23.
'Is this the very same Tatyana'
2:22
Onegin
Scene 2
No. 22 Final Scene
24.
Introduction
1:39
25.
'Why, why did he return and write this letter?'
2:15
Tatyana, Onegin
26.
'Onegin, I was then far younger'
2:15
Tatyana
27.
'Ah, Tatyana!'
3:15
28.
'Onegin, as a man of honour'
2:07
29.
'Onegin! Leave me, I entreat you'
1:40
Onegin, Tatyana
71:50
Solo: Thomas Hampson baritone - Eugene Onegin
Solo: Kiri Te Kanawa soprano - Tatyana
Solo: Neil Rosenshein tenor - Lensky
Solo: John Connell bass - Prince Gremin
Solo: Richard van Allan bass - A Captain/Zaretsky
Solo: Nicolai Gedda tenor - Monsieur Triquet
Solo: Elizabeth Bainbridge mezzo-soprano - Filippyevna
Choral: Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Orchestra: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
29 June-6 July 1992
