Verdi: A Celebration
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
1.
Nabucco: Chorus of Hebrew Slaves
4:51
'Speed your journey'
(Va, pensiero)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3032 (Great Operatic Arias with Alastair Miles)
2.
Luisa Miller: Rodolfo's Aria
4:19
'Oft in the quiet evening hour'
(Quando le sere al placido)
Dennis O'Neill
from CHAN 3013 (Great Operatic Arias with Dennis O'Neill)
Ernani: Elvira's Cavatina and Cabaletta
6:35
3.
'Darkness has fallen, and Silva's not returned yet'
2:15
(Surta è la notte)
4.
'Ernani, Ernani, rescue me'
4:20
(Ernani! Ernani, involami)
Susan Patterson, Helen Williams
from CHAN 3052(2) Ernani. Release date: Summer 2001
5.
The Sicilian Vespers: Procida's Aria
4:50
'Oh, my Palermo'
(O patria, o cara patria)
Alastair Miles
from CHAN 3032 (Great Operatic Arias with Alastair Miles)
6.
Rigoletto: The Duke's Aria from Act II
2:22
'Women abandon us'
(La donna è mobile)
Arthur Davies
From CHAN 3030(2) Rigoletto
7.
Il trovatore: Miserere
4:52
'Lord, have mercy upon a soul departing'
(Miserere d'un'alma già vicina)
Sharon Sweet, Dennis O'Neill
from CHAN 3036(2) Il trovatore
8.
Falstaff: Fenton's Sonnet
4:39
'From these true lovers' lips'
(Dal labbro il canto estasiato)
Bruce Ford
from CHAN 3006 (Great Operatic Arias with Bruce Ford)
9.
Rigoletto: Quartet
4:24
'If you want a faithful lover'
(Bella figlia dell'amore)
Arthur Davies, Jean Rigby, Helen Field, John Rawnsley
from CHAN 3030(2) Rigoletto
10.
The Force of Destiny: Don Carlo and Alvaro's Duet
4:37
'In death's awful shadow'
(Solenne in quest'ora)
Dennis O'Neill, Anthony Michaels-Moore
from CHAN 3013 (Great Operatic Arias with Dennis O'Neill)
Il trovatore: Count di Luna's Aria and Cabaletta
7:21
11.
'In the stars that shine above me' -
4:20
(Il balen del suo sorriso)
12.
'The hour has come'
3:01
Alan Opie, Clive Bayley, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3036(2) Il trovatore
13.
I Lombardi: Oronte's Cavatina
2:21
'My heart is full of happiness'
(La mia letizia infondere)
Dennis O'Neill
from CHAN 3013 (Great Operatic Arias with Dennis O'Neill)
14.
La traviata: Violetta's Aria
2:55
'For ever I must leave thee'
(Addio del passato)
Valerie Masterson
from CHAN 3023(2) La traviata
15.
A Masked Ball: Gustavus and Amelia's Duet
4:24
'You love me, love me . . .' -
(Amelia, tu m'ami?)
'Ah! The sweetest glowing fire of love'
(Ah! qual suave brivido)
Dennis O'Neill, Susan Bullock
from CHAN 3013 (Great Operatic Arias with Dennis O'Neill)
Simon Boccanegra: Fiesco's Scena
16.
'A last farewell I bid you'
6:17
(A te l'estremo addio) -
'My soul is torn with suffering'
(Il lacerato spirito)
John Tomlinson, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
from CHAN 3044 (Great Operatic Arias with John Tomlinson)
Otello: Desdemona and Otello's Duet
10:03
17.
'Now in the silent darkness'
2:30
(Già nella notte densa)
18.
'Once when you told me'
7:33
(Quando narravi l'esule tua vita)
Rosalind Plowright, Charles Craig
from CHAN 3068(2) Otello. Release date: Autumn 2001
19.
La traviata: Brindisi
3:07
'Be happy, be happy and raise your glass with me'
(Libiamo, libiamo ne'lieti calici)
John Brecknock, Valerie Masterson
from CHAN 3023(2) La traviata
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry