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Rossini: The Thieving Magpie

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CHAN 3097
 
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Rossini: The Thieving Magpie
Running Time: 150:55

Release Date: June 2003
Originally recorded in September 2002
Composer (1792-1868)
Gioachino Rossini
Solo bass - Fabrizio Vingradito
Jeremy White
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Lucia
Susan Bickley
Tenor Voice tenor - Giannetto
Barry Banks
Solo soprano - Ninetta
Majella Cullagh
Solo baritone - Fernando Villabella
Russell Smythe
Baritone Voice baritone - Gottardo
Christopher Purves
Solo mezzo-soprano - Pippo
Nerys Jones
Solo tenor - Isacco
John Graham-Hall
Solo tenor - Antonio
Stuart Kale
Solo baritone - Giorgio
Toby Stafford-Allen
Solo bass - Ernesto
Nicholas Garrett
Solo baritone - Judge
Darren Jeffery
Solo bass - Judge
Philip Tebb
Solo - Clerk
Daniel Slater
Solo - Magpie
Prunella Scales
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
David Parry
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Matthew Walker
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English

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Opera - The Thieving Magpie

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

(1792-1868)

The Thieving Magpie

151:02
Melodramma in two acts
Libretto by Giovanni Gherardini after La Pie vouleuse, by J.M.T. Badouin and Louis-Charles Caigniez
English translation by Jeremy Sams
COMPACT DISC ONE
Overture: 8:58
1.
Maestoso marziale -
2:23
2.
Allegro
6:35
Act I: 70:56
Scene 1
3.
'What a day of celebration'
2:39
Servants, Pippo, Magpie
4.
'Get moving - do something'
4:07
Lucia, Pippo, Servants, Fabrizio, Magpie
5.
'I can see my beloved Giannetto'
2:12
Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo, Servants
6.
'Oh, my heart is full of joy!'
3:05
7.
'Spring is returning'
3:15
Ninetta
8.
'Dearest Ninetta, today's a special day!'
0:59
Fabrizio, Ninetta, Lucia
9.
'Penknives and needles, leather patches'
1:09
Isacco
10.
'I thought so, it's old Isacco'
0:29
Pippo, Isacco
11.
'What's that shouting?'
1:21
Ninetta, Servants, Villagers, Pippo
12.
'Darling! Darling, let me embrace you'
2:24
Giannetto, Villagers, Servants
13.
'Yes, even in the battle'
2:35
Giannetto, Villagers
14.
'Goodbye for now, my darling'
1:08
Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Fernando
15.
'Yesterday, just as the sun was setting'
1:51
Fernando, Ninetta
16.
'I can be strong no longer'
2:39
Ninetta, Fernando
17.
'Oh, daughter, let me embrace you'
5:31
Fernando, Ninetta
18.
'Good morning, my pretty lady'
2:01
Mayor, Ninetta, Giorgio, Fernando
19.
'THIS IS MOST URGENT'
2:27
20.
'Thank heavens!'
3:21
Ninetta, Mayor, Fernando
21.
'We're alone here'
5:08
Mayor, Ninetta, Fernando
22.
'Such madness and confusion'
2:14
Fernando, Ninetta, Mayor
Scene 2
23.
'Penknives and needles, leather patches'
3:20
Isacco, Ninetta, Pippo, Lucia, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Magpie
24.
'This morning in the house of Fabrizio Vingradito'
6:08
Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo
25.
'Did somebody want me?'
2:04
Isacco, Mayor, Giannetto, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Ninetta
26.
'Grief and calamity tumble around me'
5:14
Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio
27.
'Someone is coming'
0:29
Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio
28.
'Take this girl away and throw her into prison!'
3:06
Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Servants, Villagers, Isacco
79:58
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II: 71:04
Scene 1
1.
'She's shut up in that dark and dismal dungeon'
2:15
Antonio, Ninetta, Giannetto
2.
'Maybe one day you'll forgive me'
5:34
Ninetta, Giannetto
3.
'You'd better go, and quickly'
1:21
Antonio, Giannetto, Ninetta, Mayor
4.
'You're so lovely, your eyes are sparkling'
3:44
Mayor, Ninetta, Villagers
5.
'When you hear the sentence'
3:21
Mayor, Villagers, Ninetta, Court
6.
'Mr Mayor, Mr Mayor - what are you up to?'
0:59
Antonio, Pippo, Ninetta
7.
'Just think that tomorrow, even today'
0:37
8.
'No, no, I beg you to take it'
5:43
9.
'Lest my darling should forget me'
3:24
Ninetta, Pippo
10.
'By unanimous verdict - we find her guilty'
3:06
Judge, Giannetto, Fabrizio
11.
'The wheels of justice will crush the guilty'
4:40
Court
12.
'Most unhappy of women, your fate is in the balance'
0:39
Judge, Ninetta
13.
'God protect her!'
3:19
Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Ninetta
14.
'But, your Honours, you're mistaken'
1:24
Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court, Ninetta, Judge, Fernando
15.
'Release her!'
3:14
Fernando, Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court
16.
'A chasm of sorrow is yawning before me'
3:46
Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Fernando, Court
17.
'If I cried, I would weep forever'
3:42
Ninetta, Giannetto, Fernando, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court
Scene 2
18.
'What a dump of a village!'
1:37
Ernesto, Pippo, Giorgio, Antonio
19.
'Bitter torment burns within you'
2:06
Villagers
20.
'God in heaven, Oh, God of justice'
5:26
Ninetta, Villagers
21.
'Giorgio! Giorgio! Ah, we're so happy!'
2:36
Pippo, Antonio, Giorgio, Giannetto, Lucia, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor
22.
'Oh, God preserve us'
1:06
Lucia, Mayor
23.
'We can see her, she is coming!'
1:14
Pippo, Antonio, Villagers, Mayor, Giorgio, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio
24.
'Though I hear your cries of gladness'
3:29
Ninetta, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Fernando, Pippo, Villagers, Mayor, Antonio
25.
'Now that the storm is over'
2:39
Ninetta, Lucia, Antonio, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor, Pippo, Giannetto, Fernando
71:04
Solo: Jeremy White bass - Fabrizio Vingradito
Solo: Majella Cullagh soprano - Ninetta
Solo: Russell Smythe baritone - Fernando Villabella
Solo: Nerys Jones mezzo-soprano - Pippo
Solo: John Graham-Hall tenor - Isacco
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Antonio
Solo: Toby Stafford-Allen baritone - Giorgio
Solo: Nicholas Garrett bass - Ernesto
Solo: Darren Jeffery baritone - Judge
Solo: Philip Tebb bass - Judge
Solo: Daniel Slater - Clerk
Solo: Prunella Scales - Magpie
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
21-23 & 27-28 September 2002






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