23rd October
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Verdi, Giuseppe:
La forza del destino:
Pace, pace mio Dio. Renata Tebaldi, sop. St Cecilia Academy Orch/Franc. Molinari-Pradelli.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Otello:
Era la notte. Tito Gobbi, bar. Royal PO/Alberto Erede.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Requiem:
Ingemisco. Donald Smith, ten. Queensland SO/Vanco Cavdarski.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Il trovatore:
Tacea la notte. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop., Norma Burrowes, sop. National PO/Richard Bonynge.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Il trovatore. Stride la vampa Fiorenza Cossotto, m-sop. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orch/Zubin Mehta.Verdi, Giuseppe:
La traviata:
Highlights. Libiamo. Alfredo Kraus, ten., Renata Scotto, sop. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Rigoletto:
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata. Jose Van Dam, bass-baritone Loire PO/Marc Soustrot.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Rigoletto:
La donna e mobile. Juan Diego Florez, ten. Milan Giuseppe Verdi Orch/Carlo Rizzi.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Lo spazzacamino. Geoffrey Parsons, pno., Margaret Price, sop.Verdi, Giuseppe:
La forza del destino:
Rataplan. Giuletta Simionato, m-sop. St Cecilia Academy Chorus, St Cecilia Academy Orch/Franc. Molinari-Pradelli.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Sicilian Vespers:
In braccio alle dovizie. Leo Nucci, bar. English CO/Gianfranco Masini.
16th October
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Paisiello, Giovanni
Il barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia. Angelo Nardinocchi, bass. Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra/Giuliano CarellaMorlacchi, Francesco:
Il Barbiere di Seviglia:
Giusto cielo….Buona sera. Jonathan Best, bass, Kevin John, ten., Marilyn Hill Smith, sop., Phillip Guy Bromley, bass, Russell Smythe, bar. Philharmonia Orch/David Parry.Paer, Ferdinando:
Leonora. "Ciel! Che profonda, oscurita tiranna" Siegfried Jerusalem, ten. Bavarian SO/Peter Maag.Meyerbeer, Giacomo:
Semiramide. Ella e la fiamma mia. Deborah Riedel, sop., Fiona Janes, m-sop. Wurttemberg Philharmonic/Richard Bonynge.Dietsch, Pierre-Louis
Le vaisseau fantome: Quel que soit le courroux de mon pere - Par les vents promenees. Sally Matthews, sop., Russell Braun, bar. Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc MinkowskiReyer, Ernest:
Sigurd - Salut splendeur du jour. Francoise Pollet, sop. Montpellier PO/Cyril Diedrich.
9th October
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Liszt, Franz:
There once was a king in Thule, S278. Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-sop., Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pno.Schumann, Robert:
Poems by Mary Queen of Scots, Op.135. Farewell from the world; Prayer. John Wustman, pno., Regine Crespin, sop.Donizetti, Gaetano:
Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth:
I seem to hear him say again. Joyce DiDonato, m-sop. Lyon Opera Orch/Riccardo Minasi.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Don Carlos:
Ella giammai m'amo... Dormiro sol. Bruce Martin, bass West Australian SO/David Measham.Xarhakos, Stravos:
When Otto was King. Agnes Baltsa, m-sop., Kostas Papadopoulos, bouzouki Athens Experimental Orch/Stavros Xarhakos.Donizetti, Gaetano:
Maria Stuarda:
Dead to justice, throne and kingdom. Alan Opie, bar., Dame Janet Baker, m-sop., David Rendall, ten., John Tomlinson, bass, Rosalind Plowright, sop. English National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.Donizetti, Gaetano:
Maria Stuarda:
Go, prepare yourself for sentence. Alan Opie, bar., Angela Bostock, sop., Dame Janet Baker, m-sop., David Rendall, ten., John Tomlinson, bass, Rosalind Plowright, sop. English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.Elgar, Sir Edward:
Queen Mary's Song. Benjamin Luxon, bar., David Willison, pno.
2nd October
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Sullivan, Sir Arthur:
HMS Pinafore. Sorry her lot. Rebecca Evans, sop. Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.Stanford, Sir Charles:
Songs of the Sea, Op.91. Drake's drum. Benjamin Luxon, bar. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Norman Del Mar.Delius, Frederick:
Sea Drift. O brown halo in the sky. Thomas Hampson, bar. Welsh National Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Il corsaro:
Egli non riede ancora!....Non so le tetre immagini. Elena Xanthoudakis, sop. Northern Sinfonia/Richard Bonynge.Sullivan, Sir Arthur:
Ruddigore:
In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide. Dennis Olsen, bar., Norma Knight, sop., Thomas Edmonds, ten. Adelaide SO/James Christiansen.Haydn, Franz Joseph:
Mermaid's Song. Roger Vignoles, pno., Sarah Walker, m-sop.Ireland, John:
Sea Fever. Roger Vignoles, pno., Thomas Allen, bar.Weber, Carl Maria von:
Oberon: Ozean du Ungheuer! Birgit Nilsson, sop. Bavarian Radio Orchestra/Rafael KubelikFaure, Gabriel:
La mer est infinie. Gerard Souzay, bar., Jacqueline Bonneau, pno.Schubert, Franz:
Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To be sung on the water). Erik Werba, pno., Rita Streich, sop.Bowman, Calvin:
Words by the Water. Ian Munro, pno., Paul McMahon, ten.Gurney, Ivor:
The ship. Clifford Benson, pno., Michael George, bass .Vaughan Williams, Ralph:
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1). Movt 2. Christopher Maltman, bar., Joan Rodgers, sop. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Paul Daniel.Britten, Benjamin:
Billy Budd:
Farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man. Bo Skovhus, bar. English National Opera Orch/James Conlon.Britten, Benjamin:
Peter Grimes. Now the Great Bear. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten. Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Bernard Haitink.
25th September
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Dowland, John:
A Shepherd in a Shade. Catherine King, m-sop., Jacob Heringman, lute .Purcell, Henry:
What a sad Fate. Daniel Thomson, ten., Terry McKenna, lute, Thomas Leininger, hpschd.Handel, George Frederic:
Joshua:
Oh had I Jubal's lyre. Dame Janet Baker, m-sop. English CO/Raymond Leppard.Stanford, Sir Charles:
Songs of the Fleet, Op.117. The little admiral. Gerald Finley, bass-baritone BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC NO of Wales/Richard Hickox.Sullivan, Sir Arthur:
Ivanhoe. Lord of our chosen race. Geraldine McGreevey, sop. BBC NO of Wales/David Lloyd-Jones.Quilter, Roger:
Come Away Death, Op.6/1. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, Malcolm Martineau, pno.Warlock, Peter:
Captain Stratton's Fancy. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, Malcolm Martineau, pno.Delius, Frederick:
Longing. Piers Lane, pno., Yvonne Kenny, sop.Rubbra, Edmund:
Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd. Kathleen Ferrier, contr.Britten, Benjamin:
Billy Budd:
O Beauty, Handsomeness, Godness. Forbes Robinson, bass Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Sir Georg Solti.Britten, Benjamin:
Peter Grimes - Embroidery in childhood. Joan Carden, sop. Queensland PO/Roderick Brydon.Butterworth, George:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad. Is my team ploughing? Stephen Varcoe, bar. City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.
18th September
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Abduction from the Seraglio, K384:
Martern aller Arten. Yvonne Kenny, sop. Zurich Opera Mozart Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Cilea, Francesco:
Adriana Lecouvreur:
Io son l'umile ancella. Marilyn Richardson, sop. Queensland SO/Vladimir Kamirski.
11th September
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Graun, Carl Heinrich:
Armida:
A tanti pianti miei. Julia Lezhneva, sop. Concerto Cologne/Mikhail Antonenko.Handel, George Frederic:
Rinaldo. Cara sposa. Vivica Genaux, m-sop. Freiburg Baroque Orch/Rene Jacobs.Handel, George Frederic:
Armida abbandonata. Ann Murray, m-sop. The Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers.Gluck, Christoph Willibald von:
Armide. Duet. Laurent Naouri, bar., Mireille Delunsch, sop. Musiciens du Louvre, Musiciens du Louvre Choir/Marc Minkowski.Haydn, Franz Joseph:
Armida:
Vedi, se t'amo .. Odio, furor, dispetto. Joyce DiDonato, m-sop. Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis.Rossini, Gioachino:
Armida. Trio: In quale aspetto imbelle. Chris Merritt, ten., Bruce Ford, ten., William Matteuzzi, ten. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone.Brahms, Johannes:
Rinaldo, Op.50. James King, ten. Ambrosian Male Voice Chorus, New Philharmonia Orch/Claudio Abbado.
4th September
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Mendelssohn Fanny:
When I look into your eyes. Eugene Asti, pno., Sarah Connolly, m-sop., Sophie Daneman, sop.Mendelssohn Fanny:
Suleika and Hatem, Op.9/12. Eugene Asti, pno., Mark Padmore, ten., Sophie Daneman, sop.Mendelssohn, Felix:
Hunting song, Op.84/3. Peter Schreier, ten., Walter Olbertz, pno.Mendelssohn, Felix:
Infelice, Op.94. Edda Moser, sop. Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur.Schumann, Robert:
Die Lotusblume, from Myrthen, Op.25. Barbara Hendricks, sop., Roland Pontinen, pno.Schumann, Robert:
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op.42:
Susser Freund, du blickest. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop., Bengt Forsberg, pno.Schumann C:
An einem lichten Morgen, Op.23/2. Imogen Cooper, pno., Wolfgang Holzmair, bar.Schumann C:
Er ist gekommen. Christoph Berner, pno., Werner Gura, ten.Mahler Alma (arr. Panula, Jorma):
Ecstasy. Lilli Paasikivi, m-sop. Tampere PO/Jorma Panula.Mahler Alma:
In My Father's Garden. Daniel de Borah, pno., Greta Bradman, sop.Mahler, Gustav:
Song of the Earth. Movt 4. Peter Seiffert, ten., Thomas Hampson, bar. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle.
28th August
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Bizet, Georges:
Carmen:
Habanera. Sally-Anne Russell, m-sop. Adelaide SO/Nicholas Milton.Bizet, Georges:
Carmen. Parle-moi de ma mère. Andrea Guiot, sop., Nicolai Gedda, ten. Paris National Opera Orch, Rene Duclos Choir/Georges Pretre.Bizet, Georges:
Carmen. Près des ramparts de Seville. Maria Callas, sop. Paris National Opera Orch, Rene Duclos Choir/Georges Pretre.Bizet, Georges:
Carmen:
Toreador's Song. Jane Berbie, m-sop., Jose Van Dam, bass-baritone, Norma Burrowes, sop., Pierre Thau, bass, Tatiana Troyanos, m-sop., Thomas Allen, bar. John Alldis Choir, London PO/Sir Georg Solti.Bizet, Georges:
Carmen:
Je vais danser en votre honneur. Marjorie Lawrence, sop., Raul Jobin, ten. San Francisco Opera Chorus, San Francisco Opera Orch/Gaetano Merola.Bizet, Georges:
Carmen:
La fleur que tu m'avais jetee. Jonas Kaufmann, ten. Prague PO/Marco Armiliato.Bizet, Georges:
Carmen. "Je suis Escamillo". Simon Estes, bass, Neil Shicoff, ten. French NO, Radio France Chorus/Seiji Ozawa.
