Joan Sutherland: Command Performance

Release Date: 21st Aug 2015
Catalogue No: ELQ4804670
Label: Eloquence
Length: 93 minutes

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Weber: Oberon, J.306 / Act 2

Work length8:17

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Ocean! Thou mighty monster!"

Track length8:17

Massenet: Le Cid / Act 3

Work length5:35

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"De cet affreux combat...Pleurez, mes yeux"

Track length5:35

Meyerbeer: Dinorah / Act 2

Work length7:57

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Dieu! Comme cette nuit est lente...Ombre légère"

Track length7:57

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1

Work length4:19

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Qual fiamma avea nel guardo...Stridono lassù"

Track length4:19

Verdi: I Masnadieri / Act 2

Work length9:03

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Dobson (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-10-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Dall' infame banchetto...Tu del mio Carlo"

Track length9:03

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 2

Work length3:05

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Che! e segnar questo mano...Tu puniscimi, o Signore?"

Track length3:05

Excerpt, Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio

Work length5:29

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Come tacer...vorrei spiegarvi il giubilo"

Track length5:29

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Act 2

Work length6:14

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Eccomi pronta...Deh, se un' urna"

Track length6:14

Benedict: The Gypsy and the Bird

Work length2:55

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Alexander Murray (flute)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Arditi: Parla

Work length4:14

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Ricci, Federico: Crispino e la Comare

Work length3:11

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Io non sono piu l'Annetta"

Track length3:11

Tosti: Ideale

Work length3:05

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)
Recorded: 1962-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Arditi: Il Bacio

Work length3:59

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Tosti: La serenata

Work length3:51

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Leoncavallo: Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Work length1:49

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bishop, H R: Lo! Here the gentle lark

Work length4:10

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Alexander Murray (flute)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Stevenson, J: The Last Rose of Summer

Work length3:16

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Vincent Wallace: Maritana / Act 3

Work length3:44

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Scenes that are brightest"

Track length3:44

Balfe: The Bohemian Girl / Act 2

Work length4:34

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls"

Track length4:34

Bishop, H R: Home, Sweet Home

Work length4:17

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Tina Bonifacio (harp)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-11-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

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‘Queen Victoria loved music for music’s sake, and singing appealed especially to her. It was a joy, a necessity to her to hear music every day and to keep in contact with the musicians of her time. Artists met with the most charming and graceful reception, and the Queen always entertained herself for a long time with them about the works and their performance!’

That is from Blanche Marchesi’s autobiography; the passage could be paralleled in the life of almost every singer of Victoria’s reign. The Queen was a connoisseur.

The first complete issue (outside of a limited edition box set collection) of a celebrated 2LP set recorded by Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge in 1962. The songs, arias and ballads were selected to make up the kind of program which, as contemporary accounts reveal, might well have been given by royal command before Queen Victoria. The pieces range from ‘Ocean! Thou mighty monster’ from Weber’s Oberon to one of Queen Victoria’s staunchest favourites – Home, sweet home. The colourful and fascinating original notes for the LP issue by Andrew Porter are reprinted for this CD issue.

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