Offer,Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)
Yvonne Kenny (Marschallin), Diana Montague (Octavian), Rosemary Joshua (Sophie), John Tomlinson (Baron Ochs), Andrew Shore (Faninal)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Peter Kay Children's Choir, David Parry
Parry paces the score most persuasively, and the orchestral sound is aptly sumptuous...Diana Montague is a winningly expressive Octavian, and Rosemary Joshua a sweet-toned Sophie. —
Contents
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (Highlights), Act I
- David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague
Introduction
How you were! How you are! (Octavian, Marschallin)
Ah, there he goes … (Marschallin)
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (Highlights), Act II
- David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Tomlinson, Andrew Shore, Rosemary Joshua, Diana Montague, Elizabeth Vaughan, Jennifer Rhys-Davies, Paul Parfitt, Eugene Ginty, Gareth Roberts, Stuart MacIntyre, Mark Campbell-Griffiths, Neil Bellingham, Geoffrey Shaw, The Peter Kay Children's Choir
Introduction - A solemn day, a wondrous day (Faninal, Marianne, Major-Domo)
In this most wonderful and serious moment (Sophie, Marianne, Footmen)
It is an honour, an enchantment (Octavian, Sophie)
Here I am (Ochs, Annina, Servants)
Here. (Ochs, Annina)
Leupold, let's go (Ochs, Annina, Landlord, Valzacchi, Boots, Children, Waiters, Musicians, Coachmen)
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (Highlights), Act III
- David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague, Rosemary Joshua, Andrew Shore
Oh God! The story was a masquerade and no more (Sophie, Octavian, Marschallin)
Now or tomorrow; if not tomorrow, very soon (Marschallin, Sophie, Octavian)
Marie Theres, how good you are (Octavian, Marschallin, Sophie)
Bliss is too deep to understand (Octavian, Sophie, Faninal, Marschallin)
Bliss is too deep to understand (Octavian, Sophie)
