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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bellini, Mozart & Gluck Opera ExcerptsSung in German
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| |  | Great Operatic Arias 19 - Sir Thomas Allen Volume 2Sung in English
Mozart: | Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) Sung in English as I’m sure that there could never be’ Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Sung in English as 'Here’s an end to your life as a rover’ Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni) Sung in English as ‘Little lady! Here’s a list I’ve assembled...' Bravo, signor padrone…Se vuol ballare (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sung in English as 'Bravo, my lord and master!...So, little master, you’re dressed to go dancing’ Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (from Die Zauberflöte) Sung in English as ‘A man in search of truth and beauty’ Susan Gritton (Pamina) Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni) Sung in English as ‘Now that the wine has stopped them from thinking’ Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) Sung in English as 'Come softly to your window’ Pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena (from Die Zauberflöte) Susan Gritton (Papagena) | Verdi: | É sogno, o realta? (from Falstaff) Sung in English as 'I’m dreaming? Or is this true?’ Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) Sung in English as 'God who has brought us together’ Gwyn Hughes Jones (Carlos) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) Sung in English as 'Treachery!...When you are old and full of tears’ Pura siccome un angelo (from La Traviata) Sung in English as ‘I have a daughter sent from God’ Claire Rutter (Violetta) Son io, mio Carlo... Io morro (from Don Carlo) Sung in English as ‘I’m here, Carlos!...‘My last day has dawned for ever’ Gwyn Hughes Jones (Carlos) | Weill, K: | September Song |
Over a long and still flourishing career Sir Thomas Allen has given benchmark performances in several operatic roles of which Mozart and Verdi operas figure strongly. With two spicy exceptions, every item in this programme comes from an opera by Mozart or Verdi. Part of the design of this recital series is to highlight the particular type of voice and explore its repertoire. The works chosen for this disc provide a unique showcase of Sir Thomas Allen’s unique gifts and that of the baritone in general. The Sunday Telegraph wrote of volume one, “How good to have this anthology of Thomas Allen’s versatility in a wide range of his operatic roles… anyone who cherishes good singing will rejoice in this great baritone’s smooth legato, perfect diction, subtle characterisation and, of course, beautiful and unmistakable voice,” and The Guardian noted “As always, Allen was a supremely intelligent recitalist, matching sound with sense, probing the meaning of a text without fracturing the vocal line.” As in previous issues, the solos are interspersed with longer excerpts, duets and ensembles, including performances with Susan Gritton and Claire Rutter. With Ford’s monologue in Falstaff, Sir Thomas extends his lyrical voice to encompass the more theatrical style of late Verdi and in the lighter Weill ‘September Song’, he extends it further, albeit in a different direction altogether. Other repertoire includes recitatives and arias from Verdi’s Macbeth and La Traviata, arias from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, and duets from The Magic Flute. All tracks sung in English “Unfailingly beautifully phrased and enunciated, Allen's singing for the most part has too little dramatic presence and character here… Allen is better in soliloquy and in duet. Falstaff's great dream of cuckoldry, and Macbeth's vision of desolate old age are magnificent.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 *** “The voice is beautifully captured by the clear recording and, as ever, David Parry and the Philharmonia provide sterling support. Pure pleasure. ” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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“The Italian baritone was arguable a great singing actor rather than a great singer per se, but as these recordings from central and rarer roles in his repertoire demonstrate all of his performances are memorable.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Bryn Terfel - A Song in my Heart
| | The Vagabond Whither Must I Wander Sea Fever Little Prince (The Little Prince) They Call the Wind Maria (Paint Your Wagon) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel Come Home (Allegro) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel Suo-Gan (Lullaby) Sì, tra i ceppi e le ritorte (Berenice) Vouchsafe, O Lord (Dettingen Te Deum) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mackerras | Berlioz: | Une puce gentille 'Flea Song' (from La damnation de Faust) Voici des roses (Air de Méphistophélès) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Myung-Whun Chung | Gurney: | Sleep | Hughes, J: | Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) The Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir & The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones | Mahler: | In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus (Kindertotenlieder) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Mendelssohn: | Lord God of Abraham (Elijah) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | Mozart: | Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Il core vi dono (from Così fan tutte) Cecilia Bartoli (Dorabella) & Bryn Terfel (Guglielmo) Orchestra dell’Accademia die Santa Cecilia, Myung-Chun Chung Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte) Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio, KAnh. 245 Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Quilter: | Go, lovely Rose, Op. 24 No. 3 (Edmund Wailer) Malcolm Martineau (piano) | Rutter: | The Lord bless you and keep you London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth | Schubert: | Erlkönig, D328 Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe) | Schumann: | Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49 No. 1 Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4 | Sullivan, A: | Hereupon we’re both agreed (The Yeomen of the Guard) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | trad.: | Amazing Grace London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth Shenandoah London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth Ar hyd y Nos (All through the night) Deep River arr. Chris Hazell | Vaughan Williams: | Silent Noon | Verdi: | Ehi! Paggio! ... L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) MET Orchestra, James Levine | Wagner: | Die Frist ist um (from Der fliegende Holländer) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser) The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine |
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| |  | Tutto Mozart!
Mozart: | Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) lo ti lascio, oh cara…, addio 621a/K.Anh245/ Soave sia il vento (from Così fan tutte) Warnung 'Männer suchen stehts zu naschen', K433 Così dunque tradisci … Aspri rimorsi atroci, K432 Il core vi dono (from Così fan tutte) Un bacio di mano, K541 La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte) Hai gia vinta la causa! (from Le nozze di Figaro) Nun, liebes Weibchen, ziehst mit mir, K625 Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) Crudel! perché finora farmi languir così? (from Le nozze di Figaro) Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) Diggi, daggi, schurry, murry (from Bastien und Bastienne) Pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena (from Die Zauberflöte) Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni) Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (from Die Zauberflöte) |
“…half the pleasure of this disc is the contribution of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with Sir Charles Mackerras setting the perfect pace for Così's great terzettino… Best of all, perhaps, are Terfel's own excited discoveries: the priceless 'Cat duet', with Persson again, from Der Stein der Weisen; his noble and tender valediction in the concert aria, 'Io ti lascio, oh cara'... the totally authenticated nonsense sorcery, 'Diggi, daggi' from Bastien und Bastienne;...” BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** “Technically he can't be faulted -his performances appear absolutely effortless -and he conveys so much emotion and expression that you can almost see the tilt of his head, the glint in his eye.” Liz Mundler, bbc.co.uk, 8th September 2006  BBC Music Magazine
Opera Choice - September 2006 |
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Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland, Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Samuel Ramey, Montserrat Caballé, Lucia Popp, Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, et al. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Arie e Duetti
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone) | |
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| |  | Largo al FactotumGreat Operatic Arias for Baritone
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Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) C'est toi! (from Carmen) | Borodin: | Ni sna, ni otdikha izmuchennoi dushe (from Prince Igor) | Donizetti: | Ohimè! Sorge il tremendo fantasma (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (without cabaletta) | Enescu: | Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1 | Giordano, U: | Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier) | Gounod: | Vous qui faîtes l'endormie (from Faust) | Mozart: | Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) | Mussorgsky: | Why my sad heart? (from Sorochinsky Fair) | Puccini: | Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) | Rachmaninov: | Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Marfa's Scene & Aria: In Novgorod from The Tsar's Bride | Strauss, R: | Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils | Verdi: | Ciel, mio padre! (from Aida) La forza del destino Overture | Wagner: | Rienzi Overture Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1 Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene' (from Götterdämmerung) |
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