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ID: GFO00206
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Recorded live at Glyndebourne on 12, 15 & 22 August 2006. A recording of a rarely performed work with consummate Russian conductor and cast.
Prokofiev’s last opera, Betrothal in a Monastery, launched the Glyndebourne label in 2008. According to Shostakovich it was ‘one of Prokofiev’s most radiant and buoyant works’. It has been unavailable for several months and back in stock, repackaged in line with the more recent Glyndebourne releases.
Luxury 256-page hard-bound book.
Essay by Harlow Robinson, world authority on Soviet and Russian cultural history.
Includes full libretto in Cyrillic with English, French and German translations.
Viascheslav Voynarovskiy (Don Jerome), Andrey Breus (Ferdinand), Lyubov Petrova (Louisa), Alexandra Durseneva (The Duenna), Vsevolod Grivnov (Don Antonio), Nino Surguladze (Clara), Sergei Alexashkin (Mendoza), Alan Opie (Don Carlos)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski
Track list:
CD:1
Betrothal in a Monastery ('The Duenna'), Opera, Op. 86
1. Prelude
2. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 1. But this is just fantasy!
3. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 2. Plain. Round-shouldered
4. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 3. She has shaken your hand
5. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 4. The moon looks in your window
6. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 5. Stop that mewing
7. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 6. Masker's Dance
8. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 7. I had better get her married off
9. Act 1. Tableau 1. Scene 8. Friends, depart
10. Act 2. Tableau 2. Scene 1. It will work, Nanny, won't it?
11. Act 2. Tableau 2. Scene 2. Splendid, Señor, splendid
12. Act 2. Tableau 2. Scene 3. Will you cherish me in my old age?
13. Act 2. Tableau 2. Scene 4. Give it back!
14. Act 2. Tableau 2. Scene 5. If you have a daughter
15. Act 2. Tableau 2. Scene 6. It looks like the first act has been played out wi
16. Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 1. Buy some fish from Señor Mendoza's barges!
17. Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 2. Rosina... Rosina...
18. Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 3. Ferdinand alone is dearer
19. Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 4. I had known what pranks
20. Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 5. My beard? My beard is not at all bad
21. Act 2. Tableau 3. Scene 6. There is no greater happiness
22. Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 1. Yes, yes, yes!
23. Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 2. My pretty... my pretty
24. Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 3. When the cheerful fop
25. Act 2. Tableau 4. Scene 4. Well?
CD:2
1. Act 3. Tableau 5. Scene 1. Ah, time does not want to move on
2. Act 3. Tableau 5. Scene 2. Come in, come in
3. Act 3. Tableau 5. Scene 3. Should we take a sly look?
4. Act 3. Tableau 5. Scene 4. It's bad to peep
5. Act 3. Tableau 5. Scene 5. How my soul is beaming!
6. Act 3. Tableau 6. Scene 1. You are not playing in tune
7. Act 3. Tableau 6. Scene 2. My respectful greetings to the Señor!
8. Act 3. Tableau 6. Scene 3. Please, let us continue
9. Act 3. Tableau 6. Scene 4. Lopez! Lopez!
10. Act 3. Tableau 7. Scene 1. Here I am, a nun
11. Act 3. Tableau 7. Scene 2. They have gone, gladdened, happy and in love...
12. Act 3. Tableau 7. Scene 3. It must be here
13. Act 4. Tableau 8. Scene 1. The bottle is the sun of our lives
14. Act 4. Tableau 8. Scene 3. They bring more wine!
15. Act 4. Tableau 8. Scene 4. Take care, Antonio!
16. Act 4. Tableau 8. Scene 5. Straight down to business now, Don Ferdinand
17. Act 4. Tableau 9. Scene 1. I can't understand it
18. Act 4. Tableau 9. Scene 2. Aha, here's Mendoza at last
19. Act 4. Tableau 9. Scene 3. What is this? Why are you here?
20. Act 4. Tableau 9. Scene 4. Son! At last
21. Act 4. Tableau 9. Scene 5. Don Jerome, Don Herome! |
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ID: GFO01260
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Recorded live at Glyndebourne in June 1960.
Includes 2 discs in a 153 page hard-bound book.
Glyndebourne’s association with Falstaff commenced in 1955 for a production staged at the Edinburgh Festival, directed by Carl Ebert, designed by Osbert Lancaster and conducted by the great Carlo Maria Giulini.
Falstaff quickly proved to be a favourite and enjoyed 5 revivals in quick succession. This recording comes from Glyndebourne Festivals’ 1960 season, conducted by Vittorio Gui, in what was Geraint Evan’s third outing as Falstaff.
Evans sung in the 1957 and 1958 Glyndebourne restagings, in a role that was to go on and have a role in defining him as a singer, performing Falstaff in numerous productions including Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera, and on record under Georg Solti.
On this recording, Geraint Evans is joined by Sesto Bruscantini as Ford, Juan Oncina as Fenton, Ilva Ligabue as Alice Ford, a role she is most remembered for having recorded it twice: under George Solti and Leonard Bernstein, this (new/archive) recording predating both these.
The remaining classic cast member is the Swiss tenor Hugues Cuénod as Dr Caius, his glorious sense of the role's comedy beautifully portrayed here. Hugues Cuénod passed away in December 2010 at the age of 108, having a career that spanned 66 years. He was something of an institution at Glyndebourne, walking the Glyndebourne stage for over 30 years and involved in some 470 performances. At the age of 82 he appeared in Glyndebourne’s production of Le nozze di Figaro and in 1990, at the age of 87, was offered the role of Monsieur Taupe in Capriccio, a role he had sung previously at Glyndebourne, but declined.
Geraint Evans (Sir John Falstaff), Ilva Ligabue (Alice), Anna Maria Rota (Meg), Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly), Sesto Bruscantini (Ford), Mariella Adani (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton) & Hugues Cuénod (Dr Caius)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui
Track list:
CD: 1
Falstaff, opera
1. Act 1. Scene 1. Falstaff!
2. Act 1. Scene 1. Sss. Sei polli: sei scellini
3. Act 1. Scene 1. So che se andiam
4. Act 1. Scene 1. V'è noto un tal
5. Act 1. Scene 1. L'Onore! Ladri!
6. Act 1. Scene 2. Alice, Meg, Nannetta
7. Act 1. Scene 2. 'Fulgida Alice! Amor t'offro...'
8. Act 1. Scene 2. Quell'otre! Quel tino!
9. Act 1. Scene 2. È un ribaldo, un furbo, un ladro
10. Act 1. Scene 2. Psst, Psst. Nannetta, Vienqua
11. Act 1. Scene 2. Falstaff m'ha canzonata
12. Act 1. Scene 2. Torno all' assalto
13. Act 1. Scene 2. Udrai quanta egli sfoggia
14. Act 1. Scene 2. Del tuo barbaro diagnostico
15. Act 1. Scene 2. Qui più non si vagoli
16. Act 2. Scene 1. Siam pentiti e contriti
17. Act 2. Scene 1. Alice è mia!
18. Act 2. Scene 1. Padron; di la cè un serto Maestro Fontana
19. Act 2. Scene 1. Signore, v'assista il cielo!
20. Act 2. Scene 1. Io l'amo e lei non m'ama
21. Act 2. Scene 1. Il diavolo Se lo porti all' inferno
22. Act 2. Scene 1. È sogno? O realtà?
23. Act 2. Scene 1. Eccomi qua. Son pronto.
CD: 2
1. Act 2. Scene 2. Presenteremo un bill, per un tassa
2. Act 2. Scene 2. Giunto all' albergo della Giarrettiera
3. Act 2. Scene 2. Gaei comari di Windsor!
4. Act 2. Scene 2. 'Alfint'ho colto'
5. Act 2. Scene 2. Quand'ero paggio
6. Act 2. Scene 2. Mia signora!
7. Act 2. Scene 2. Il diavolo cavalca
8. Act 2. Scene 2. Vien qua. Che chiasso!
9. Act 2. Scene 2. Al ladro! Al pagliardo!
10. Act 2. Scene 2. Se t'aguanto! Se ti piglio!
11. Act 2. Scene 2. Ned! Will! Tom!
12. Act 3. Scene 1. Ehi! Taverniere!
13. Act 3. Scene 1. Reverenza. La bella Alice!
14. Act 3. Scene 1. Legge. Legge
15. Act 3. Scene 1. Quando il rintocco della mezza notte
16. Act 3. Scene 2. Dal labbro il canto est a siato vola
17. Act 3. Scene 2. Nossignore!
18. Act 3. Scene 2. Una, due, tre, Quattro
19. Act 3. Scene 2. Odo un soave passo!
20. Act 3. Scene 2. Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi!
21. Act 3. Scene 2. Sul fil d'un soffio etesio
22. Act 3. Scene 2. Alto là! Chi va là? Pietà!
23. Act 3. Scene 2. Ruzzola, ruzzola
24. Act 3. Scene 2. Naso vermiglio!
25. Act 3. Scene 2. Ogni sorta di gente dozzinale
26. Act 3. Scene 2. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
27. Act 3. Scene 2. Tutto nel mondo è burla |
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ID: NMCD170
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
The Cast:
Roderick Williams, baritone · Tim Mirfin, baritone
Teresa Cahill, soprano · Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano
Louise Winter, mezzo-soprano · Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass · Graeme Danby, bass
Jeremy White, bass
Actors: Simon Paisley Day · Jennie Stoller
Lydia Kalian · Rudi Goodman
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers
André de Ridder, conductor
Roderick Williams (Wandering Jew), Tim Mirfin (Jesus/Beggar), Teresa Cahill (Widowed Mother), Hilary Summers (Fortune Teller), Louise Winter (Kundry), Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Faust), Brindley Sherratt (Mephistopheles), Graeme Danby (Odin), Jeremy White (Old Man)
Robert Saxton’s long-awaited radio opera, commissioned by the BBC, is a modernist take on the tale of the Wandering Jew - the shoe-mender condemned by Jesus to wander the Earth until the Second Coming after he refused to help him on his way to his Crucifixion. The opera introduces many legendary characters, following medieval and other myths, including Faust, Mephistopheles, Kundry and Wotan. Underneath its surface lies a structure relating to the annual cycle of Jewish and Christian festivals in eight scenes of sweeping orchestral and choral music, enhanced by studio post-production from Antony Pitts. |
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ID: NMCD095
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Goehr's neo-classical works - Bach tribute ...a musical offering (JSB 1985)... and Sinfonia - plus the dazzling coloratura aria Behold the Sun, the Romanza for cello and orchestra, and the vivid variation-set Metamorphosis/Dance.
Originally released on Unicorn-Kanchana in 1981.
Reissued with funding from Arts Council England. |
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ID: NMCD123
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Described as a "thought opera", Brian Ferneyhough's Shadowtime sets Charles Bernstein's inventive and complex libretto based on the work, life and imagined death of philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin: it includes a movement for a speaking pianist - Opus contra naturam, the opera's fourth scene - a guitar concerto (Scene II) and ends in an ethereal haze of voices and electronics, Stelae for Failed Time. The performers are all internationally known for their commitment to contemporary music.
Shadowtime is an opera told in seven scenes across 2 CDs and a little over 2 hours of complex and fascinating music. Described as a "thought opera", it is based on the work and life of Walter Benjamin, one of the greatest philosophers and cultural critics of the twentieth century. |
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ID: NMCD122
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
The Intelligence Park, recorded in the 1990 Almeida Opera production and setting Vincent Deane's libretto of 18th-century Dublin, explores the relationship between an opera composer and the increasingly independent life of the characters he has created.
Set in 1753, (although the music is not fashioned on that of the era) the story is an old-fashioned ‘opera-seria’ on the subject of conflict between head and heart, duty and inclincation, based around a composer who falls in love with a castrato. |
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ID: MKM260
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Werther - Placido Domingo, tenor
Albert, betrothed to Charlotte - Franz Grundheber, baritone
The Bailiff - Kurt Moll, bass- baritone
Schmidt - Alejandro Vazquez, tenor
Johann, a friend of the Bailiff - Laszlo Anderko, baritone
Bruhlmann, a young man - Wolfgang Vater, tenor
Charlotte, the Bailiff’s daughter - Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano
Sophie, her sister - Arleen Auger, soprano
Katchen, a young girl - Gertrud von Ottenthal, soprano |
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ID: FHR12
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
From 1955 through 1964, Judy Garland was one of the most celebrated, acclaimed, and best-selling album artists on the EMI/Capitol roster. On several occasions during those years, she had the opportunity of recording at Abbey Road Studios. This 2CD set assembles her work done there between October 1957 and August 1964. Not only are 12 previously unreleased alternate takes included but, more significantly, a completely unknown/undocumented recording of a song called Please Say 'Ah'! The Mort Lindsey orchestration of this song is complicated and marvellous, the band on top form; Garland and her vocal partner, Saul Chaplin, are having a wonderful time and this great piece of fun, liberally sprinkled with Garland's infectious laugh, demands to be heard! This historic issue is the very first composite compact disc celebration of its kind and a guaranteed collector's item for anyone who appreciates the Great Popular Songbook - and "the World's greatest entertainer."
CD 1
Track 1: Orchestra conducted by Geoff Love Abbey Road Studios, 2-9 August 1960
Tracks 2-21: Orchestra and chorus conducted by Norrie Paramor
CD2
Track 1-4: Orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey Abbey Road Studios, 6 & 12 August 1964
Tracks 5-8: Orchestra conducted by Harry Robinson
Tracks 9-14: Orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramor
Tracks 15-18: Orchestra conducted by Harry Robinson
Track 22, vocals: Judy Garland and Saul Chaplin
Tracks 19-22: Orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey
Track 22, vocals: Judy Garland and Saul Chaplin
Tracks 19-22: Orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey |
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ID: IDIS6376-77
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal and Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Recorded 1937
Mariano Stabile Vocals, Dora Komarek Vocals, Esther Rethy Vocals, Jarmila Novotna Vocals, Virgilio Lazzari Vocals, Viktor Madin Vocals, Angelica Cravcenko Vocals, William Wernigk Vocals, Ezio Pinza Vocals, Aulikki Rautawaara Vocals, Giuseppe Nessi Vocals,
Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter Conductor |
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