1 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
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Compact disc Program notes and texts in English in container Gerald Finley, baritone ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edward Gardner, conductor Recorded Apr. 13-16, 2009, Blackheath Halls, London Sung in English
Contents:
Iolanta. My only beloved Mathilde I claim / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Euryanthe. What refuge here? / Carl Maria von Weber Doctor Atomic. Batter my heart / John Adams Otello. Take it: take the path to your ruin ; Yes, I believe in God who has created me / Guiseppe Verdi Tannhäuser. Turning my gaze upon this proud assembly ; With dark foreboding twilight casts her shadow ; Look down, oh gentle evening star / Richard Wagner Don Giovanni. Come on, we're wasting time ; There will my arms enfold you / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (with Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Gareth Hancock, harpsichord) The silver tassie. Oh bring to me a pint of wine / Mark-Anthony Turnage Carmen. You're most kind, and in return I toast you ; Toreador, be ready! / Georges Bizet (with Deborah Miles-Johnson, mezzo-soprano ; Emma Brain-Gabbott, soprano ; Kathryn Jenkin, soprano ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir) The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Do not disdain out masters thus / Richard Wagner (with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir) Linda of Chamounix. In this valley we shared our childhood / Gaetano Donizetti (with Anne Marie Gibbons, mezzo-soprano) Tosca. Three agents, quick as you now / Giacomo Puccini (with Matthew Long, tenor ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir) South Pacific. Some enchanted evening / Richard Rodgers