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Title: Stars of the English
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695); William Boyce (1711 - 1779); Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787); Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868); (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848); Friedrich (Adolf Ferdinand) von Flotow (1812 - 1883); Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875); Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901); Arthur Goring Thomas (1850 - 1892); (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Main Performer: Basil Lam (Harpsichord); Margaret Ritchie (Soprano); Patrick Halling (Violin); Terence Weil (Cello); Gerald Moore (Piano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Philharmonia Orchestra; New London Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Date of Release: 15/11/1999
Label / Distributor: Dutton Laboratories / Dutton
Pieces in Set: 1
Running Time: 1 hour 14 minutes
Genre(s): Stage works, Vocal and choral
EAN: 765387704025
Work 1
Work Title: (The) Fairy Queen, Z629
Excerpt(s): 1. I am come to lock all fast
2. O let me weep (The Plaint)
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1692
Date Recorded: 1954
Opera Part(s): Basil Lam, Margaret Ritchie, Patrick Halling, Terence Weil
Main Performer: Basil Lam (Harpsichord), Margaret Ritchie (Soprano), Patrick Halling (Violin), Terence Weil (Cello)
Work 2
Work Title: (The) Indian Queen, Z630
Excerpt(s): 1. I attempt from love's sickness
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1695
Date Recorded: 1953/4
Main Performer: Basil Lam (Harpsichord), Margaret Ritchie (Soprano), Patrick Halling (Violin), Terence Weil (Cello)
Opera Part(s): Basil Lam, Margaret Ritchie, Patrick Halling, Terence Weil
Work 3
Work Title: Tell me lovely shepherd
Excerpt(s): 1. Tell me lovely shepherd
Composer: William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded: 1949
Main Performer: Gerald Moore (Piano), Margaret Ritchie (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Gerald Moore, Margaret Ritchie
Work 4
Work Title: Orfeo ed Euridice
Excerpt(s): 1. Che farò senza Euridice
Composer: Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1762
Date Recorded: 1950
Conductor: James Robertson
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Jean Watson (Contralto (Female alto))
Opera Part(s): Jean Watson
Work 5
Work Title: (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville'
Excerpt(s): 1. Largo al factotum
Composer: Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1816
Date Recorded: 1947
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Orchestra / Ensemble: New London Opera Orchestra
Main Performer: William Dickie (Baritone)
Opera Part(s): William Dickie
Work 6
Work Title: (La) Favorita
Excerpt(s): 1. Spirto gentil
Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1843
Date Recorded: 1949
Conductor: Stanford Robinson
Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Main Performer: Tano Ferendinos (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Tano Ferendinos
Work 7
Work Title: (L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love'
Excerpt(s): 1. Una furtiva lagrima
Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1832
Date Recorded: 1952
Conductor: Vilem Tausky
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Walter Midgley
Work 8
Work Title: Martha
Excerpt(s): 1. Letzte Rose (Ballad)
Composer: Friedrich (Adolf Ferdinand) von Flotow (1812 - 1883)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1847
Date Recorded: 1945
Conductor: Boyd Neel
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Boyd) Neel String Orchestra
Main Performer: Ada Alsop (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Ada Alsop
Work 9
Work Title: Carmen
Excerpt(s): 1. Votre toast (Toreador's Song)
Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1875
Date Recorded: 1948
Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Redvers Llewellyn (Baritone)
Opera Part(s): Redvers Llewellyn
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Work 10
Work Title: Otello
Excerpt(s): 1. Tu?! Indietro! fuggi!
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1887
Date Recorded: 1924
Conductor: Albert Ketèlbey
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Main Performer: Frank Mullings (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Frank Mullings
Work 11
Work Title: Otello
Excerpt(s): 1. Piangea cantando (Willow Song)
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1887
Date Recorded: 1937
Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Main Performer: Joan Cross (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Joan Cross
Work 12
Work Title: Esmeralda
Excerpt(s): 1. O vision entrancing
Composer: Arthur Goring Thomas (1850 - 1892)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1883 Revised 1890
Date Recorded: 1930
Conductor: Malcolm Sargent
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Main Performer: Walter Widdop (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Walter Widdop
Work 13
Work Title: (Die) Meistersinger von Nürnberg, '(The) Mastersingers of Nuremberg'
Excerpt(s): 1. Morgenlich leuchtend (Prize Song)
Composer: (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1868
Date Recorded: 1930
Conductor: Malcolm Sargent
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Main Performer: Walter Widdop (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Walter Widdop
Work 14
Work Title: Manon Lescaut
Excerpt(s): 1. In quelle trine morbide
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1893
Date Recorded: 1947
Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Dame Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Dame Joan Hammond
Work 15
Work Title: (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'
Excerpt(s): 1. Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell)
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1896
Date Recorded: 1937
Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Main Performer: Joan Cross (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Joan Cross
Work 16
Work Title: Tosca
Excerpt(s): 1. Non la sospiri
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1900
Date Recorded: 1948
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Dame Joan Hammond (Soprano), Heddle Nash (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Dame Joan Hammond, Heddle Nash
Work 17
Work Title: Turandot
Excerpt(s): 1. Non piangere, Liù!
2. Nessun dorma!
Work 19
Excerpt(s): 1. Glück, das mir verblieb (Mariettalied)
Work 17
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1926
Date Recorded: 1947
Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood
Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Main Performer: John McHugh (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): John McHugh
Work 18
Work Title: Geneviève de Brabant
Excerpt(s): 1. Gendarme's Duet
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1859
Date Recorded: 1933
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Main Performer: Harold Williams (Baritone), Malcolm McEachern (Bass)
Opera Part(s): Harold Williams, Malcolm McEachern
Work 19
Work Title: (Die) tote Stadt, Op. 12
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1920
Date Recorded: 1955
Conductor: Walter Susskind
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Dame Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Dame Joan Hammond
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