Puccini
1 Turandot Calaf's Aria 'None may sleep!'
Verdi
2 Luisa Miller Rodolfo's Aria
'Oft in the quiet evening hour...'
3 The Lombards at the First Crusade Oronte's Cavatina
'My heart is full of happiness'
4 The Force of Destiny Alvaro's Recitative & Romance
'I am condemned to live in torment...'
5 'You who are among th'angelic host...'
6 A Masked Ball Gustavus & Amelia's Duet
'Take my hand...'
7 'Don't you know in my heart and my spirit...'
8 'The sweetest glowing fire of love...'
with Susan Bullock, soprano
Donizetti
9 Lucia of Lammermoor Aria Finale
'My ancestors lie here buried...'
10 'A lonley grave will shelter me'
11 'Such misfortune!...'
12 'Rest in peace...'
with Clive Bayley, bass (PMF Scholar)
and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (men's voices)
Verdi
13 The Force of Destiny Don Carlos & Alvaro's Duet
'Careful... Lay him here...'
14 'In death's awful shadow...'
with Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone & Clive Bayley, bass (PMF Scholar)
Cilea
15 The Maid of Arles Federico's Lament 'Surely the shepherd's story is a sad one...'
Massenet
16 Manon Des Grieux's Dream Song 'Enchanting hour...' - 'When I close my eyes...'
Meyerbeer
17 The African Maid Vasco's Recitative & Aria 'What a wondrous sight ...' - 'Oh land of dreams...'
Puccini
18 Manon Lescaut Des Grieux's Aria 'Never has any woman moved me so deeply...'
Puccini
19 Turandot Calaf's Aria 'Don't cry for me Lił!'
20 Giordano's Fedora Count Loris Ipanov's Aria 'A love so pow'rful...'
Bizet
21 The Pearl Fishers Nadir & Zurga's Duet 'And from the holy shrine...'
with Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London, 5-7 January 1998
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens, Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker
