Opera - Il Trovatore (The Troubadour)
| | Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
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| | | | Text by Salvatore Cammarano, from the drama El trovador by Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez | | | | | | English Translation by Tom Hammond | | | 1 | | 'Wake up, there, wake up, there!' | 3:06 | | | | | Ferrando, Servants and Soldiers | | | 2 | | 'Heav'n had giv'n my old master' | 7:45 | | | | | Ferrando, Servants and Soldiers | | | 3 | | 'Come, wait no longer' | 2:13 | | 4 | | 'The stars shone in the heav'ns above' | 4:58 | | 5 | | 'No words can tell the measure' | 1:42 | | 6 | | 'How still the night is' | 2:08 | | 7 | | 'The Troubadour! The madman!' - | 2:23 | | | | | 'Though naught on earth is left me' | | | | | | Count di Luna, Manrico and Leonora | | | | | | Leonora, Count di Luna and Manrico | | | 9 | | 'Jealous fury and slighted passion' | 2:34 | | | | | Count di Luna, Leonora and Manrico | | | 10 | | 'See how the shadowy clouds are flying' ('Anvil Chorus') | 2:42 | | 11 | | 'Fierce flames are raging' | 5:57 | | | | | Azucena, Gipsies and Manrico | | | 12 | | 'They brought her, fettered and pow'rless' | 7:59 | | 13 | | 'As we struggled he stumbled before me' | 4:37 | | | | | Manrico, Azucena and a Messenger | | | 14 | | 'You are still too weak to venture' | 2:19 | | 15 | | 'All is deserted' | 1:54 | | | | | Count di Luna and Ferrando | | | 16 | | 'In the stars that shine above me' | 4:19 | | | | | Count di Luna and Ferrando | | | 17 | | 'The hour has come, no more delay' | 3:03 | | | | | Ferrando, Retainers and Count di Luna | | | 18 | | 'Here in this world of sorrow' | 5:07 | | | | | Nuns, Count di Luna, Ferrando, Retainers, Leonora and Inez | | | 19 | | 'Oh, can it be, can I believe' | 4:46 | | | | | Leonora, Count di Luna, Manrico, Inez, Ferrando, Nuns, Retainers, Ruiz and Followers | | | 1 | | 'Though today we take our leisure' ('Soldiers' Chorus') | 4:34 | | 2 | | 'She's in my rival's arms!' | 2:29 | | | | | Count di Luna, Ferrando, Guards and Azucena | | | 3 | | 'Though my life was poor and lowly' | 3:12 | | | | | Azucena, Ferrando, Count di Luna and Guards | | | 4 | | 'Ah! Release me from these cruel bonds' | 2:09 | | | | | Azucena, Count di Luna, Ferrando and Guards | | | 5 | | 'But what mean all these sounds of war around us?' | 2:14 | | 6 | | 'When holy church has blessed our love' | 5:06 | | | | | Manrico, Leonora and Ruiz | | | 7 | | 'That fierce inferno, her cruel sentence' | 3:17 | | | | | Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz and Soldiers | | | 9 | | 'Breeze of night, go seek him' | 4:06 | | 10 | | 'Lord, have mercy upon a soul departing' ('Miserere') | 5:13 | | | | | Chorus, Leonora and Manrico | | | 11 | | 'You will see that my devotion' | 2:10 | | | | | Count di Luna and Leonora | | | 13 | | 'See all these bitter tears of mine' | 3:25 | | | | | Leonora and Count di Luna | | | 14 | | 'The man shall live' - | 2:22 | | | | | 'He lives! I cannot speak for joy' | | | | | | Count di Luna and Leonora | | | 15 | | 'Mother, not sleeping?' | 5:26 | | 16 | | 'Yes, let me sleep for my limbss are weary . . .' | 4:46 | | | | | Azucena, Manrico and Leonora | | | 17 | | 'You will not say?' | 3:01 | | | | | Manrico, Leonora and Azucena | | | | | | Manrico, Leonora, Count di Luna and Azucena | | | | Alan Opie baritone - Count di Luna |
| | Clive Bayley bass - Ferrando |
| | Sharon Sweet soprano - Doña Leonora |
| | Helen Williams soprano - Inez |
| | Anne Mason mezzo-soprano - Azucena |
| | Dennis O'Neill tenor - Manrico (The Troubadour) |
| | Mark Le Brocq tenor - Ruiz |
| | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| | Richard Smoker (Assistant) |
| | Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz Originally recorded in: 24 Bit |
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