Puccini: Turandot

Cat. No. CHAN 3086(2)

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No. of discs: 2

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CD available From: 14 October 2002

Opera - Turandot

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Turandot

118:39

Lyric drama in three acts

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after Gozzi's dramatic fairy-tale

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

'People of proud Peking'

4:11

Mandarin, Crowd, Guards, Liù, Unknown Prince, Timur

'When all was lost'

1:21

Timur, Unknown Prince, Liù, Crowd

'Sharpen the axe!'

2:27

Crowd, Executioner's Assistant

'Is the moon never rising?'

4:45

Crowd

'How young to die!'

5:27

Crowd, Unknown Prince, White Priests of the Procession

'Son, are you mad?'

1:47

Timur, Unknown Prince, Liù, Prince of Persia, Crowd

'What do you want? Who are you?'

1:54

Ping, Pong, Pang, Unknown Prince

'Why so much noise?'

1:45

Turandot's Handmaidens, Ping, Pong, Pang, Unknown Prince, Timur

'Nights without a gleam of starlight . . .'

2:35

Pang, Pong, Ping, Voices of the Shadows, Unknown Prince, Timur

'I beg you, hear me'

2:29

Liù

'Don't cry for me, Liù'

2:07

Unknown Prince, Liù, Timur

'Ah! How can you ignore us?'

2:36

Timur, Liù, Ping, Pong, Pang, Unknown Prince, Crowd

Act II

Scene 1

'Hallo Pang! Hallo Pong!'

3:10

'I've a house in fair Honan'

4:11

Ping, Pong, Pang

'Do you remember when the Royal Prince of Samarkand came?'

5:17

Ping, Voices within, Pong, Pang

Scene 2

'With the three enigmas ready'

4:26

Crowd

'I am the pris'ner of a ghastly promise'

4:20

Emperor, Unknown Prince, Crowd

'People of proud Peking!'

1:50

Mandarin, Crowd

'Within this Palace a story lives forever'

2:38

Turandot, Crowd

'O Princess who in caravans of splendour'

3:24

Turandot, Unknown Prince, Crowd

'O stranger, now listen!'

7:54

Turandot, Unknown Prince, Sages, Emperor, Crowd, Liù

'Emp'ror and father! Son of Heaven!'

3:01

Turandot, Emperor, Crowd, Unknown Prince

'Three enigmas that you asked me'

4:18

Raimondo, Lucia

78:13

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act III

Scene 1

'The Princess Turandot commands'

3:18

Heralds, Distant Voices

'None shall sleep now!'

3:30

Unknown Prince, Women's Voices, Ping, Pong, Pang

'These girls should please you!'

4:07

Ping, Pong, Pang, Maidens, Unknown Prince, Crowd, Guards

'How pale you look, O stranger!'

3:18

Turandot, Unkown Prince, Liù, Crowd, Ping, Timur

'Yes, I love him so deeply!'

3:21

Liù, Turandot, Ping, Unknown Prince, Crowd

'You who with ice are shrouded'

2:58

Liù, Crowd, Unknown Prince

'Liù!. . . Liù!. . . Wake up!'

4:49

Timur, Ping, Crowd, Pong, Pang

'Deathly Princess, so heartless!'

3:24

Unknown Prince, Turandot

'What have you done?'

3:15

Turandot, Unknown Prince, Voices

'I never wept before'

4:47

Turandot, Unknown Prince

Scene 2

'Glory to our Emp'ror!'

3:32

Crowd, Turandot

40:26

Jane Eaglen soprano - Princess Turandot

Nicolai Gedda tenor - The Emperor Altoum

Clive Bayley bass - Timur

Dennis O'Neill tenor - Calaf

Mary Plazas soprano - Liù

Peter Sidhom baritone - Ping

Mark Le Brocq tenor - Pang/Prince of Persia

Peter Wedd tenor - Pong

Simon Bailey baritone - A Mandarin

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

New London Childrens Choir

Philharmonia Orchestra

David Parry

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

28 April- 3 May 2001

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Christopher Brooke (Assistant)

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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