Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

Cat. No. CHAN 3113(3)

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CHAN 3113 - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro


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CD available From: 09 August 2004

Opera - The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

The Marriage of Figaro

163:57

Opera buffa in three acts

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, English translation by Jeremy Sams

COMPACT DISC ONE

Overture

3:54

Act I (41:16)

'Fifteen, sixteen, twenty, thirty'

2:44

Figaro, Susanna

'What on earth are you measuring'

0:50

'Supposing one evening the Countess'

2:35

'All right. Shut up and listen'

1:52

Susanna, Figaro

'Bravo, my lord and master!'

0:54

'So, little master, you're dressed to go dancing'

2:35

Figaro

'But why did you wait till the day of the wedding'

1:05

Bartolo, Marcellina

'Now for vengeance, glorious vengeance!'

2:59

Bartolo

'So all is not lost'

0:47

'I bow to your grace'

2:10

Marcellina, Susanna

'Good riddance, you old spinster'

2:09

Susanna, Cherubino

'I don't know what it is that I'm feeling'

2:54

Cherubino

'Now I'm done for!'

1:30

Cherubino, Susanna, Count, Basilio

'Susanna, heaven bless you!'

2:03

Basilio, Susanna, Count

'It's outrageous! Search the castle'

4:20

Count, Basilio, Susanna

'Basilio, run and tell Figaro to come here'

1:01

Count, Susanna, Cherubino, Basilio

'Praise and adore him'

1:09

Chorus

'So what is all this nonsense?'

1:36

Count, Figaro, Susanna

'Praise and adore him'

1:01

Chorus

'God bless you!'

1:11

Figaro, Susanna, Basilio, Cherubino

'Here's an end to your life as a rover'

3:51

Figaro

45:14

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act II (46:21)

'Hear my prayer, humbly I beg you'

3:40

Countess

'Come here, dear Susanna, and finish your story'

3:06

Countess, Susanna, Figaro

'How it grieves me, Susanna'

1:22

Countess, Susanna, Cherubino

'Tell me what love is'

2:41

Cherubino

'Bravo, your voice is lovely!'

1:08

Countess, Susanna, Cherubino

'Kneel down and let me look at you'

2:54

Susanna

'Enough of this nonsense!'

3:00

Countess, Susanna, Cherubino, Count

'What does this mean?'

1:25

Count, Countess

'Come out of there, Susanna!'

3:00

Count, Countess, Susanna

'So you're proposing not to open it?'

1:00

Count, Countess

'Don't worry, Cherubino'

1:02

Susanna, Cherubino

'Look at the little devil!'

0:21

Susanna

'Everything as I left it'

1:24

Count, Countess

'Out you come, you vile seducer'

2:54

Count, Countess

'You called, sir?'

1:21

Susanna, Count, Countess

'I cannot believe it'

3:31

Countess, Susanna, Count

'The wedding procession is ready and waiting'

3:13

Figaro, Count, Susanna, Countess

'Oh, my lord!, My lord!'

5:34

Antonio, Count, Countess, Susanna, Figaro

'Noble lord, we come for justice'

3:41

Marcellina, Basilio, Bartolo, Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna

46:21

COMPACT DISC THREE

Act III (40:29)

'This is very perplexing!'

0:58

Count

'Don't be afraid!'

1:40

Countess, Count, Susanna

'How could you be so cruel'

2:29

'But I don't understand'

0:39

Count, Susanna

'Hey, Susanna, how's it going?'

0:10

Figaro, Susanna

' ''You've won the case already'' '

1:29

'Must I be made to suffer'

3:11

Count

'Come on, come on, Cherubino'

0:43

Barbarina, Cherubino

'And Susanna's not here'

1:53

'I remember his love so tender'

4:32

Countess

'The case is decided'

2:04

Curzio, Marcellina, Figaro, Count, Basilio

'Darling boy, let me embrace you'

4:49

Marcellina, Figaro, Bartolo, Curzio, Count, Susanna

'This is our little baby'

1:18

Marcellina, Bartolo, Susanna, Figaro

'I must warn you, my lord'

0:29

Antonio, Count

'That's amazing!'

0:41

Countess, Susanna

'. . .the breezes. . .'

2:35

'That should do the trick!'

0:26

Susanna, Countess

'Gentle lady, may these presents'

1:13

Girls

'Madam, with your permission'

0:47

Barbarina, Countess, Susanna

'Hey, what did I tell you!'

1:07

Antonio, Countess, Susanna, Count, Cherubino

'My lord, if you detain these lovely girls'

1:13

Figaro, Count, Countess, Susanna, Antonio

'Now I can hear them'

1:57

Figaro, Susanna, Count, Countess, Serving girls, Chorus

'As true-hearted lovers'

4:07

Chorus

Act IV (31:43)

'I have lost it, I'm so stupid'

1:32

Barbarina

'Barbarina, what's happened?'

1:14

Figaro, Barbarino, Marcellina

'Mother!'

0:50

Figaro, Marcellina

'The pavilion on the right'

0:41

Barbarina

'That's Barbarina! Who goes there?'

0:36

Figaro, Basilio, Bartolo

'Everything's ready; the hour of reckoning is at hand'

1:28

'You foolish slaves of Cupid'

2:47

Figaro

'My lady, Marcellina says Figaro will be here'

0:18

Susanna, Marcellina

'My lady, you are trembling'

0:38

Susanna, Countess, Figaro

'At last, the moment I've longed for'

1:21

'Come quickly my beloved, I implore you'

3:34

Susanna

'Treachery! Now I see how she has deceived me!'

0:36

Figaro, Countess, Cherubino

'I'll approach her, oh so softly'

1:11

Cherubino, Countess

'Here she is, my dear Susanna'

1:48

Count, Susanna, Figaro, Cherubino, Countess

'Now we're alone together'

2:38

Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna

'Night shrouds the world in mystery'

3:43

Figaro, Susanna

'I surrender, my love'

1:57

Figaro, Susanna, Count

'Quickly, bring your weapons!'

4:52

Count, Figaro, Basilio, Curzio, Antonio, Bartolo, Susanna, Cherubino, Barbarina, Marcellina

72:22

William Dazeley baritone - Count

Yvonne Kenny soprano - Countess

Rebecca Evans soprano - Susanna

Christopher Purves bass-baritone - Figaro

Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Cherubino

Jonathan Veira baritone - Bartolo

Frances McCafferty mezzo-soprano - Marcellina

John Graham Hall baritone - Basilio

Stuart Kale tenor - Don Curzio

Graham Danby bass - Antonio

Sarah Tynan soprano - Barbarina

Yvette Bonner soprano - Girl

Victoria Joyce soprano - Girl

Philharmonia Orchestra

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

David Parry

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

1-7 September 2003

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Michael Common (Assistant)

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

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