Verdi: A Masked Ball

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CD available From: 06 September 2004

Opera - The Masked Ball

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

A Masked Ball

126:18

Melodramma in three acts

Libretto by Antonio Somma, English translation by Amanda Holden

COMPACT DISC ONE

Prelude

4:04

Act I

Scene 1

'Rest Gustavus, may sweet dreams restore you'

1:37

Oficers, Gentlemen, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen

'The King approaches'

1:41

Oscar, Gustavus

'There shall I gaze in ecstasy'

2:03

Gustavus, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen, Oscar, Officers, Gentlemen

'Go with the others and wait until I call you'

2:30

Gustavus, Oscar, Anckarstroem

'Please reflect upon your duty'

2:41

Anckarstroem

'The Lord Chief Justice!'

1:30

'She conjures from afar, thunder and lightning'

1:50

Oscar, Gustavus, Lord Chief Justice

'My friends, will you come with me'

0:49

Gustavus, Anckarstroem, Oscar, Ribbing, Horn

'We can all go and see her together'

2:06

Gustavus, Anckarstroem, Oscar, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen

Scene 2

'Quiet. . . her trance must not be interrupted. . .'

3:47

Women, Children, Ulrike

'I'm first to be here!'

2:30

Gustavus, Women, Children, Ulrike

'Allow me to enter'

0:58

Cristian, Ulrike, Gustavus

'You can rest assured'

2:12

Ulrike, Cristian, Gustavus,Women, Servant

'What brings you here to me?'

1:26

'Step out towards the sunset'

1:20

Ulrike, Amelia, Gustavus

'Oh, help me, God in heaven'

2:05

Amelia, Ulrike, Gustavus, Voices

'Rise, great enchantress, speak to us all'

0:44

Ribbing, Horn, Men, Oscar, Gustavus

'Do you see the furious billows abating'

2:53

Gustavus, Oscar, Chorus

'Reckless stranger, your words are defiant'

2:29

Ulrike, Gustavus, Ribbing, Oscar

'Her crazy crystal-gazing'

3:29

Gustavus, Ulrike, Ribbing, Horn, Oscar, Chorus

'One thing you've yet to tell me'

4:09

Gustavus, Ulrike, Oscar, Chorus, Ribbing, Horn, Anckarstroem, Cristian

Act II

[Prelude]

2:04

'Here I am in this place of retribution'

1:25

'When I pluck these dark stems'

4:58

Amelia

'Here at last'

1:22

'You must know that I too have been aching'

4:03

'The sweetest words I ever heard'

3:22

Gustavus, Amelia

'Oh God! Someone is here!'

1:59

Amelia, Gustavus, Anckarstroem

'My friend, I ask you a personal favour'

0:57

Gustavus, Anckarstroem

'Do you hear how the menacing voices'

2:05

Amelia, Anckarstroem, Gustavus

'Stay close to me'

2:20

Anckarstroem, Amelia, Conspirators, Ribbing, Horn

'We interrupt their stolen kisses'

4:40

Ribbing, Horn, Anckarstroem, Amelia, Conspirators

78:24

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act III

Scene 1

'Your offence is not forgiven'

2:11

Anckarstroem, Amelia

'I go, but in compassion'

4:22

Amelia, Anckarstroem

'Stand up! I permit you to see your son'

1:59

'Shame on you, who defiled my beloved'

4:05

Anckarstroem

'We are gathered. Now hear me'

1:21

Anckarstroem

'I'm with you'

1:07

'Let us all by our shame be united'

0:48

Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn

'One indulgence I ask of you'

4:01

Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn, Amelia

'So which name has been chosen?'

1:17

Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Amelia, Horn

'Now Oscar may enter'

1:05

Anckarstroem, Oscar, Amelia, Ribbing, Horn

'Ah! I know that something wonderful'

2:52

Oscar, Amelia, Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn

Scene 2

'Perhaps she is safely home now'

2:35

'But if your light is lost to me'

2:36

Gustavus

'Ah! She is there. How can I see her'

1:30

Gustavus, Oscar

Scene 3

'The hall is filled with laughter'

2:10

Chorus, Ribbing, Anckarstroem, Horn, Oscar

'Why are you caring?'

1:59

Oscar

'The hall is filled with laughter'

1:49

Chorus, Anckarstroem, Oscar

'Ah! You are here!. . .'

4:24

Amelia, Gustavus

'This is how I embrace you!'

1:14

Anckarstroem, Gustavus, Amelia, Oscar, Chorus

'She is blameless: as death approaches'

4:20

Gustavus, Amelia, Oscar, Anckarstroem, Chorus, Ribbing, Horn

47:54

Dennis O'Neill tenor - Gustavus III, King of Sweden

Anthony Michaels-Moore baritone - Count Anckarstroem

Susan Patterson soprano - Amelia

Jill Grove mezzo-soprano - Ulrike Arvidson

Linda Richardson soprano - Oscar

Christopher Purves baritone - Count Ribbing

Brindley Sherratt bass - Count Horn

Roland Wood baritone - Cristian

Ashley Catling tenor - Amelia's Servant/Lord Chief Justice

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra

David Parry

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

10, 11, 13, 14 & 15 July 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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