Libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner,with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Treitschke, after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal
English translation by David Pountney
COMPACT DISC ONE
1
Overture
6:31
Act I
Scene 1
2
No. 1 Duet: 'These people could drive you berserk'
4:55
Jaquino, Marzellina, Rocco
3
No. 2 Aria: 'If only we could marry today'
4:31
Marzellina, Rocco, Leonora
4
No. 3 Quartet: 'A wonder, clear and pure'
4:34
Marzellina, Leonora, Rocco, Jaquino
5
No. 4 Aria: 'If you don't save up your money'
3:35
Rocco, Leonora, Marzellina
6
No. 5 Trio: 'Good, that's the stuff!. . .'
5:51
Rocco, Leonora, Marzellina
Scene 2
7
No. 6 March -
1:45
Dialogue: 'This handwriting seems familiar'
Pizarro
8
No. 7 Aria with choir: 'Ah! This is ecstasy!'
3:24
Pizarro, Chorus of sentries
9
No. 8 Duet: 'Now, Warder, listen!'
5:20
Pizarro, Rocco
10
No. 9 Recitative and Aria: 'Vile murderer! Sadistic swine!'
1:56
11
'Come hope, you faint and distant star'
5:12
Leonora
12
Dialogue: 'But Marzellina. . .'
0:45
Jaquino, Marzellina, Rocco, Leonora
13
No. 10 Finale: 'Oh, what delight to breathe the air'
7:38
Chorus, First prisoner, Second prisoner
14
'What did he say?'
2:20
Leonora, Rocco
15
'Let's down to work, for time is pressing'
2:36
Rocco, Leonora
16
'Oh father, do be quick!'
0:41
Marzellina, Rocco, Jaquino, Leonora
17
'Presumptuous idiot, who are you to take such a liberty'
1:43
Pizarro, Rocco
18
'Farewell, the warm and radiant light'
4:19
Chorus of Prisoners, Marzellina, Leonora, Jaquino, Pizarro, Rocco
67:40
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
1
No. 11 Introduction and Aria: Introduction
3:14
2
Aria: 'God! The darkest hours'
1:51
3
'In the spring of youthful promise'
4:52
Florestan
4
No. 12 Melodrama and Duet: 'How cold it is in these dungeons'
1:51
Leonora, Rocco
5
'Now bend your back, let's see you working'
5:00
Rocco, Leonora, Florestan
6
No. 13 Trio: 'In a better world, they surely shall applaud you'
6:13
Florestan, Rocco, Leonora, Pizarro
7
No. 14 Quartet: 'You perish!'
4:44
Pizarro, Florestan, Leonora, Rocco, Jaquino
8
No. 15 Duet: 'Oh joy beyond all understanding'
2:48
Leonora, Florestan
Scene 2
9
No. 16 Finale: 'Hear! Hear! Hear how the world wildly rejoices'
2:03
Chorus of People
10
'My noble sovereign's will and order'
4:09
Fernando, Chorus of people and prisoners, Rocco, Pizzaro, Leonora, Marzellina
