Osmin's Revenge from The Abduction from the Seraglio
3:30
'When they lead you to the scaffold'
(O wie will ich triumphieren)
2
Sarastro's Prayer from The Magic Flute
4:13
'O Isis and Osiris, listen'
with The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Ludvig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
3
Pizarro's Revenge from Fidelio
3:25
'Now, now for my victory!'
(Ha, welch' ein Augenblick!)
with The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
4
Rocco's Aria
2:24
'If you don't have any money'
(Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben)
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
5
Caspar's Song from Der Freischütz (The Free-shooter)
2:24
'On this earth we could not bear'
(Hier im ird'schen Jammetal)
6
Caspar's Aria from Der Freischütz
3:47
'Go! Go! The fatal die is cast!'
(Schweig, Schweig)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
7
Wotan's Monologue from The Rhinegold
6:07
'The bridge leads you homeward -
'Evening rays flood the sky with splendour'
(Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge)
with Colin Lee tenor and Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
8
Dutchman's Monologue from The Flying Dutchman
13:12
'The time comes round'
(Die Frist ist um)
9
Daland's Aria from The Flying Dutchman
5:36
'Senta, my child, please make this stranger warmly welcome'
(Mögst du, mein Kind, den fremden Mann wilkommen heissen!)
10
Pogner's Monologue from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
5:58
'Now hear and attend me well.
The feast of John, Midsummer day'
(Das schöne Fest, Johannistag)
11
Hans Sachs's Flieder Monologue from The Mastersingers
6:32
'My elder tree in flower'
(Was duftet doch der Flieder)
12
Hans Sachs's Wahn Monologue from The Mastersingers
7:57
'Mad, mad, all the world's mad'
(Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
13
Baron Och's Waltz from Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose)
5:58
'Look for my glasses there in my jacket'
(Such' Sie in meiner Taschen meine Brillen)
with Elizabeth Vaughan contralto
Albert Lortzing (1801-1851)
14
Hans Stadlinger's Song from The Armourer (Der Waffenschmied)
5:36
'I used to be young with a fine head of hair'
(Auch ich war ein Jüngling)
78:31
John Tomlinson Bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
14-16 & 18 December 1998 (Der Rosenkavalier; 16-17 October 1999 (Daland's Aria and Flieder Monologue from The Flying Dutchman, and 'If you don't have any money' from Fidelio; 24-27 September 2001 (others)
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Christopher Brooke (Assistant)
Michael Common (Assistant)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz
