Verdi: Falstaff

Cat. No. CHAN 3079(2)

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CD available From: 15 April 2002

Opera - Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Falstaff

125:36

Comic opera in three acts

Libretto by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV

English translation by Amanda Holden

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

Scene 1 (16:53)

'Falstaff!'

5:07

Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol

'Your bill, sir'

3:12

Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol

'Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford?'

2:50

Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol

'So now, convey these scorching letters'

1:07

Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph

'Your honour? Vermin!'

4:37

Falstaff

Scene 2 (15:50)

'Dear Alice!'

1:17

Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta

'''Heavenly Alice, let me love you . . .'''

2:36

Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta

'Monster!'

1:34

Quickly, Mag, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford

'Again please'

1:32

Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly

'Pst, pst, Nannetta'

1:45

Fenton, Nannetta

'Falstaff has dared to mock me!'

1:31

Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly

'Back to the jousting . . .'

2:27

Fenton, Nannetta

'You'll gather from his boasting'

1:37

Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton

'Enough of this chattering'

1:32

Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg

Act II

Scene 1 (25:13)

'We're converted, we've reverted'

1:07

Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff

'Sir, your servant!'

2:28

'I've another commission to bring your worship'

2:28

Quickly, Falstaff

'Alice is mine!'

1:20

Falstaff

'Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook'

0:40

Bardolph, Falstaff

'Good sir, may God be with you!'

3:07

Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol

'In Windsor there's a lady'

3:32

'This cruel beauty has a reputation'

3:39

Ford, Falstaff

'I'm dreaming! Or is this true?'

5:05

Ford

'How do I look? I'm ready'

1:47

Falstaff, Ford

58:12

COMPACT DISC TWO

Scene 2 (20:03)

'I think we should propose a bill'

0:40

Alice, Quickly, Meg

'I hurry down the river to the Garter'

1:07

Quickly

'It's really very simple'

2:14

Quickly, Meg, Alice, Quickly

'Witty young women of Windsor . . .'

1:50

Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly

'At last I've caught you'

3:49

Falstaff, Alice

'When I was page to the noble Duke of York'

0:59

Falstaff, Alice, Quickly

'Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg'

1:00

Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg

'He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea'

1:41

Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Meg

'Come here!'

0:50

Nannetta, Fenton

'I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him!'

0:50

Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton

'When I catch you . . .'

3:16

Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice

'It's not him!'

1:45

Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton

Act III

Scene 1 (17:00)

'Hey! Landlord!'

6:36

Falstaff

'Sir, your servant!'

3:19

Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius

'Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding'

4:59

Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton

'Don't forget the lanterns'

2:06

Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta

Scene 2 (30:07)

[Introduction]

1:16

'From lover's lips a happy song'

2:34

Fenton, Nannetta

'Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit'

0:56

Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg

'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes'

3:13

Falstaff

'I hear a nimble footstep'

1:14

Falstaff, Alice, Meg

'Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens'

1:56

Nannetta, Chorus, Falstaff, Alice

'Upon a fragrant breath of night'

4:25

Nannetta, Chorus

'Who goes there?'

0:57

Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus, Ford

'Pinch him and burn him'

0:56

Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus

'Buffoon!'

2:08

Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus

'Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent!'

2:53

Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice

'So the commonest rabble have collected'

1:22

Falstaff, Chorus, Ford

'Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom'

1:11

Ford, Falstaff, Chorus, Alice

'Ha, ha!'

1:55

Falstaff, Pistol, Chorus, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta

'Life is a burst of laughter'

3:11

Falstaff, All

67:24

Andrew Shore baritone - Sir John Falstaff

Yvonne Kenny soprano - Mrs Alice Ford

Ashley Holland baritone - Ford

Susan Gritton soprano - Nannetta

Barry Banks tenor - Fenton

Stuart Kale tenor - Dr Caius

Rebecca de Pont Davies mezzo-soprano - Mistress Quickly

Alice Coote mezzo-soprano - Mrs Meg Page

Clive Bayley bass - Pistol

Richard Roberts tenor - Bardolph

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

Paul Daniel

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

27 May-3 June 2001

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Jonathan Cooper

Christopher Brooke (Assistant)

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

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