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CHAN 3079
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Verdi: Falstaff
Running Time: 125:05
Release Date: April 2002
Originally recorded in May 2001
Composer (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Baritone Voice baritone - Sir John Falstaff
Andrew Shore
Andrew Shore
Soprano Voice soprano - Mrs Alice Ford
Yvonne Kenny
Yvonne Kenny
Solo baritone - Ford
Ashley Holland
Ashley Holland
Solo soprano - Nannetta
Susan Gritton
Susan Gritton
Tenor Voice tenor - Fenton
Barry Banks
Barry Banks
Solo tenor - Dr Caius
Stuart Kale
Stuart Kale
Solo mezzo-soprano - Mistress Quickly
Rebecca de Pont Davies
Rebecca de Pont Davies
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Mrs Meg Page
Alice Coote
Alice Coote
Solo bass - Pistol
Clive Bayley
Clive Bayley
Solo tenor - Bardolph
Richard Roberts
Richard Roberts
Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper
Engineer (Assistant)
Christopher Brooke
Christopher Brooke
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Temporarily out of stock
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)
1.
'Falstaff!'
5:07
Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
2.
'Your bill, sir'
3:12
Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
3.
'Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford?'
2:50
Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
4.
'So now, convey these scorching letters'
1:07
Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph
5.
'Your honour? Vermin!'
4:37
Falstaff
Scene 2 (15:50)
6.
'Dear Alice!'
1:17
Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta
7.
'''Heavenly Alice, let me love you . . .'''
2:36
Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta
8.
'Monster!'
1:34
Quickly, Mag, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford
9.
'Again please'
1:32
Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly
10.
'Pst, pst, Nannetta'
1:45
Fenton, Nannetta
11.
'Falstaff has dared to mock me!'
1:31
Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly
12.
'Back to the jousting . . .'
2:27
Fenton, Nannetta
13.
'You'll gather from his boasting'
1:37
Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton
14.
'Enough of this chattering'
1:32
Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg
Act II
Scene 1 (25:13)
15.
'We're converted, we've reverted'
1:07
Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff
16.
'Sir, your servant!'
2:28
17.
'I've another commission to bring your worship'
2:28
Quickly, Falstaff
18.
'Alice is mine!'
1:20
Falstaff
19.
'Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook'
0:40
Bardolph, Falstaff
20.
'Good sir, may God be with you!'
3:07
Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
21.
'In Windsor there's a lady'
3:32
22.
'This cruel beauty has a reputation'
3:39
Ford, Falstaff
23.
'I'm dreaming! Or is this true?'
5:05
Ford
24.
'How do I look? I'm ready'
1:47
Falstaff, Ford
58:12
COMPACT DISC TWO
Scene 2 (20:03)
1.
'I think we should propose a bill'
0:40
Alice, Quickly, Meg
2.
'I hurry down the river to the Garter'
1:07
Quickly
3.
'It's really very simple'
2:14
Quickly, Meg, Alice, Quickly
4.
'Witty young women of Windsor . . .'
1:50
Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly
5.
'At last I've caught you'
3:49
Falstaff, Alice
6.
'When I was page to the noble Duke of York'
0:59
Falstaff, Alice, Quickly
7.
'Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg'
1:00
Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg
8.
'He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea'
1:41
Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Meg
9.
'Come here!'
0:50
Nannetta, Fenton
10.
'I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him!'
0:50
Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton
11.
'When I catch you . . .'
3:16
Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice
12.
'It's not him!'
1:45
Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton
Act III
Scene 1 (17:00)
13.
'Hey! Landlord!'
6:36
Falstaff
14.
'Sir, your servant!'
3:19
Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius
15.
'Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding'
4:59
Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton
16.
'Don't forget the lanterns'
2:06
Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta
Scene 2 (30:07)
17.
[Introduction]
1:16
18.
'From lover's lips a happy song'
2:34
Fenton, Nannetta
19.
'Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit'
0:56
Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg
20.
'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes'
3:13
Falstaff
21.
'I hear a nimble footstep'
1:14
Falstaff, Alice, Meg
22.
'Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens'
1:56
Nannetta, Chorus, Falstaff, Alice
23.
'Upon a fragrant breath of night'
4:25
Nannetta, Chorus
24.
'Who goes there?'
0:57
Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus, Ford
25.
'Pinch him and burn him'
0:56
Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus
26.
'Buffoon!'
2:08
Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus
27.
'Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent!'
2:53
Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice
28.
'So the commonest rabble have collected'
1:22
Falstaff, Chorus, Ford
29.
'Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom'
1:11
Ford, Falstaff, Chorus, Alice
30.
'Ha, ha!'
1:55
Falstaff, Pistol, Chorus, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta
31.
'Life is a burst of laughter'
3:11
Falstaff, All
67:24
Solo: Ashley Holland baritone - Ford
Solo: Susan Gritton soprano - Nannetta
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Dr Caius
Solo: Rebecca de Pont Davies mezzo-soprano - Mistress Quickly
Solo: Clive Bayley bass - Pistol
Solo: Richard Roberts tenor - Bardolph
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Daniel
27 May-3 June 2001
