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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

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CHAN 3113
 
Multiple Set of 3 CDs
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Running Time: 163:41

Release Date: August 2004
Originally recorded in September 2003
Composer (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Baritone Voice baritone - Count
William Dazeley
Soprano Voice soprano - Countess
Yvonne Kenny
Solo soprano - Susanna
Rebecca Evans
Baritone Voice bass-baritone - Figaro
Christopher Purves
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Cherubino
Diana Montague
Solo baritone - Bartolo
Jonathan Veira
Solo mezzo-soprano - Marcellina
Frances McCafferty
Solo baritone - Basilio
Emily Hall
Solo tenor - Don Curzio
Stuart Kale
Solo bass - Antonio
Graham Danby
Soprano Voice soprano - Barbarina
Sarah Tynan
Solo soprano - Girl
Yvette Bonner
Solo soprano - Girl
Victoria Joyce
Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Conductor
David Parry
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Michael Common
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English

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Opera - The Marriage of Figaro

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

(1756-1791)

The Marriage of Figaro

163:57
Opera buffa in three acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, English translation by Jeremy Sams
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Overture
3:54
Act I (41:16)
2.
'Fifteen, sixteen, twenty, thirty'
2:44
Figaro, Susanna
3.
'What on earth are you measuring'
0:50
4.
'Supposing one evening the Countess'
2:35
5.
'All right. Shut up and listen'
1:52
Susanna, Figaro
6.
'Bravo, my lord and master!'
0:54
7.
'So, little master, you're dressed to go dancing'
2:35
Figaro
8.
'But why did you wait till the day of the wedding'
1:05
Bartolo, Marcellina
9.
'Now for vengeance, glorious vengeance!'
2:59
Bartolo
10.
'So all is not lost'
0:47
11.
'I bow to your grace'
2:10
Marcellina, Susanna
12.
'Good riddance, you old spinster'
2:09
Susanna, Cherubino
13.
'I don't know what it is that I'm feeling'
2:54
Cherubino
14.
'Now I'm done for!'
1:30
Cherubino, Susanna, Count, Basilio
15.
'Susanna, heaven bless you!'
2:03
Basilio, Susanna, Count
16.
'It's outrageous! Search the castle'
4:20
Count, Basilio, Susanna
17.
'Basilio, run and tell Figaro to come here'
1:01
Count, Susanna, Cherubino, Basilio
18.
'Praise and adore him' (I)
1:09
Chorus
19.
'So what is all this nonsense?'
1:36
Count, Figaro, Susanna
20.
'Praise and adore him' (II)
1:01
Chorus
21.
'God bless you!'
1:11
Figaro, Susanna, Basilio, Cherubino
22.
'Here's an end to your life as a rover'
3:51
Figaro
45:14
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II (46:21)
1.
'Hear my prayer, humbly I beg you'
3:40
Countess
2.
'Come here, dear Susanna, and finish your story'
3:06
Countess, Susanna, Figaro
3.
'How it grieves me, Susanna'
1:22
Countess, Susanna, Cherubino
4.
'Tell me what love is'
2:41
Cherubino
5.
'Bravo, your voice is lovely!'
1:08
Countess, Susanna, Cherubino
6.
'Kneel down and let me look at you'
2:54
Susanna
7.
'Enough of this nonsense!'
3:00
Countess, Susanna, Cherubino, Count
8.
'What does this mean?'
1:25
Count, Countess
9.
'Come out of there, Susanna!'
3:00
Count, Countess, Susanna
10.
'So you're proposing not to open it?'
1:00
Count, Countess
11.
'Don't worry, Cherubino'
1:02
Susanna, Cherubino
12.
'Look at the little devil!'
0:21
Susanna
13.
'Everything as I left it'
1:24
Count, Countess
14.
'Out you come, you vile seducer'
2:54
Count, Countess
15.
'You called, sir?'
1:21
Susanna, Count, Countess
16.
'I cannot believe it'
3:31
Countess, Susanna, Count
17.
'The wedding procession is ready and waiting'
3:13
Figaro, Count, Susanna, Countess
18.
'Oh, my lord!, My lord!'
5:34
Antonio, Count, Countess, Susanna, Figaro
19.
'Noble lord, we come for justice'
3:41
Marcellina, Basilio, Bartolo, Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna
46:21
COMPACT DISC THREE
Act III (40:29)
1.
'This is very perplexing!'
0:58
Count
2.
'Don't be afraid!'
1:40
Countess, Count, Susanna
3.
'How could you be so cruel'
2:29
4.
'But I don't understand'
0:39
Count, Susanna
5.
'Hey, Susanna, how's it going?'
0:10
Figaro, Susanna
6.
' ''You've won the case already'' '
1:29
7.
'Must I be made to suffer'
3:11
Count
8.
'Come on, come on, Cherubino'
0:43
Barbarina, Cherubino
9.
'And Susanna's not here'
1:53
10.
'I remember his love so tender'
4:32
Countess
11.
'The case is decided'
2:04
Curzio, Marcellina, Figaro, Count, Basilio
12.
'Darling boy, let me embrace you'
4:49
Marcellina, Figaro, Bartolo, Curzio, Count, Susanna
13.
'This is our little baby'
1:18
Marcellina, Bartolo, Susanna, Figaro
14.
'I must warn you, my lord'
0:29
Antonio, Count
15.
'That's amazing!'
0:41
Countess, Susanna
16.
'. . .the breezes. . .'
2:35
17.
'That should do the trick!'
0:26
Susanna, Countess
18.
'Gentle lady, may these presents'
1:13
Girls
19.
'Madam, with your permission'
0:47
Barbarina, Countess, Susanna
20.
'Hey, what did I tell you!'
1:07
Antonio, Countess, Susanna, Count, Cherubino
21.
'My lord, if you detain these lovely girls'
1:13
Figaro, Count, Countess, Susanna, Antonio
22.
'Now I can hear them'
1:57
Figaro, Susanna, Count, Countess, Serving girls, Chorus
23.
'As true-hearted lovers'
4:07
Chorus
Act IV (31:43)
24.
'I have lost it, I'm so stupid'
1:32
Barbarina
25.
'Barbarina, what's happened?'
1:14
Figaro, Barbarino, Marcellina
26.
'Mother!'
0:50
Figaro, Marcellina
27.
'The pavilion on the right'
0:41
Barbarina
28.
'That's Barbarina! Who goes there?'
0:36
Figaro, Basilio, Bartolo
29.
'Everything's ready; the hour of reckoning is at hand'
1:28
30.
'You foolish slaves of Cupid'
2:47
Figaro
31.
'My lady, Marcellina says Figaro will be here'
0:18
Susanna, Marcellina
32.
'My lady, you are trembling'
0:38
Susanna, Countess, Figaro
33.
'At last, the moment I've longed for'
1:21
34.
'Come quickly my beloved, I implore you'
3:34
Susanna
35.
'Treachery! Now I see how she has deceived me!'
0:36
Figaro, Countess, Cherubino
36.
'I'll approach her, oh so softly'
1:11
Cherubino, Countess
37.
'Here she is, my dear Susanna'
1:48
Count, Susanna, Figaro, Cherubino, Countess
38.
'Now we're alone together'
2:38
Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna
39.
'Night shrouds the world in mystery'
3:43
Figaro, Susanna
40.
'I surrender, my love'
1:57
Figaro, Susanna, Count
41.
'Quickly, bring your weapons!'
4:52
Count, Figaro, Basilio, Curzio, Antonio, Bartolo, Susanna, Cherubino, Barbarina, Marcellina
72:22
Solo: Rebecca Evans soprano - Susanna
Solo: Jonathan Veira baritone - Bartolo
Solo: Frances McCafferty mezzo-soprano - Marcellina
Solo: Emily Hall baritone - Basilio
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Don Curzio
Solo: Graham Danby bass - Antonio
Solo: Yvette Bonner soprano - Girl
Solo: Victoria Joyce soprano - Girl
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Conductor: David Parry
1-7 September 2003






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