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Verdi: A Masked Ball

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CHAN 3116
 
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Verdi: A Masked Ball
Running Time: 125:53
Release Date: September 2004
Composer (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Verdi
Solo tenor - Gustavus III, King of Sweden
Dennis O'Neill
Solo baritone - Count Anckarstroem
Anthony Michaels-Moore
Solo soprano - Amelia
Susan Patterson
Solo mezzo-soprano - Ulrike Arvidson
Jill Grove
Solo soprano - Oscar
Linda Richardson
Solo baritone - Count Ribbing
Christopher Purves
Solo bass - Count Horn
Brindley Sherratt
Solo baritone - Cristian
Roland Wood
Solo tenor - Amelia's Servant/Lord Chief Justice
Ashley Catling
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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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GIUSEPPE VERDI

(1813-1901)

A Masked Ball

126:18
Melodramma in three acts
Libretto by Antonio Somma, English translation by Amanda Holden
1.
Prelude
4:04
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Act I
Scene 1
2.
'Rest Gustavus, may sweet dreams restore you'
1:37
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Oficers, Gentlemen, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen
3.
'The King approaches'
1:41
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Oscar, Gustavus
4.
'There shall I gaze in ecstasy'
2:03
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Gustavus, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen, Oscar, Officers, Gentlemen
5.
'Go with the others and wait until I call you'
2:30
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Gustavus, Oscar, Anckarstroem
6.
'Please reflect upon your duty'
2:41
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Anckarstroem
7.
'The Lord Chief Justice!'
1:30
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8.
'She conjures from afar, thunder and lightning'
1:50
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Oscar, Gustavus, Lord Chief Justice
9.
'My friends, will you come with me'
0:49
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Gustavus, Anckarstroem, Oscar, Ribbing, Horn
10.
'We can all go and see her together'
2:06
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Gustavus, Anckarstroem, Oscar, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen
Scene 2
11.
'Quiet. . . her trance must not be interrupted. . .'
3:47
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Women, Children, Ulrike
12.
'I'm first to be here!'
2:30
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Gustavus, Women, Children, Ulrike
13.
'Allow me to enter'
0:58
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Cristian, Ulrike, Gustavus
14.
'You can rest assured'
2:12
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Ulrike, Cristian, Gustavus,Women, Servant
15.
'What brings you here to me?'
1:26
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16.
'Step out towards the sunset'
1:20
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Ulrike, Amelia, Gustavus
17.
'Oh, help me, God in heaven'
2:05
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Amelia, Ulrike, Gustavus, Voices
18.
'Rise, great enchantress, speak to us all'
0:44
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Ribbing, Horn, Men, Oscar, Gustavus
19.
'Do you see the furious billows abating'
2:53
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Gustavus, Oscar, Chorus
20.
'Reckless stranger, your words are defiant'
2:29
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Ulrike, Gustavus, Ribbing, Oscar
21.
'Her crazy crystal-gazing'
3:29
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Gustavus, Ulrike, Ribbing, Horn, Oscar, Chorus
22.
'One thing you've yet to tell me'
4:09
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Gustavus, Ulrike, Oscar, Chorus, Ribbing, Horn, Anckarstroem, Cristian
Act II
23.
[Prelude]
2:04
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24.
'Here I am in this place of retribution'
1:25
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25.
'When I pluck these dark stems'
4:58
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Amelia
26.
'Here at last'
1:22
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27.
'You must know that I too have been aching'
4:03
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28.
'The sweetest words I ever heard'
3:22
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Gustavus, Amelia
29.
'Oh God! Someone is here!'
1:59
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Amelia, Gustavus, Anckarstroem
30.
'My friend, I ask you a personal favour'
0:57
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Gustavus, Anckarstroem
31.
'Do you hear how the menacing voices'
2:05
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Amelia, Anckarstroem, Gustavus
32.
'Stay close to me'
2:20
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Anckarstroem, Amelia, Conspirators, Ribbing, Horn
33.
'We interrupt their stolen kisses'
4:40
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Ribbing, Horn, Anckarstroem, Amelia, Conspirators
Act III
Scene 1
34.
'Your offence is not forgiven'
2:11
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Anckarstroem, Amelia
35.
'I go, but in compassion'
4:22
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Amelia, Anckarstroem
36.
'Stand up! I permit you to see your son'
1:59
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37.
'Shame on you, who defiled my beloved'
4:05
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Anckarstroem
38.
'We are gathered. Now hear me'
1:21
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Anckarstroem
39.
'I'm with you'
1:07
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40.
'Let us all by our shame be united'
0:48
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Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn
41.
'One indulgence I ask of you'
4:01
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Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn, Amelia
42.
'So which name has been chosen?'
1:17
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Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Amelia, Horn
43.
'Now Oscar may enter'
1:05
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Anckarstroem, Oscar, Amelia, Ribbing, Horn
44.
'Ah! I know that something wonderful'
2:52
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Oscar, Amelia, Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn
Scene 2
45.
'Perhaps she is safely home now'
2:35
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46.
'But if your light is lost to me'
2:36
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Gustavus
47.
'Ah! She is there. How can I see her'
1:30
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Gustavus, Oscar
Scene 3
48.
'The hall is filled with laughter'
2:10
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Chorus, Ribbing, Anckarstroem, Horn, Oscar
49.
'Why are you caring?'
1:59
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Oscar
50.
'The hall is filled with laughter'
1:49
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Chorus, Anckarstroem, Oscar
51.
'Ah! You are here!. . .'
4:24
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Amelia, Gustavus
52.
'This is how I embrace you!'
1:14
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Anckarstroem, Gustavus, Amelia, Oscar, Chorus
53.
'She is blameless: as death approaches'
4:20
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Gustavus, Amelia, Oscar, Anckarstroem, Chorus, Ribbing, Horn
Solo: Dennis O'Neill tenor - Gustavus III, King of Sweden
Solo: Anthony Michaels-Moore baritone - Count Anckarstroem
Solo: Susan Patterson soprano - Amelia
Solo: Jill Grove mezzo-soprano - Ulrike Arvidson
Solo: Linda Richardson soprano - Oscar
Solo: Christopher Purves baritone - Count Ribbing
Solo: Brindley Sherratt bass - Count Horn
Solo: Roland Wood baritone - Cristian
Solo: Ashley Catling tenor - Amelia's Servant/Lord Chief Justice
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
10, 11, 13, 14 & 15 July 2003

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GIUSEPPE VERDI

(1813-1901)

A Masked Ball

126:18
Melodramma in three acts
Libretto by Antonio Somma, English translation by Amanda Holden
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Prelude
4:04
Act I
Scene 1
2.
'Rest Gustavus, may sweet dreams restore you'
1:37
Oficers, Gentlemen, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen
3.
'The King approaches'
1:41
Oscar, Gustavus
4.
'There shall I gaze in ecstasy'
2:03
Gustavus, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen, Oscar, Officers, Gentlemen
5.
'Go with the others and wait until I call you'
2:30
Gustavus, Oscar, Anckarstroem
6.
'Please reflect upon your duty'
2:41
Anckarstroem
7.
'The Lord Chief Justice!'
1:30
8.
'She conjures from afar, thunder and lightning'
1:50
Oscar, Gustavus, Lord Chief Justice
9.
'My friends, will you come with me'
0:49
Gustavus, Anckarstroem, Oscar, Ribbing, Horn
10.
'We can all go and see her together'
2:06
Gustavus, Anckarstroem, Oscar, Ribbing, Horn, Henchmen
Scene 2
11.
'Quiet. . . her trance must not be interrupted. . .'
3:47
Women, Children, Ulrike
12.
'I'm first to be here!'
2:30
Gustavus, Women, Children, Ulrike
13.
'Allow me to enter'
0:58
Cristian, Ulrike, Gustavus
14.
'You can rest assured'
2:12
Ulrike, Cristian, Gustavus,Women, Servant
15.
'What brings you here to me?'
1:26
16.
'Step out towards the sunset'
1:20
Ulrike, Amelia, Gustavus
17.
'Oh, help me, God in heaven'
2:05
Amelia, Ulrike, Gustavus, Voices
18.
'Rise, great enchantress, speak to us all'
0:44
Ribbing, Horn, Men, Oscar, Gustavus
19.
'Do you see the furious billows abating'
2:53
Gustavus, Oscar, Chorus
20.
'Reckless stranger, your words are defiant'
2:29
Ulrike, Gustavus, Ribbing, Oscar
21.
'Her crazy crystal-gazing'
3:29
Gustavus, Ulrike, Ribbing, Horn, Oscar, Chorus
22.
'One thing you've yet to tell me'
4:09
Gustavus, Ulrike, Oscar, Chorus, Ribbing, Horn, Anckarstroem, Cristian
Act II
23.
[Prelude]
2:04
24.
'Here I am in this place of retribution'
1:25
25.
'When I pluck these dark stems'
4:58
Amelia
26.
'Here at last'
1:22
27.
'You must know that I too have been aching'
4:03
28.
'The sweetest words I ever heard'
3:22
Gustavus, Amelia
29.
'Oh God! Someone is here!'
1:59
Amelia, Gustavus, Anckarstroem
30.
'My friend, I ask you a personal favour'
0:57
Gustavus, Anckarstroem
31.
'Do you hear how the menacing voices'
2:05
Amelia, Anckarstroem, Gustavus
32.
'Stay close to me'
2:20
Anckarstroem, Amelia, Conspirators, Ribbing, Horn
33.
'We interrupt their stolen kisses'
4:40
Ribbing, Horn, Anckarstroem, Amelia, Conspirators
: 78:24
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
Scene 1
1.
'Your offence is not forgiven'
2:11
Anckarstroem, Amelia
2.
'I go, but in compassion'
4:22
Amelia, Anckarstroem
3.
'Stand up! I permit you to see your son'
1:59
4.
'Shame on you, who defiled my beloved'
4:05
Anckarstroem
5.
'We are gathered. Now hear me'
1:21
Anckarstroem
6.
'I'm with you'
1:07
7.
'Let us all by our shame be united'
0:48
Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn
8.
'One indulgence I ask of you'
4:01
Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn, Amelia
9.
'So which name has been chosen?'
1:17
Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Amelia, Horn
10.
'Now Oscar may enter'
1:05
Anckarstroem, Oscar, Amelia, Ribbing, Horn
11.
'Ah! I know that something wonderful'
2:52
Oscar, Amelia, Anckarstroem, Ribbing, Horn
Scene 2
12.
'Perhaps she is safely home now'
2:35
13.
'But if your light is lost to me'
2:36
Gustavus
14.
'Ah! She is there. How can I see her'
1:30
Gustavus, Oscar
Scene 3
15.
'The hall is filled with laughter'
2:10
Chorus, Ribbing, Anckarstroem, Horn, Oscar
16.
'Why are you caring?'
1:59
Oscar
17.
'The hall is filled with laughter'
1:49
Chorus, Anckarstroem, Oscar
18.
'Ah! You are here!. . .'
4:24
Amelia, Gustavus
19.
'This is how I embrace you!'
1:14
Anckarstroem, Gustavus, Amelia, Oscar, Chorus
20.
'She is blameless: as death approaches'
4:20
Gustavus, Amelia, Oscar, Anckarstroem, Chorus, Ribbing, Horn
: 47:54
Solo: Dennis O'Neill tenor - Gustavus III, King of Sweden
Solo: Anthony Michaels-Moore baritone - Count Anckarstroem
Solo: Susan Patterson soprano - Amelia
Solo: Jill Grove mezzo-soprano - Ulrike Arvidson
Solo: Linda Richardson soprano - Oscar
Solo: Christopher Purves baritone - Count Ribbing
Solo: Brindley Sherratt bass - Count Horn
Solo: Roland Wood baritone - Cristian
Solo: Ashley Catling tenor - Amelia's Servant/Lord Chief Justice
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
10, 11, 13, 14 & 15 July 2003




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