Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 19 - Sir Thomas Allen 2 Opera in English Opera In English

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

(1756-1791)

Papagenos Aria (Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja) from The Magic Flute

2:52

'I'm sure that there could never be'

Figaro's Aria (Non più andrai) from The Marriage of Figaro

3:51

'Here's an end to your life as a rover'

GIUSEPPE VERDI

(1813-1901)

Ford's Monologue (È sogno? O realtà…) from Falstaff

4:37

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

Don Carlos' and Rodrigo's Duet (Dio, che nell'alma infondere) from Don Carlos

5:41

'Listen!' - 'God who has brought us together'

with Gwyn Hughes Jones tenor

Philip Tebb bass

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Macbeth's Scena and Aria (Perfidi! - Pietà, rispetto) from Macbeth

5:16

'Treachery!' - 'When you are old and full of tears'

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Leporello's Catalogue Aria (Madamina) from Don Giovanni

5:38

'Little lady! Here's a list I've assembled'

Figaro's Recitative and Cavatina (Se vuol ballare) from The Marriage of Figaro

3:30

'Bravo, my lord and master' -

'So little master, you're dressed to go dancing'

GIUSEPPE VERDI

Recitative and Duet (Pura siccome un angelo) from La traviata (The Fallen Woman)

18:56

'You are Violetta Valéry?' -

'I have a daughter sent from God'

with Claire Rutter soprano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Pamina and Papageno's Duet (Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen) from The Magic Flute

3:12

'A man in search of truth and beauty'

with Susan Gritton soprano

10.

Don Giovanni's Aria (Finch' han dal vino) from Don Giovanni

1:29

'Now that the wine has stopped them from thinking'

11.

Don Giovanni's Canzonetta (Deh, vieni all finestra) from Don Giovanni

2:20

'Come softly to your window'

GIUSEPPE VERDI

12.

Prison Scene (Per me giunto è il dì supremo) from Don Carlos

12:13

'I'm here, Carlos!' -

'My last day has dawned for ever'

with Gwyn Hughes Jones tenor

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

13.

Papagena and Papageno's Duet from The Magic Flute

2:38

'Pa-pa-ge-na'

with Susan Gritton soprano

KURT WEILL

(1900-1950)

14.

September Song from Knickerbocker Holiday

4:04

Total time: 76:23

Solo: Thomas Allen Baritone

Orchestra: The Philharmonia

Conductor: David Parry

12-15 October 2007

Falstaff’s great dream of cuckoldry, and Macbeth’s vision of desolate old age are magnificent. So too, are Allen’s lengthier scenes aw the dying Rodrigo from Don Carlos and as Germont père with Claire Rutter’s Violetta, from La traviata.

BBC Music Magazine

It is indeed a long while from May to December, and Sir Tom, now inevitably in the September of his distinguished career, has somehow managed to smuggle his voice unscathed across the frontiers of time. This is not a nostalgic survey of favourite roles and arias but a demonstration of the singers art above all the fine welding of words and music Pure pleasure.

Gramophone

A delight for collectors and a masterclass for aspirant singers in characterisation, enunciation and, above all, diction.

The Observer

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