Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 1 - Bruce Ford

GAETANO DONIZETTI

1

Nemorino`s Romanza - 'I saw the tear...' from The Elixir of Love

4:56

EDOUARD LALO

2

Mylio`s Aubade - 'Since your unbending guardians...' from The King of Y's

3:27

GEORGES BIZET

3

Henry Smith`s Serenade - 'The sounds of distant laughter' from The Fair Maid of Perth

7:03

FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW

4

Lionel`s Aria - 'None so rare, none so fair' from Martha

3:33

LEO DELIBES

5

Lakme and Gerald`s duet - 'Lakme! Lakme! It is you...' from Lakmé

8:57

with Mary Plazas, soprano

GIUSEPPE VERDI

6

Act III second part, Fenton - 'From these true lovers' lips' from Falstaff

4:40

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

7

Belmont`s Aria from The Abduction from the Seraglio

5:37

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

8

Ubaldo and Carlo`s duet - 'Murmuring breezes cool the air...' from Armida

6:35

with Barry Banks

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

9

'Where`er you walk' from Semele

4:19

NIKOLAY ANDREYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

10

Son of the Hindu Merchant - 'From crystal waters and from misty mountains' from Sadko

3:38

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

11

The Count`s Aria - 'Finish this futile argument...' from The Barber of Seville

8:43

Bruce Ford tenor

David Parry

10 - 14 September 1997