Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 2 - Diana Montague

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS

1

Delilah and Samson's Duet - 'Softly awakes my heart . . .' from Samson and Delilah

6:00

with Bruce Ford, tenor

CHARLES-FRANCOIS GOUNOD

2

Siebel's Flower Song - 'Summer flowers so fair . . .' from Faust

2:59

LEO DELIBES

3

Lakmé and Mallika's duet - 'Come, Mallika! See the vines all in flow'r . . .' from Lakmé

6:45

with Mary Plazas, soprano

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS

Delilah's Recitative and Aria from Samson and Delilah

10:52

4

'Tonight, seeking hither my presence . . .' -

4:46

'O love! From thy pow'r let me borrow! . . .'

5

Delilah's Aria - 'Fair spring is returning . . .'

6:06

GAETANO DONIZETTI

Leonora's Recitative, Aria and Cabaletta from La favorite

8:54

6

'Can I believe it? . . .'

5:34

'O my beloved . . .'

7

'I submit to heav'nly powers . . .'

3:20

HECTOR BERLIOZ

8

Marguérite's Romance - 'The fire of love inside me . . .' from The Damnation of Faust

9:12

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK

9

Orpheus's Aria - 'What is life to me without thee . . .' from Orpheus and Eurydice

4:09

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

Trio: Count, Isolier and Countess - 'Night lends her aid . . .' from Count Ory

9:23

10

'Night lends her aid . . .'

2:54

11

'With love and tender yearning . . .'

6:29

with Mary Plazas, soprano - Bruce Ford, tenor

AMBROISE THOMAS

12

Frédéric's Rondo-Gavotte - 'Here am I in her boudoir . .' from Mignon

2:23

JACQUES OFFENBACH

13

Périchole's Griserie - 'I've dined so well, I feel divine . . .' from La Périchole

1:56

14

Périchole's Letter Song - 'Oh my dearest, from my heart I swear it . . .' from La Périchole

3:01

15

Périchole's Aria - 'You don't have looks, you don't have cash . . .' from La Périchole

2:54

AMBROISE THOMAS

16

Mignon's Romance - 'Have you heard of the land . . .' from Mignon

6:19

Diana Montague mezzo-soprano

David Parry

1-14 September 1997