Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 8 - John Tomlinson 2

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

1

Osmin's Revenge from The Abduction from the Seraglio

3:30

'When they lead you to the scaffold'

(O wie will ich triumphieren)

2

Sarastro's Prayer from The Magic Flute

4:13

'O Isis and Osiris, listen'

with The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

LUDVIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

3

Pizarro's Revenge from Fidelio

3:25

'Now, now for my victory!'

(Ha, welch' ein Augenblick!)

with The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

4

Rocco's Aria

2:24

'If you don't have any money'

(Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben)

CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)

5

Caspar's Song from Der Freischütz (The Free-shooter)

2:24

'On this earth we could not bear'

(Hier im ird'schen Jammetal)

6

Caspar's Aria from Der Freischütz

3:47

'Go! Go! The fatal die is cast!'

(Schweig, Schweig)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

7

Wotan's Monologue from The Rhinegold

6:07

'The bridge leads you homeward -

'Evening rays flood the sky with splendour'

(Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge)

with Colin Lee tenor and Alice Coote mezzo-soprano

8

Dutchman's Monologue from The Flying Dutchman

13:12

'The time comes round'

(Die Frist ist um)

9

Daland's Aria from The Flying Dutchman

5:36

'Senta, my child, please make this stranger warmly welcome'

(Mögst du, mein Kind, den fremden Mann wilkommen heissen!)

10

Pogner's Monologue from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

5:58

'Now hear and attend me well.

The feast of John, Midsummer day'

(Das schöne Fest, Johannistag)

11

Hans Sachs's Flieder Monologue from The Mastersingers

6:32

'My elder tree in flower'

(Was duftet doch der Flieder)

12

Hans Sachs's Wahn Monologue from The Mastersingers

7:57

'Mad, mad, all the world's mad'

(Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!)

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)

13

Baron Och's Waltz from Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose)

5:58

'Look for my glasses there in my jacket'

(Such' Sie in meiner Taschen meine Brillen)

with Elizabeth Vaughan contralto

ALBERT LORTZING (1801-1851)

14

Hans Stadlinger's Song from The Armourer (Der Waffenschmied)

5:36

'I used to be young with a fine head of hair'

(Auch ich war ein Jüngling)

John Tomlinson Bass

David Parry

14-16 & 18 December 1998 (Der Rosenkavalier; 16-17 October 1999 (Daland's Aria and Flieder Monologue from The Flying Dutchman, and 'If you don't have any money' from Fidelio; 24-27 September 2001 (others)