GIACOMO PUCCINI
(1858-1924)
Hope
1
'Darling Papa, I beg you'
from
Gianni Schicchi
2:18
(O mio babbino caro)
Mary Plazas
2
Butterfly's entrance
from
Madam Butterfly
3:37
Stuart Kale
Cheryl Barker
Gregory Yurisich
Yves Abel
3
'The whole world over'
from
Madam Butterfly
3:39
(Dovunque al mondo)
Paul Charles Clarke
Gregory Yurisich
Yves Abel
4
'True love or fancy'
from
Madam Butterfly
3:32
(Amore o grillo)
Paul Charles Clarke
Gregory Yurisich
Yves Abel
5
'Our little house in the country'
from
Tosca
10:14
(Non la sospiri la nostra casetta)
Jane Eaglen
Dennis O'Neill
6
'Ive a house in fair Honan'
from
Turandot
3:33
(Ho una casa nell'Honan)
Peter Sidhom
Mark Le Brocq
Peter Wedd
7
'Don't cry for me, Liù'
from
Turandot
3:01
(Non pangere Liù)
Dennis O'Neill
8
'One fine day'
from
Madam Butterfly
4:32
(Un bel dì vedremo)
Cheryl Barker
Yves Abel
9
Flower Duet
from
Madam Butterfly
4:59
Cheryl Barker
Jean Rigby
Yves Abel
10
'Your tiny hand is frozen'
from
La bohème
4:41
(Che gelida manina)
Dennis O'Neill
11
'Yes, I'm always called Mimì'
from
La bohème
5:17
(Sì, mi chiamano Mimì)
Cynthia Haymon
Dennis O'Neill
12
'Lovely maid in the moonlight'
from
La bohème
4:17
(O suave fanciulla)
Dennis O'Neill
Cynthia Haymon
13
'Fair Doretta'
from
La rondine
3:08
(Ch'il bel sogno di Doretto)
Susan Patterson
14
'The city is a leafy tree in blossom'
from
Gianni Schicchi
2:37
(Firenze è come un albero fiorito)
Colin Lee
Gareth Hancock
15
'Give me my palette'
from
Tosca
3:02
(Recondita armonia)
Dennis O'Neill
Andrew Shore
16
'In the soft silken curtains'
from
Manon Lescaut
2:38
(In quelle trine morbide)
Susan Patterson
17
'Child from whose eyes'
from
Madam Buterfly
11:24
(Bimba, dagli occhi pieni di malia)
Paul Charles Clarke
Cheryl Barker
Jean Rigby
Yves Abel
Loss
18
Humming Chorus
from
Madam Butterfly
2:58
Yves Abel
19
'Empty, alone and so forsaken'
from
Manon Lescaut
4:05
(Sola, perduta, abbandonata)
Susan Patterson
20
'This love is shame'
from
Edgar
3:19
(Questo amor, vergogna mia)
Robert Hayward
Gareth Hancock
21
'O Mimì, our love is over'
from
La bohème
3:27
(O Mimì, tu più non torni)
Dennis O'Neill
Alan Opie
22
'As thro' the street I wander'
from
La bohème
5:00
(Quando me'n vo' soletta per la via)
Marie McLaughlin
Alan Opie
Andrew Shore
Cynthia Haymon
Dennis O'Neill
Alastair Miles
William Dazeley
23
'Nothing! All silent!'
from
Il tabarro
4:03
(Nulla! Silenzio!)
Jonathan Summers
24
Moon Chorus: 'Is the moon never rising?'
from
Turandot
4:49
25
'Within this palace'
from
Turandot
6:07
(In questa reggia)
Jane Eaglen
Dennis O'Neill
26
'You who with ice are shrouded'
from
Turandot
2:32
(Tu che di gel sei cinta)
Mary Plazas
27
'Let her believe'
from
The Girl of the Golden West
2:21
(Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano)
Dennis O'Neill
28
'That your mother'
from
Madam Butterfly
3:09
(Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio)
Cheryl Barker
Gregory Yurisich
Yves Abel
29
'Farewll, oh happy home'
from
Madam Butterfly
2:01
(Addio, fiorito asil)
Paul Charles Clarke
Gregory Yurisich
Yves Abel
30
'To the home that she left'
from
La bohème
3:19
(D'onde lieta uscí)
Cynthia Haymon
31
'Venerable garment, listen'
from
La bohème
1:51
(Vecchia zimarra, senti)
Alastair Miles
32
'Life has taught me singing and loving'
from
Tosca
3:26
(Vissi d'arte)
Jane Eaglen
Gregory Yurisich
33
'All the stars shone in heaven'
from
Tosca
3:10
(E lucevan le stelle)
Dennis O'Neill
34
'Oh, hands of mercy'
from
Tosca
8:06
(O dolci mani)
Dennis O'Neill
Jane Eaglen
35
'Still a child'
from
Sister Angelica
4:55
(Senza mamma)
Mary Plazas
36
'None may sleep'
from
Turandot
3:45
(Nessum dorma)
Dennis O'Neill
Unless otherwise stated, the orchestra is the Philharmona Orchestra, the conductor David Parry