Great Operatic Arias in English

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TCHAIKOVSKY / WEBER / ADAMS / WAGNER / BIZET / etc
Great Operatic Arias in English
Gerald Finley (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner

[ Chandos / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 February 2010

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"All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace accompaniment" Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April 2010

"All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace accompaniment...Both Gerald Finley and Edward Gardner are natural time-travellers in lyric theatre" Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April 2010

Leading baritone and dramatic interpreter of his generation, Gerald Finley is an artist who sets alight the stage and delights the ear, whatever the role he portrays.

On this his first arias disc, and first for Opera in English, he explores a broad range of repertory: old favourites, hidden treasures and roles which he himself has created, among them J.Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams's Doctor Atomic and Harry Heegan in Mark-Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie.

Gerald has won accolades across the globe including Gramophone Editor's Choice Award at the 2006 Gramophone Awards for Stanford: Songs of the Sea (CHSA5043).

English National Opera director, Edward Gardner offers a great understanding of Opera in English and here conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in his debut on Chandos.

Tracks:

Adams, John:
Batter My Heart (from Doctor Atomic)

Bizet:
Votre toast je peux vous le rendre 'Toreador Song' (from Carmen)
You're Most Kind, and in Return I Toast You
(with Deborah Miles-Johnson, Carmen, Emma Brain-Gabbott, Frasquita, Kathryn Jenkin, Mercedes, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir)

Donizetti:
Ambo Nati Questa Valle (from Linda di Chamounix)
In This Valley We Shared Our Childhood
(with Anne-Marie Gibbons, Maddalena)

Mozart:
La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)
There Will My Arms Enfold You
(with Lucy Crowe, Zerlina)

Puccini:
Tre sbirri...Una carozza...Presto 'Te Deum' (from Tosca)
Three Agents, Quick As You Can, Now
(with Matthew Long, Spoletta, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir)

Rodgers:
Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific)

Turnage:
Oh Bring to Me a Pint of Wine (from The Silver Tassie)

Verdi:
Vanne, la tua meta gia vedo…Credo in un Dio crudel (from Otello)
Take it…Yes, I Believe in God

Wagner:
Verachtet mir die Meister nicht (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Do Not Disdain Our Masters Thus

O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser)
Look Down, O Gentle Evening Star

Weber:
Wo berg ich mich? (from Euryanthe)
What Refuge Here?