Baritones & Basses

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I. “Largo al factotum”Gioachino Rossini5:03
2Le nozze di Figaro: “Non più andrai”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:40
3Don Giovanni: “Deh! Vieni alla finestra”
baritone vocals:
Gabriel Bacquier (French baritone)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 16 Canzonetta “Deh vieni alla finestra” (Don Giovanni)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte (in 1787)
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:08
4Otello: “Vanne” … “Credo”
baritone vocals:
Robert Merrill (American operatic baritone)
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Edward Downes (conductor)
recording of:
Otello: Atto II. “Credo in un Dio crudel” (Iago)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto II
recording of:
Otello: Atto II. “Vanne! La tua meta già vedo” (Iago)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi4:50
5Un ballo in maschera: “Alzati!” … “Eri tu”
baritone vocals:
Robert Merrill (American operatic baritone)
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Edward Downes (conductor)
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III, scena 1. Nº 17a. Scena “Alzati! Là, tuo figlio” (Renato)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III, scena 1. Nº 17b. Aria “Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima” (Renato)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi5:50
6Falstaff: “Ehi! Paggio!..... L’onore! Ladri!”
bass-baritone vocals:
Geraint Evans (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)
conductor:
Bryan Balkwill (conductor)
recording of:
Falstaff: Atto I, scena 1. “Ehi! Paggio!” - “L’onore! Ladri!” - “Io stesso, sì, io, io” (Falstaff)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer) and Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Falstaff: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:30
7Pagliacci: Prologo “Si può”
bass-baritone vocals:
Geraint Evans (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)
conductor:
Bryan Balkwill (conductor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Prologo. “Si può? Si può?” (Tonio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
part of:
Pagliacci: Prologo
Ruggero Leoncavallo5:07
8Carmen : « Votre toast » … « Toréador, en garde »
bass vocals:
Claude Calès (French baritone) and Robert Geay (bass vocals)
bass-baritone vocals:
Tom Krause (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Regina Resnik (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto) and Georgette Spanellys
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)
conductor:
Thomas Schippers (conductor and composer)
chorus master:
Giovanni Bria (chorus master / pianist / conductor)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Escamillo, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d'hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (french librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet5:05
9Prince Igor: Igor’s Aria
bass-baritone vocals:
Tom Krause (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Argeo Quadri (conductor)
partial recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov)
additional composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin) (from 1869 until 1887)
part of:
Prince Igor (opera by Borodin, most contemporary performances shouldn't link to this work)
Alexander Borodin7:53
10Tannhäuser: „Wie Todesahnung” … „O du, mein holder Abendstern”
baritone vocals [Wolfram] and bass-baritone vocals:
Tom Krause (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
conductor:
Argeo Quadri (conductor)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene II. „Wie Todesahnung, Dämm'rung deckt die Lande … O du mein holder Abendstern”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III
Richard Wagner5:39
11Der fliegende Holländer: „Die Frist ist um”
bass-baritone vocals:
Tom Krause (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Argeo Quadri (conductor)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Akt I, Nr. 2. Arie "Die Frist ist um"
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Akt I
Richard Wagner11:28