Great Operatic Arias (Sung in English), Vol. 6 - John Tomlinson

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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: David Parry
John Tomlinson, bass


1.   Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Recitative: I rage, I rage, I rage, I melt, I burn! - Aria: O ruddier than the cherry - 4:43


Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: Bath Festival Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: David Parry Steven White
Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano
John Fryatt, tenor
Bruce Ford, tenor
David Kelsey, actor
Noel Mangin, bass
Jenifer Eddy, soprano
Helen Williams, soprano
Elizabeth Futtal, soprano
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Barry Banks, baritone
John Tomlinson, bass


2.   Act I: When a maiden takes your fancy (Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden) - 2:57
3.   Act II: Duet: I'm going, but take my advice (Ich gehe, doche rate ich dir) - 3:46
4.   Act II: Duet: Vivat Bacchus! Long live Bacchus! (Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe!) - 2:20


Samson, HWV 57 (more info)
Performed by: Collegium Musicum 90 Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: David Parry
Simon Standage, violin
John Tomlinson, bass


5.   Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Aria: Honour and arms scorn such a foe - 6:29


Simon Boccanegra (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Gabriele Santini Renato Cellini Michael Halasz Alexander Rahbari Helmut Froschauer Roberto Paternostro David Parry Mikko Franck
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Leonard Warren, baritone
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani, bass
Guiseppe Campora, tenor
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Franz Hawlata, bass
Giuseppe Sabbatini, tenor
Mariana Nicolesco, soprano
Boris Christoff, bass
Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass
Renato Bruson, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Sylvia Bertona, soprano
Paolo Caroli, tenor
Walter Monachesi, bass
Paolo Dari, baritone
Giovanni de Angelis, bass
Saburo Nagasawa, vocals
John Tomlinson, bass


6.   Simon Boccanegra, Prologue: Scene: A last farewell I bid you (A te l'estremo addio) - My soul is torn with suffering (Il lacerato spirito) - 6:19


Pesnya Mefistofelya v pogrebke Auerbakha (Mephistopheles's Song in Auerbach's Cellar), "Song of the Flea" (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Conducted by: Helmut Froschauer David Parry
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
George de Godzinsky, piano
Studio pianist, piano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Mark Reizen, bass
John Tomlinson, bass
Recording date: October 1907


7.   Mephistopheles's Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Pesnya Mefistofelya v pogrebke Auerbakha) - 3:37


Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor) (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin Issay Alexandrovich Dobrowen
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Gustave Cloez Rosario Bourdon Frieder Weissmann Bruno Reibold Nils Grevillius Mykola Hobdych Vladimir Sirenko Geoffrey Simon Adrian Leaper Alexander Melik-Pashayev Lothar Zagrosek Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian Walter Weller David Parry
Valery Gilmanov, bass
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Yuri Nechaev,
Daniil Shtoda,
Boris Christoff, bass
Ewa Podles, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Evgeniya Smolenskaya, soprano
Sergey Lemeshev, tenor
Alexander Pirogov, bass
Mark Reizen, bass
Veronica Borisenko, mezzo-soprano
Alexey Serov, tenor
Ivan Skobtsov, tenor
Feodor Godovkin, tenor
Elena Korneueva, mezzo-soprano
Nina Koshetz, soprano
Nadezhda Obukhova, mezzo-soprano
Charles Friant, tenor
George Baklanoff, baritone
Andrey Ivanov, baritone
Antonina Ivanova, soprano
John Tomlinson, bass
Angelina Shvachka, mezzo-soprano
Dmytro Popov, tenor
Mykola Koval, baritone
Taras Shtonda, bass-baritone


8.   Act II: Aria: No rest, no slumber (Ni sna, ni otdikha) - 8:00
9.   Act I: The Prince has drunk his fill? … The sober life of boredom (Greshno tait) - 4:07
10.   Act II: Aria: Igor, listen (Zdorov li, Knaz?) - 5:42


Rusalka (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky
Conducted by: Michail Jurowski Vladimir Sirenko Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian David Parry
Mikhail Gubsky, tenor
Evelina Dobracheva, soprano
Elena Bryleva, soprano
Andrey Telegin, bass
Martha Jurowski, soprano
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Vsevolod Grivnov, tenor
Alexander Naumenko,
Daniil Shtoda,
Arutjun Kotchinian, bass
John Tomlinson, bass
Marina Prudenskaja, alto


11.   Rusalka, Act I: Like every maiden in the whole of Russia (Okh, toto vse vi devky molodiye) - 4:06


Ernani (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra English National Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov David Parry
Peter Rose, bass
Susan Patterson, soprano
Alan Opie, baritone
Peter Wedd, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Paul Hodges, bass
Julian Gavin, tenor
John Tomlinson, bass


12.   Ernani, Act I: Scene: Can I believe it? (Che mai vegg'io!) - Cavatina: Vain illusion! When I believed her (Infelice! … e tuo credivi) - 7:09


In a Persian Garden (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Liza Lehmann
Conducted by: David Parry
John Tomlinson, bass


13.   In a Persian Garden: Myself when young - 3:43


The Mikado (more info)
Performed by: Hanover Band New Promenade Orchestra Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra British Light Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Bramwell Tovey Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey John Pryce-Jones Stephen S. Moore Tom Higgins David Parry
Richard Suart, baritone
Torin Chiles, tenor
Donnalynn Grant, mezzo-soprano
Derek Morphy, baritone
Darrell Fancourt, baritone
Leonard Osborn, tenor
Martyn Green, baritone
Richard Watson, bass
Margaret Mitchell, soprano
Joan Gillingham, mezzo-soprano
Joyce Wright, mezzo-soprano
Alan Styler, bass
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Bonaventura Bottone, tenor
Ella Hallman,
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Tracy Dahl, soprano
John Tomlinson, bass
Recording date: 1950


14.   The Mikado, Act II: A more humane Mikado … My object all sublime - 4:30


Genevieve de Brabant (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Jacques Offenbach
Conducted by: David Parry
Andrew Shore, bass
John Tomlinson, bass


15.   Genevieve de Brabant: Duet: We're public gaurdians bold and wary - 2:45


The Pirates of Penzance (more info)
Performed by: New Promenade Orchestra Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Bramwell Tovey Arthur Sullivan
Conducted by: Isidore Godfrey David Parry
Torin Chiles, tenor
Darrell Fancourt, baritone
Leonard Osborn, tenor
Martyn Green, baritone
Richard Watson, bass
Joan Gillingham, mezzo-soprano
Joyce Wright, mezzo-soprano
Muriel Harding, soprano
Ella Halman, mezzo-soprano
Donald Harris, bass
Tracy Dahl, soprano
John Tomlinson, bass


16.   The Pirates of Penzance, Act II: When a felon's not engaged in his employment - 2:37


Boris Godunov (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: English Northern Philharmonia
Composed by: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Conducted by: Paul Daniel
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Matthew Best, bass
Yvonne Howard, mezzo-soprano
Brian Cookson, tenor
Mark Curtis, tenor
Edward Thornton, baritone
Stephen Dawson, baritone
Susan Parry, mezzo-soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Stuart Kale, tenor
John Tomlinson, bass


17.   Boris Godunov, Prologue Scene 2: Coronation Scene: My soul is sad (Skorbit dusha!) - 3:59

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