Album Summary
Performer
Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950)
Notes & Reviews:
Tales of Opera, the debut recital recording from Grammy award-winning baritone Simon Keenlyside, has been hailed as "the best opera recital I have heard in years" (Opera Magazine). Recorded with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, under Ulf Schirmer, Tales of the Opera is simply amazing, and a must-have CD for all fans of vocal music.
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Works Details
Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum della città - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1816
Rossini, Gioachino : Guglielmo Tell :: Sois immobile - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1829
Massenet, Jules : Hérodiade :: Vision Fugitive - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Per me guinto è il di - Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 8 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1884
Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 6 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1859
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Di provenza il mar - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Thomas, Ambroise : Hamlet :: O vin, dissipe la tristesse - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1868
Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1835
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1791
Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Si può, si può - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1892
Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : L'Arlesiana :: Come due tizzi accesi - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1897
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Ja vas ljublju - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1890
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Dah vieni alla finestra - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Zaide, K 344 (334b) :: Nur mutig, mein Herz, versuche dein Glück - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1780
Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Oh, du mein holder Abendstern - Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich (05/29/2006-06/02/2006)
- Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1843-1865

























