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Performers

• Henry Herford (Baritone)
• Alastair Ross (Harpsichord)
• Owen Brannigan (Bass)
• John Tomlinson (Bass)
• David Parkin (Bass)
• Siegmund Nimsgern (Bass Baritone)
• Donald Shanks (Bass)
• Paul Robeson (Bass)
• Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
• Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone)
• Bruce Martin (Bass Baritone)
• John Wegner (Bass Baritone)
• Conal Coad
• Hans Sotin (Bass)
• Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Raymond Myers (Baritone)
• Forbes Robinson (Bass)
• Stephen Varcoe
• Angela East (Cello)
• René Pape (Bass)

Conductors

• Boult, Adrian
• Cleobury, Stephen
• Davis, Colin
• de Fabritiis, Oliviero
• Divall, Richard
• Franks, Dobbs
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Greene, Andrew
• Measham, David
• Noble, Ray
• Rudner, Ola
• Solti, Sir Georg
• Walker, Antony
• Weigle, Sebastian

Ensemble

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Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
• Traditional Spiritual

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Works Details

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Son to spirito che nega sempre tutto (I am the spirit who always denies everything)

• Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
• Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Catalogue Aria

• Performer: Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Ola Rudner
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: Song of the Viking Guest

• Performer: Bruce Martin (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1895-1896

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Serenade

• Performer: John Wegner (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Divall
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) :: O, wie will ich triumphieren (Oh, h

• Performer: Conal Coad
• Conductor: Dobbs Franks
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben (Without gold)

• Performer: Hans Sotin (Bass)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Lehmann, Liza : Myself When Young (In a Persian Garden)

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Raymond Myers (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896

Offenbach, Jacques : Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) :: Scintille, diamant (Sparkle, diamond)

• Performer: René Pape (Bass)
• Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Britten, Benjamin : Billy Budd :: O Beauty, Handsomeness, Goodness

• Performer: Forbes Robinson (Bass)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1951

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: O Isis und Osiris (O Isis and Osiris)

• Performer: Conal Coad
• Conductor: Dobbs Franks
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Handel, George Frideric : Israel in Egypt :: The Lord is a Man of War

• Performers: Stephen Varcoe; Angela East (Cello); Henry Herford (Baritone); Alastair Ross (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Notes: Composition written: 1738.
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1738

Handel, George Frideric : Acis and Galatea :: I Rage, I Melt, I Burn...O Ruddier than the Cherry

• Performer: Owen Brannigan (Bass)
• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Notes: Composition written: 1718.
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1718

Monteverdi, Claudio : L'Orfeo :: O tu, ch'innanzi morte (O thou, not yet dead)

• Performer: John Tomlinson (Bass)
• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1607

Wagner, Richard : Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) :: Hagen's Watch

• Performer: David Parkin (Bass)
• Conductor: Andrew Greene
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1874

Mussorgsky, Modest : Mephistopheles' song of the flea

• Performer: John Wegner (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Divall
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1879

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) :: La vendetta, oh, la vendetta (Revenge, ah, revenge)

• Performer: Siegmund Nimsgern (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Why do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?

• Performer: Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Varlaam's Song

• Performer: Bruce Martin (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: David Measham
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-74.
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1874

Traditional Spiritual : Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

• Performer: Donald Shanks (Bass)
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Kern, Jerome : Show Boat

• Performer: Paul Robeson (Bass)
• Conductor: Ray Noble
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern