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The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record | EMI 2642182

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record

Label: EMI

Cat No: 2642182

Barcode: 5099926421827

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 9th March 2009

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About

The Glyndebourne Festival is one of the great opera “feasts” of the year; it runs from mid/late May to late August and in these three months it performs 6 operas. The operas are staged in a modern opera house (completed 1994) within the grounds of a country house. Many great singers have appeared on its stage as it seeks out new talent and gives them all an excellent grounding in the art of performance. The results are never less than excellent owing to the significant amount of time given to rehearsals, both by soloists and ensembles, in a relatively relaxed atmosphere in the beautiful countryside. 

EMI Classics, which has made so many recordings there, is proud to celebrate its 75th birthday with a box of 5CDs containing many memorable moments in its glorious history.

Glyndebourne has a strong belief in developing for the future in all its facets – new artists, new audience and new music. One of the operas which was warmly applauded was Jonathan Dove’s Flight in 1999.

Track Listing:
CD 1
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
[ 1] Overture      
[ 2] Se a caso Madama (Act 1)  
Recorded 28 & 24.VI.1935; The Theatre, Glyndebourne
[ 3] Dunque…O cielo! Il patente del paggio (Act 2 finale)
Recorded 6.VI.1934; The Theatre, Glyndebourne
[ 4] Sull’aria…Che soave zeffiretto  
[ 5] Ricevate, o pedroncina chorus     
Recorded 6.VI.1934; The Theatre, Glyndebourne

Audrey Mildmay (Susanna) ● Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Figaro) ● Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess) ● Roy Henderson (Count) ● Constance Willis (Marcellina) ● Norman Allin (Bartolo) ● Nash (Basilio) ● Morgan Jones (Antonio)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [London Symphony Orchestra] / Fritz Busch

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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte
[ 6] Una bella serenata (Act 1)
[ 7] Ah guarda, sorella (Act 1)
[ 8] Una donna a quindici anni (Act 2)
[ 9] Donne mio, la fate (Act 2)
[10] Fra gli amplessi (Act 2)
Heddle Nash (Ferrando) ● Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Guglielmo) ● John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) ● Ina Souez (Fiordiligi) ● Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella) ● Irene Eisingler (Despina)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [London Symphony Orchestra] / Fritz Busch
Recorded 25 – 28.VI.1935; The Theatre, Glyndebourne

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
[11] Madamina, il catalogo è questo… (Act 1)
[12] Finch’ han dal vino (Act 1)
[13] Vedrai carino (Act 2)
[14] O statua gentilissima (Act 2)
[15] Che grido è questo mai? (Act 2)
[16] Ah, dov’è il perfido? (Epilogue to Act 2
John Brownlee (Don Giovanni) ● Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello) ● Audrey Mildmay (Zerlina) ● David Franklin (Commendatore) ● Ina Souez (Donna Anna) ● Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira) ● Kolomon von Pataky (Don Ottavio) ● Roy Henderson (Masetto)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [London Symphony Orchestra] / Fritz Busch
Recorded 29.VI. – 5.VII.1936; The Theatre, Glyndebourne

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Gay & Pepusch (arr. Austin): The Beggar's Opera
[17] O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed
[18] My heart was so free
[19] Were I laid on Greenland’s coast
[20] How happy could I be with either
[21] I’m bubbled, I’m troubled
[22] Cease your funning    
[23] The modes of the court   
[24] Would I might be hanged
Sir Michael Redgrave (Macheath) ● Audrey Mildmay (Polly Peachum) ● Constance Willis (Mrs. Peachum) ● Roy Henderson (Peachum) ● Linda Gray (Lucy) ● Bruce Flegg (Filch)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Orchestra of 15 players] / Michael Mudie
Recorded 11, 12 & 15.IV.1940; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Total Time (approx): 75.30

CD 2
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
[ 1] Tarquinius does not wait (Act 1)
[ 2] She sleeps as a rose (Act 2)
[ 3] Flowers bring to every year (Act 2)
Peter Pears (Male Chorus) ● Joan Cross (Female Chorus) ● Nancy Evans (Lucretia) ● Flora Nielsen (Bianca)
English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra / Reginald Goodall (piano)
Recorded 17 – 19.VII.1947; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Verdi: Macbeth
[ 4] Una macchia è qui tuttora! (Act IV)
Margherita Grandi (Lady Macbeth) ● Vera Terry (Dama) ● Ernest Frank (Medico)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
Recorded: 16.I.1948; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte
[ 5] Soave sia il vento (Act 1)
[ 6] Prenderò quel brunettino (Act 2)
[ 7] Il core vi dono (Act 2)
Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi) ● Blanche Thebom (Dorabella) ● Mario Borriello (Don Alfonso) ● Erich Kunz (Guglielmo)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Fritz Busch
Recorded 14 & 15.VII.1950; The Theatre, Glyndebourne

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Mozart: Idomeneo
[ 8] Vedrommi intorno (Act 1)
[ 9] Placido è il mar (Act 2)
[10] Zeffiretti lusighieri (Act 3)
Richard Lewis (Idomeneo) ● Sena Jurinac (Ilia) ● Dorothy McNeil (Elettra)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Fritz Busch
Recorded 2 & 3.VII.1951; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Rossini: La Cenerentola
[11] Miei rampolli, miei rampolli femminini (Act 1)
[12] Nel volto estatico (Act 1)
[13] Nacqui all’affanno (Act 2, finale)
Marina de Gabarain (Angelina = Cenerentola) ● Juan Oncina (Don Ramiro) ● Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) ● Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini) ● Hervey Alan (Alidoro) ● Alda Noni (Clorinda) ● Fernanda Cadoni (Tisbe)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Vittorio Gui
Recorded 17-21.XI.1953 & 15.II.1954; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Busoni: Arlecchino
[14] Mit dem Schwerte, mit der Laute  
Murray Dickie (Leandro) ● Elaine Malbin (Colombina) ● Kurt Gester (Arlecchino)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Sir John Pritchard
Recorded 17-20.VII.1954; No. 1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
Text by C.F. Ramuz; English version by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black
[15] Tango
[16] Waltz    
[17] Ragtime     
[18] The Devil’s Dance    
[19] The Little Choral    
[20] The Devil’s Song    
[21] The Great Choral   
[22] Triumphal March of the Devil (begin with the laugh)
Robert Helpmann (The Devil) ● Terence Longdon (The Soldier) ● Anthony Nicholls (The Narrator)
Chamber Ensemble [Members of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Sir John Pritchard
Arthur Leavins, violin; Edmond Chesterton, double-bass; Jack Brymer, clarinet; Gwydion Brooke, bassoon; Richard Walton, cornet; Sidney Langston, trombone; Stephen Whittaker, percussion
Recorded 12, 13, 25 & 28.IV. and 4 & 25.V.1955; No.3 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Total Time (approx): 78.00

CD 3
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
[ 1] Bravo, signor padrone!...Se vuol ballare (Act 1)
[ 2] E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono
[ 3] *In quegl’anni (Act 4)
[ 4] Pace, pace mio dolce tesoro (Act 4, Finale)
Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro) ● Graziella Sciutti (Susanna) ● Sena Jurinac (Countess) ● Franco Calabrese (Count) ● Hughes Cuénod (Basilio) ● Ian Wallace (Bartolo) ● Rise Stevens (Cherubino) ● Monica Sinclair (Marcellina) ● Jeanette Sinclair (Barbarina) ● Gwyn Griffiths (Antonio) ● Daniel McCoshan (Don Curzio)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Vittorio Gui
Recorded 4 – 9 & 11 – 12.VII.1955; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Mozart: Idomeneo
[ 5] Ah perchè pria…Spiegarti non poss’io (Act 3)
[ 6] Andrò ramingo (Act 3)
[ 7] Oh smania!...D’Oreste, d’Alace (Act 3)
Richard Lewis (Idomeneo) ● Sena Jurinac (Ilia) ● Leopold Simoneau (Idamante) ● Lucille Udovick (Elettra)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Sir John Pritchard
Recorded 6 & 30.VII.1956; Kingsway Hall and 7.VII & 4, 6, 8, 13, 26, 27.VIII.1956; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Rossini: Le Comte Ory
[ 8] O bon ermite (Act 1)
[ 9] À la faveur (Act 2)
Juan Oncina (Le Comte Ory) ● Cora Canne-Meuer (Isolier) ● Sari Barabas (La Comtesse Adèle) ● Flora Nielsen (Bianca)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Vittorio Gui
Recorded 28 – 31.VIII. and 1, 2 & 5.IX.1956; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
[10] La ran  la le ra…Largo al factotum (Act 1)
[11] La calunnia è un venticello (Act 1)
[12] Fermi tutti. Nessun si mova (Act 1, Finale)
[13] Ah, qual colpo inespettato!...Zitti, ziti, piano, piano (Act 2)
Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro) ● Luigi Alva (Il conte d’Almaviva) ● Victoria de los Angeles (Rosina) ● Carlo Cava (Basilio) ● Ian Wallace (Bartolo) ● Laura Sarti (Berta) ● John Rhys Evans (Un ufficiale)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Vittorio Gui
Recorded 4 – 7 & 9 – 11.IX.1962; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Monteverdi (ed. Leppard): L'Incoronazione di Poppea
[14] Put ti miro, pur ti stringo (Act 3, Finale)
Magda László (Poppea) ● Richard Lewis (Nerone)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] / Sir John Pritchard
Recorded 1, 3 & 31.VII and 1 – 3, 6 & 8.VIII.1963; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Total Time (approx): 76.30

CD 4
Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
[ 1] Ach ich liebte, war so glücklich (Act 1)
[ 2] O! wie will ich triumphieren (Act 3)
[ 3] Welch ein Geschick (Act 3)
Dame Margaret Price (Constanze) ● Ryland Davies (Belmonte) ● Noel Mangin (Osmin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir John Pritchard
Recorded 22 – 24.VII.1972; The Organ Room, Glyndebourne

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
[ 4] Là ci darem la mano (Act 1)
[ 5] Or sai chi l’onore (Act 1)
[ 6] Dalla sua pace (Act 1)
[ 7] Riposate, vezzose ragazze (Act 1, Finale)
[ 8] Deh vieni alla finestra (Act 2)
Sir Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni) ● Carol Vaness (Donna Anna) ● Keith Lewis (Don Ottavio) ● Elizabeth Gale (Zerlina) ● Richard Van Allan (Leporello) ● Maria Ewing (Donna Elvira) ● John Rawnsley (Masetto)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
Recorded 3 – 12.I.1984; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte
[ 9] Smanie implacabili (Act 1)
[10] Come scoglio immoto resta (Act 1)
[11] Non siete ritrosi, occhietti vezzosi (Act 1)
[12] Un’aura amorosa (Act 1)
[13] Dammi un bacio, o mio tesoro (Act 1, Finale)
Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi) ● Delores Ziegler (Dorabella) ● John Aler (Ferrando) ● Dale Duesing (Guglielmo) ● Lilian Watson (Despina) ● Claudio Desderi (Don Alfonso)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
Recorded 16 – 21, 23, 26 & 27.II.1986; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
[14] Non più andrai (Act 1)
[15] Porgi, amor (Act 2)
[16] Voi, che sapete (Act 2)
[17] Vedrò, mentr’io sospiro (Act 3)
[18] L’ho perduta, me meschina! (Act 4)
[19] Deh vieni, non tardar (Act 1)
Claudio Desderi (Figaro) ● Gianna Rolandi (Susanna) ● Dame Felicity Lott (Countess) ● Richard Stilwell (Count) ● Faith Esham (Cherubino) ● Anne Dawson (Barbarina)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
Recorded 17 – 21 & 24 – 26.II.1987; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Total Time (approx): 77.00

CD 5
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
[ 1] Summertime… (Act 1, Scene 1)
[ 2] Bess, you is my woman now (Act 2, Scene 1)
[ 3] Oh, I can’t sit down… (Act 2, Scene 1)
[ 4] It ain’t necessarily so…(Act 2, Scene 2)
[ 5] Bess is gone… (Act 3)
Sir Willard White (Porgy) ● Cynthia Haymon (Bess) ● Damon Evans (Sporting Life) ● Harolyn Blackwell (Clara) ● Marietta Simpson (Maria) ● Maureen Brathwaite (Lily) ● Cynthia Clarey (Serena) ● Barrington Coleman (Mingo)
The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 & 16 – 19.II.1988; No.1 Abbey Road Studios, London

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Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe
[ 6] O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag…Da geh’ich zu Maxim (Act 1)
[ 7] Es lebt’ eine Vilja… (Act 2)
[ 8] Lippen schweigen (Act 3)
Dame Felicity Lott (Hanna Glawari) ● Thomas Hampson (Graf Danilo Danilowitsch)
The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst
Recorded 18, 20 & 22.VII.1993; The Royal Festival Hall, London

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A Glyndebourne Wind Serenade
Dove: Figures in the Garden
[ 9]  1. Dancing in the Dark    
[10] 2. Susanna in the Rain     
[11] 3. A Conversation    
[12] 4. Barbarina Alone    
[13] 5. The Countess interrupts a Quarrel   
[14] 6. Voices in the Garden   
[15] 7. Nocturne: Figaro and Susanna
Members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Paul Goodwin & Catherine Latham, oboe ● Nicholas Bucknall & Timothy Lines, clarinet ● Andrew Watts & Frances Eustace, bassoon ● Roger Montgomery & Robert Maskell, natural horn
Directed by the Composer
Recorded: 22.XI,1991; Henry Wood Hall, London

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EMI Centenary Gala at Glyndebourne - 1997
Dvorak: Rusalka
[16] Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon)  (Rusalka; Act 1)
Amanda Roocroft, soprano

Kern: Show Boat
[17] Ol’ Man River (Joe; Act 1)
Willard White, bass
 
Verdi: Falstaff
[18] È sogno? O realtà? (Ford; Act 2)
Thomas Hampson, baritone
[19] Sul fil d’un soffio etesio (Nanetta, Act 3)
Alison Hagley, soprano

Handel: Semele
[20] Where’er you walk (Jupiter; Act 2)
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
 
Bernstein: Candide
[21] Glitter and be gay (Cunegonde; Act 1)
Natalie Dessay, soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst / Andrew Davis
Recorded Live: 27.IV.1997; The Theatre, Glyndebourne

STEREO/DDD

Total Time (approx): 79.50

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