Composer(s): Puccini, Giacomo
Conductor(s): Parry, David
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: CHAN3008-09
Barcode: 095115300824
Release Date: 06/1998

PUCCINI: Bohème (La) (Sung in English)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Peter Kay Children's Choir (Choir)
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
Preece, Simon (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parfitt, Paul (bass-baritone)
1 Act I: This Red Sea Passage feels deep and chill to me (Marcello, Rodolfo, Colline) 04:21
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
2 Act I: Profound and thoughtful! (Colline, Marcello, Rodolfo) 01:21
Miles, Alastair (bass)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
3 Act I: Firewood! (Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard) 03:48
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
4 Act I: Hello (Benoit, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline, Rodolfo) 05:33
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
5 Act I: I'll stay here, I must complete my article (Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard) 01:00
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
6 Act I: No inspiration (Rodolfo, Mimi) 02:44
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
7 Act I: Oh! How dreadful! (Mimi, Rodolfo) 01:40
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
8 Act I: Your tiny hand is frozen! (Rodolfo) 04:40
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
9 Act I: Yes, I'm always called Mimi (Mimi, Rodolfo) 05:17
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
10 Act I: Hey! Rodolfo! (Schaunard, Colline, Marcello, Rodolfo, Mimi) 00:48
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
11 Act I: Lovely maid in the moonlight (Rodolfo, Mimi) 04:16
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
12 Act II: Come, buy my oranges! (Schaunard, Rodolfo, Mimi, Colline, Marcello, Chorus) 02:48
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Peter Kay Children's Choir (Choir)
13 Act II: What is it? (Rodolfo, Mimì, Schaunard, Marcello, Chorus) 03:18
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Peter Kay Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
14 Act II: Long live Parpignol! (Schaunard, Marcello, Colline, Rodolfo, Mimi, Alcindoro, Musetta, Chorus) 03:12
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Peter Kay Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
15 Act II: You had better ask me (Marcello, Musetta, Alcindoro, Colline, Schaunard, Rodolfo, Mimi, Chorus) 02:40
Opie, Alan (baritone)
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Peter Kay Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
16 Act II: As thro' the street I wander (Musetta, Marcello, Alcindoro, Mimi, Rodolfo, Colline, Schaunard) 05:04
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
17 Act II: Who had him bring it? (Colline, Schaunard, Rodolfo, Marcello, Musetta, Mimi, Chorus) 02:17
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Peter Kay Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Disc 2
1 Act III: Hallo! You soldiers! Admit us! (Customs Official, Musetta, Chorus) 03:41
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
Preece, Simon (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
2 Act III: Oh, please sir, tell me, do you know the tavern (Mimi, Customs Sergeant, Customs Official) 01:46
Preece, Simon (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Parfitt, Paul (bass-baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
3 Act III: I hoped that I would find you here (Marcello, Mimi) 04:57
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
4 Act III: Marcello, you're outside here (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimi) 01:45
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
5 Act III: Mimi is fickle-hearted (Rodolfo, Marcello) 01:25
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
6 Act III: Mimi's so sickly, so ailing! (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimi) 03:29
Parry, David (Conductor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
7 Act III: To the home that she left (Mimi) 03:13
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
8 Act III: Then it really is over (Rodolfo, Mimi, Marcello, Musetta) 05:55
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
9 Act IV: In a coupe? (Marcello, Rodolfo) 01:13
Opie, Alan (baritone)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
10 Act IV: Oh Mimi, our love is over (Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline) 05:47
Opie, Alan (baritone)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
11 Act IV: Gavotta (Colline, Marcello, Rodolfo, Schaunard) 01:47
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
12 Act IV: It's Mimi! It's Mimi who is with me (Musetta, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Mimi, Marcello) 06:04
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
13 Act IV: Venerable garment, listen (Colline, Schaunard) 02:38
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
14 Act IV: Have they left us? (Mimi, Rodolfo, Schaunard) 06:53
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
15 Act IV: Sleeping? (Musseta, Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimi) 02:16
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Haymon, Cynthia (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
16 Act IV: What did the doctor say? (Marcello, Musetta, Schaunard, Rodolfo) 02:58
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Dazeley, William (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
McLaughlin, Marie (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 01:50:34