Conductor(s): Mackerras, Charles
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: CHAN3042-43
Barcode: 095115304228
Release Date: 03/2001

TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin (Sung in English)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Shilovsky, Konstantin - Lyricist
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich - Lyricist
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Bosman, Gloria (vocals)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Allan, Richard van (bass)
Connell, John (bass)
1 Act I: Introduction 02:39
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
2 Act I Scene 1: Oh, did you hear the lovesick shepherd boy (Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Nurse) 05:08
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
3 Act I Scene 1: My legs ache and can no longer run (Leader, Peasants, Madame Larina) 02:39
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
4 Act I Scene 1: In a cottage by the water (Peasants) 02:05
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
5 Act I Scene 1: Oh, how I love to hear the people singing (Tatyana, Olga) 00:58
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
6 Act I Scene 1: I'm not the sort to sit in silence (Olga) 02:35
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
7 Act I Scene 1: Come here, my darling Olga! (Madame Larina, Nurse, Tatyana, Peasants, Olga) 03:10
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
8 Act I Scene 1: Mesdames, I hope that you'll excuse me (Lensky, Onegin, Madame Larina) 01:48
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
9 Act I Scene 1: Now tell me, which of them's Tatyana? (Onegin, Lensky, Tatyana, Olga) 01:42
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
10 Act I Scene 1: How perfect, how wonderful (Lensky, Olga, Onegin, Tatyana) 02:14
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
11 Act I Scene 1: How I love you, I adore you, Olga (Lensky, Olga) 03:16
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
12 Act I Scene 1: Ah, here you are! (Madame Larina, Nurse, Lensky, Onegin) 02:40
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
13 Act I Scene 2: Introduction 01:38
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
14 Act I Scene 2: There! No more talk tonight (Nurse, Tatyana) 01:19
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
15 Act I Scene 2: I can't sleep, Nanny (Nurse, Tatyana) 00:49
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
16 Act I Scene 2: Well, let me think now (Nurse, Tatyana) 04:55
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
17 Act I Scene 2: To write is foolishness, I know it (Tatyana) 02:52
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
18 Act I Scene 2: I had to write (Tatyana) 03:03
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
19 Act I Scene 2: No, there could never be another (Tatyana) 01:52
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
20 Act I Scene 2: For you were always there beside me (Tatyana) 00:50
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
21 Act I Scene 2: Are you an angel (Tatyana) 02:20
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
22 Act I Scene 2: No, come what may (Tatyana) 02:14
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
23 Act I Scene 2: Ah, night is over! (Tatyana, Nurse) 02:30
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
24 Act I Scene 2: Oh, Nanny, may I ask a favour? (Tatyana, Nurse) 00:25
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
25 Act I Scene 2: Then make your grandson go in secret (Tatyana, Nurse) 03:08
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
26 Act I Scene 3: Dear companions, come this way (Girls) 03:07
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
27 Act I Scene 3: Onegin! Here! To see me! (Tatyana, Onegin) 02:23
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
28 Act I Scene 3: You wrote a letter (Tatyana, Onegin) 01:47
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
29 Act I Scene 3: Were I the sort who had intended (Onegin) 03:14
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
30 Act I Scene 3: But try to practise self-control (Onegin, Girls) 01:02
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Disc 2
1 Act II Scene 1: Entr'acte and Waltz 02:38
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
2 Act II Scene 1: This is superb! (Guests) 01:45
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
3 Act II Scene 1: Certainly! But why aren't you dancing? (Captain, Guests) 01:03
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bosman, Gloria (vocals)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
4 Act II Scene 1: So that's their verdict! (Onegin, Lensky, Guests) 02:19
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
5 Act II Scene 1: How can I have deserved to be so taunted by you? (Lensky, Olga, Onegin) 02:22
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
6 Act II Scene 1: By chance I 'ave with me a song (Triquet, Guests) 00:44
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
7 Act II Scene 1: A cette fete conviee (Triquet, Guests) 02:39
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
8 Act II Scene 1: Messieurs! Mesdames! (Captain) - Mazurka 01:13
Allan, Richard van (bass)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
9 Act II Scene 1: Why aren't you dancing, Lensky? (Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Madame Larina) 03:14
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
10 Act II Scene 1: Here in your house! (Lensky, Onegin, Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Guests) 02:50
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Finnie, Linda (mezzo-soprano)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
11 Act II Scene 1: Your challenge I accept (Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Olga) 01:52
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
12 Act II Scene 2: Introduction 01:59
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
13 Act II Scene 2: What's happened? Where can your opponent be? (Zaretsky, Lensky) 01:14
Allan, Richard van (bass)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
14 Act II Scene 2: How far, how far away you seem now (Lensky) 06:22
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
15 Act II Scene 2: Ah, here they are! (Zaretsky, Onegin, Lensky) 01:55
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Allan, Richard van (bass)
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
16 Act II Scene 2: We fight to satisfy our honour (Zaretsky, Onegin, Lensky) 04:02
Rosenshein, Neil (tenor)
Allan, Richard van (bass)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
17 Act III Scene 1: Polonaise 04:19
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
18 Act III Scene 1: Here, too, I'm bored! (Onegin) 02:25
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
19 Act III Scene 1: Ecossaise 01:50
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
20 Act III Scene 1: The Princess Gremina! (Guests, Onegin, Tatyana, Gremin) 02:15
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Welsh National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Connell, John (bass)
21 Act III Scene 1: The gift of love is rightly treasured (Gremin) 05:41
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Connell, John (bass)
22 Act III Scene 1: And now, you must be introduced to her (Gremin, Tatyana, Onegin) 01:21
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Connell, John (bass)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
23 Act III Scene 1: Is this the very same Tatyana (Onegin) 02:22
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
24 Act III Scene 2: Introduction 01:39
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
25 Act III Scene 2: Why, why did he return and write this letter? (Tatyana, Onegin) 02:15
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
26 Act III Scene 2: Onegin, I was then far younger (Tatyana) 02:15
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
27 Act III Scene 2: Ah, Tatyana! (Onegin, Tatyana) 03:15
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
28 Act III Scene 2: Onegin, as a man of honour (Onegin, Tatyana) 02:07
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
29 Act III Scene 2: Onegin! Leave me, I entreat you (Onegin, Tatyana) 01:40
Te Kanawa, Kiri (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Hampson, Thomas (baritone)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 02:21:57