Composer(s): Donizetti, Gaetano
Conductor(s): Mackerras, Charles
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: CHAN3073
Barcode: 095115307328
Release Date: 01/2001

BAKER, Janet: Scenes from Mary Stuart (Maria Stuarda) (Sung in English)

Tracklist

Donizetti, Gaetano
Hammond, Tom - Lyricist
Bardari, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Bostock, Angela (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Rendall, David (tenor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
1Act II: Why run so fast, my lady? (Hannah, Mary)03:02
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Bostock, Angela (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
2Act II: You murmuring breezes … ( Mary)03:45
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
3Act II: What tumult! Those voices! (Mary, Hannah, Chorus)00:56
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Bostock, Angela (soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
4Act II: In the peace of my gloomy seclusion (Mary, Hannah, Ladies)03:36
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Bostock, Angela (soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
5Act II: Ah! May this joy not deceive me (Mary, Leicester)01:47
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Rendall, David (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
6Act II: Long by the world forsaken (Mary, Leicester)04:34
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Rendall, David (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
7Act II: All too well I surely know her! Ah! Though my spirit never falterd (Mary, Leicester)03:27
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Rendall, David (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
8Act II: What place is this then? (Elizabeth, Leicester, Cecil, Talbot, Mary)02:24
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
Rendall, David (tenor)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
9Act II: Report has not failed me (Elizabeth, Mary, Talbot, Hannah, Leicester, Cecil)02:38
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
10Act II: Bid her welcome! (Leicester, Elizabeth, Talbot, Mary)00:41
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
Rendall, David (tenor)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
11Act II: Dead to justice, throne and kingdom (Mary, Cecil, Elizabeth, Leicester, Talbot)07:18
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
Rendall, David (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
12Act II: Go, prepare yourself for sentence (Elizabeth, Cecil, Mary, Hannah, Leicester, Talbot, Chorus)02:03
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
13Act III Scene 2: Elizabeth will continue to mock and insult me (Mary, Cecil)04:53
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
14Act III Scene 2: Oh faithful Talbot! (Mary, Cecil)05:05
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
15Act III Scene 2: Once all the radiant joys of youth (Mary, Cecil)04:18
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
16Act III Scene 2: There still remains another charge (Mary, Cecil)00:58
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
17Act III Scene 2: No, I never turned from my Saviour (Mary, Cecil)01:25
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
18Act III Scene 2: Go, leave this world of grief behind (Mary, Talbot)03:03
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
19Act III Scene 3: I see you all once more (Mary, Chorus)03:45
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
20Act III Scene 3: Oh, deign to hear our prayer, merciful Saviour! (Mary, Chorus)04:04
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
21Act III Scene 3: The signal (All, Cecil, Mary)01:27
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
22Act III Scene 3: Death hovers near me, so take my pardon (Mary, Hannah, Talbot, Cecil, Chorus)04:03
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
23Act III Scene 3: Leicester approaches (Talbot, Mary, Leicester, Cecil)02:21
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Rendall, David (tenor)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
24Act III Scene 3: Though you once made a vow to protect me (Mary, Leicester, Talbot, Hannah, Cecil, Chorus)05:19
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:16:52