Composer(s): Verdi, Giuseppe
Conductor(s): Daniel, Paul
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: CHAN3079-80
Barcode: 095115307922
Release Date: 03/2002

VERDI: Falstaff (Sung in English)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Verdi, Giuseppe
Holden, Amanda - Lyricist
Boito, Arrigo - Lyricist
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
1Act I Scene 1: Falstaff! (Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)05:08
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
2Act I Scene 1: Your bill, sir (Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)03:11
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
3Act I Scene 1: Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)02:50
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
4Act I Scene 1: So now, convey these scorching letters (Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph)01:06
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
5Act I Scene 1: Your honour? Vermin! (Falstaff)04:41
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
6Act I Scene 2: Dear Alice! (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)01:16
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
7Act I Scene 2: Heavenly Alice, let me love you … (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)02:35
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
8Act I Scene 2: Monster! (Quickly, Meg, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford)01:33
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
9Act I Scene 2: Again please (Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly)01:31
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
10Act I Scene 2: Pst, pst, Nannetta (Fenton, Nannetta)01:44
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
11Act I Scene 2: Falstaff has dared to mock me! (Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly)01:31
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
12Act I Scene 2: Back to the jousting … (Fenton, Nannetta)02:27
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
13Act I Scene 2: You'll gather from his boasting (Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton)01:37
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
14Act I Scene 2: Enough of this chattering (Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)01:39
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
15Act II Scene 1: We're converted, we've reverted (Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff)01:07
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
16Act II Scene 1: Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff)02:28
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
17Act II Scene 1: I've another commission to bring your worship (Quickly, Falstaff)02:27
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
18Act II Scene 1: Alice is mine! (Falstaff)01:20
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
19Act II Scene 1: Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook (Bardolph, Falstaff)00:39
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
20Act II Scene 1: Good sir, may God be with you! (Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)03:06
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
21Act II Scene 1: In Windsor there's a lady (Ford, Falstaff)03:32
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
22Act II Scene 1: This cruel beauty has a reputation (Ford, Falstaff)03:39
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
23Act II Scene 1: I'm dreaming! Or is this true? (Ford)05:05
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
24Act II Scene 1: How do I look? I'm ready (Falstaff, Ford)01:49
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act II Scene 2: I think we should propose a bill (Alice, Quickly, Meg)00:40
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
2Act II Scene 2: I hurry down the river to the Garter (Quickly)01:07
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
3Act II Scene 2: It's really very simple (Quickly, Meg, Alice, Quickly)02:14
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
4Act II Scene 2: Witty young women of Windsor … (Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly)01:50
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
5Act II Scene 2: At last I've caught you (Falstaff, Alice)03:49
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
6Act II Scene 2: When I was page to the noble Duke of York (Falstaff, Alice, Quickly)00:59
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
7Act II Scene 2: Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg)00:59
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
8Act II Scene 2: He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea (Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Meg)01:41
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
9Act II Scene 2: Come here! (Nannetta, Fenton)00:49
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
10Act II Scene 2: I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him! (Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton)00:49
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
11Act II Scene 2: When I catch you … (Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice)03:15
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
12Act II Scene 2: It's not him! (Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton)01:52
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
13Act III Scene 1: Hey! Landlord! (Falstaff)06:35
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
14Act III Scene 1: Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius)03:18
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
15Act III Scene 1: Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding (Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton)04:59
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
16Act III Scene 1: Don't forget the lanterns (Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta)02:11
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
17Act III Scene 2: (Introduction)01:15
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
18Act III Scene 2: From lover's lips a happy song (Fenton, Nannetta)02:34
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
19Act III Scene 2: Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit (Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)00:55
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
20Act III Scene 2: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes (Falstaff)03:12
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
21Act III Scene 2: I hear a nimble footstep (Falstaff, Alice, Meg)01:13
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
22Act III Scene 2: Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens (Nannetta, Chorus, Falstaff, Alice)01:55
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
23Act III Scene 2: Upon a fragrant breath of night (Nannetta, Chorus)04:24
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
24Act III Scene 2: Who goes there? (Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus, Ford)00:57
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
25Act III Scene 2: Pinch him and burn him (Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus)00:56
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
26Act III Scene 2: Buffoon! (Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus)02:07
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
27Act III Scene 2: Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent! (Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice)02:53
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
28Act III Scene 2: So the commonest rabble have collected (Falstaff, Chorus, Ford)01:21
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
29Act III Scene 2: Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom (Ford, Falstaff, Chorus, Alice)01:11
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
30Act III Scene 2: Ha, ha! (Falstaff, Pistol, Chorus, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta)01:54
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)
31Act III Scene 2: Life is a burst of laughter (Falstaff, All)03:12
Shore, Andrew (baritone)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Rebecca de Pont (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Holland, Ashley (baritone)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Kenny, Yvonne (soprano)
Roberts, Richard (tenor)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel, Paul (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:05:07