Composer(s): Puccini, Giacomo
Conductor(s): Parry, David
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: CHAN3086-87
Barcode: 095115308622
Release Date: 11/2002

PUCCINI: Turandot (Sung in English)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Puccini, Giacomo
Adami, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Simoni, Renato - Lyricist
Bailey, Simon (bass)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Hansen, Ove Verner (bass)
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
1Act I: People of proud Peking (Mandarin, Liu, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)04:11
Bailey, Simon (bass)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
2Act I: When all was lost (Timur, The Unknwon Prince, Liu, Chorus)01:21
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
3Act I: Sharpen the axe! (Chorus)02:27
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
4Act I: Is the moon never rising? (Chorus)04:45
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
5Act I: How young to die! (The Unknown Prince, Chorus)05:27
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
6Act I: Son, are you mad? (Timur, The Unknown Prince, Liu, The Prince of Persia, Chorus)01:47
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
7Act I: What do you want? Who are you? (Ping, Pong, Pang, Chorus)01:54
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
8Act I: Why so much noise? (Ping, The Unknown Prince, Pang, Pong, Timur, Chorus)01:45
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
9Act I: Nights without a gleam of starlight . . . (Pang, Pong, Ping, The Unknown Prince, Timur, Chorus)02:35
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
10Act I: I beg you, hear me (Liu)02:29
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
11Act I: Don't cry for me, Liu (The Unknown Prince, Liu, Timur)02:07
Bayley, Clive (bass)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
12Act I: Ah! How can you ignore us? (Timur, Liu, The Unknown Prince, Ping, Chorus)02:36
Bayley, Clive (bass)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
13Act II Scene 1: Hallo Pang! Hallo Pong! (Ping, Pong, Pang, Chorus)03:10
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
14Act II Scene 1: I've a house in fair Honan (Ping, Pang, Pong, Chorus)04:11
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
15Act II Scene 1: Do you remember when the Royal Prince of Samarkand came? (Pong, Pang, Ping, Chorus)05:17
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
16Act II Scene 2: With the three enigmas ready (Chorus)04:26
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
17Act II Scene 2: I am the pris'ner of a ghastly promise (The Emperor, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)04:20
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
18Act II Scene 2: People of proud Peking! (The Mandarin, Chorus)01:50
Hansen, Ove Verner (bass)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
19Act II Scene 2: Within this Palace a story lives forever (Turandot, Chorus)02:38
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
20Act II Scene 2: O Princess who in caravans of splendour (Turandot, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)03:24
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
21Act II Scene 2: O stranger, now listen! (Turandot, The Unknown Prince, The Emperor, Liu, Chorus)07:54
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
22Act II Scene 2: Emp'ror and father! Son of Heaven! (Turandot, The Emperor, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)03:01
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
23Act II Scene 2: Three enigmas that you asked me (The Unknown Prince, The Emperor, Chorus)04:18
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act III Scene 1: The Princess Turandot commands (Chorus)03:18
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
2Act III Scene 1: None shall sleep now! (The Unknown Prince, Ping, Pong, Pang, Chorus)03:30
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
3Act III Scene 1: These girls should please you! (Pong, Pang, Ping, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)04:07
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
4Act III Scene 1: How pale you look, O stranger! (Turandot, The Unknown Prince, Liu, Ping, Timur, Chorus)03:18
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
5Act III Scene 1: Yes, I love him so deeply (Liu, Turandot, Ping, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)03:21
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
6Act III Scene 1: You who with ice are shrouded (Liu, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)02:58
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
7Act III Scene 1: Liu!. . . Liu!. . . Wake up! (Timur, Ping, Pong, Pang, Chorus)04:49
Bayley, Clive (bass)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Sidhom, Peter (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
8Act III Scene 1: Deathly Princess, so heartless! (The Unknown Prince, Turandot)03:24
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
9Act III Scene 1: What have you done? (Turandot, The Unknown Prince, Chorus)03:15
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
10Act III Scene 1: I never wept before (Turandot, The Unknown Prince / Calaf)04:47
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
O'Neill, Dennis (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)
11Act III Scene 2: Glory to our Emp'ror! (Turandot, Chorus)03:32
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Eaglen, Jane (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:58:12