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ROSSINI: Gazza ladra (La) (The Thieving Magpie) (Sung in English)

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Label: Chandos

Series: Opera in English

Genre: Opera

Period: Romantic

Catalogue No: CHAN3097-98

Barcode: 095115309728

Release Date: 06/2003

ROSSINI: Gazza ladra (La) (The Thieving Magpie) (Sung in English)

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Disc 1

Rossini, Gioachino
Gherardini, Giovanni - Lyricist

La Gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Scales, Prunella (reader)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Graham-Hall, John (tenor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Jeffery, Darren (baritone)
Tebb, Philip (bass)
Garrett, Nicholas (bass)

1

Overture: Maestoso marziale

02:23

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Overture: Allegro

06:35

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Act I Scene 1: What a day of celebration (Servants, Pippo, Magpie)

02:39

Scales, Prunella (reader)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)

4

Act I Scene 1: Get moving - do something (Lucia, Pippo, Servants, Fabrizio, Magpie)

04:07

Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

5

Act I Scene 1: I can see my beloved Giannetto (Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo, Servants)

02:12

Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)

6

Act I Scene 1: Oh, my heart is full of joy! (Ninetta)

03:05

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

7

Act I Scene 1: Spring is returning (Ninetta)

03:15

Parry, David (Conductor)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act I Scene 1: Dearest Ninetta, today's a special day! (Fabrizio, Ninetta, Lucia)

00:59

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

9

Act I Scene 1: Penknives and needles, leather patches (Isacco)

01:09

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Graham-Hall, John (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)

10

Act I Scene 1: I thought so, it's old Isacco (Pippo, Isacco)

00:29

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Graham-Hall, John (tenor)

11

Act I Scene 1: What's that shouting? (Ninetta, Servants, Villagers, Pippo)

01:21

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

12

Act I Scene 1: Darling! Darling, let me embrace you (Giannetto, Villagers, Servants)

00:24

Banks, Barry (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

13

Act I Scene 1: Yes, even in the battle (Giannetto, Villagers)

02:35

Banks, Barry (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

14

Act I Scene 1: Goodbye for now, my darling (Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Fernando)

01:08

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)

15

Act I Scene 1: Yesterday, just as the sun was setting (Fernando, Ninetta)

01:51

Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

16

Act I Scene 1: I can be strong no longer (Ninetta, Fernando)

02:39

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Act I Scene 1: Oh, daughter, let me embrace you (Fernando, Ninetta)

05:31

Parry, David (Conductor)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

18

Act I Scene 1: Good morning, my pretty lady (Mayor, Ninetta, Giorgio, Fernando)

02:01

Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

19

Act I Scene 1: THIS IS MOST URGENT (Ninetta, Mayor, Fernando)

02:27

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

20

Act I Scene 1: Thank heavens! (Ninetta, Mayor, Fernando)

03:21

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)

21

Act I Scene 1: We're alone here (Mayor, Ninetta, Fernando)

05:08

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

22

Act I Scene 1: Such madness and confusion (Fernando, Ninetta, Mayor)

02:14

Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

23

Act I Scene 2: Penknives and needles, leather patches (Isacco, Ninetta, Pippo, Lucia, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Magpie)

03:20

Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Graham-Hall, John (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

24

Act I Scene 2: This morning in the house of Fabrizio Vingradito (Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo)

06:08

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

25

Act I Scene 2: Did somebody want me? (Isacco, Mayor, Giannetto, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Ninetta)

02:04

Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Graham-Hall, John (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

26

Act I Scene 2: Grief and calamity tumble around me (Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio)

05:14

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)

27

Act I Scene 2: Someone is coming (Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio)

00:29

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

28

Act I Scene 2: Take this girl away and throw her into prison! (Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Servants, Villagers, Isacco)

03:06

Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)

Disc 2

1

Act II Scene 1: She's shut up in that dark and dismal dungeon (Antonio, Ninetta, Giannetto)

02:15

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)

2

Act II Scene 1: Maybe one day you'll forgive me (Ninetta, Giannetto)

05:34

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Act II Scene 1: You'd better go, and quickly (Antonio, Giannetto, Ninetta, Mayor)

01:21

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Act II Scene 1: You're so lovely, your eyes are sparkling (Mayor, Ninetta, Villagers)

03:44

Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act II Scene 1: When you hear the sentence (Mayor, Villagers, Ninetta, Court)

03:21

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)

6

Act II Scene 1: Mr Mayor, Mr Mayor - what are you up to? (Antonio, Pippo, Ninetta)

00:59

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act II Scene 1: Just think that tomorrow, even today (Ninetta, Pippo)

00:37

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)

8

Act II Scene 1: No, no, I beg you to take it (Ninetta, Pippo)

05:43

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

9

Act II Scene 1: Lest my darling should forget me (Ninetta, Pippo)

03:24

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)

10

Act II Scene 1: By unanimous verdict - we find her guilty (Judge, Giannetto, Fabrizio)

03:06

Jeffery, Darren (baritone)
Tebb, Philip (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

11

Act II Scene 1: The wheels of justice will crush the guilty (Court)

04:40

Parry, David (Conductor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act II Scene 1: Most unhappy of women, your fate is in the balance (Judge, Ninetta)

03:39

Jeffery, Darren (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Tebb, Philip (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)

13

Act II Scene 1: God protect her! (Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Ninetta)

03:19

Banks, Barry (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
White, Jeremy (bass)

14

Act II Scene 1: But, your Honours, you're mistaken (Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court, Ninetta, Judge, Fernando)

01:24

Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)

15

Act II Scene 1: Release her! (Fernando, Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court)

03:14

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

16

Act II Scene 1: A chasm of sorrow is yawning before me (Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Fernando, Court)

03:46

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Act II Scene 1: If I cried, I would weep forever (Ninetta, Giannetto, Fernando, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court)

03:42

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Smythe, Russell (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

18

Act II Scene 2: What a dump of a village (Ernesto, Pippo, Giorgio, Antonio)

01:37

Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Garrett, Nicholas (bass)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)

19

Act II Scene 2: Bitter torment burns within you (Villagers)

02:06

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)

20

Act II Scene 2: God in heaven, Oh, God of justice (Ninetta, Villagers)

05:26

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

21

Act II Scene 2: Giorgio! Giorgio! Ah, we're so happy! (Pippo, Antonio, Giorgio, Giannetto, Lucia, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor)

02:36

Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

22

Act II Scene 2: Oh, God preserve us (Lucia, Mayor)

01:06

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)

23

Act II Scene 2: We can see her, she is coming! (Pippo, Antonio, Villagers, Mayor, Giorgio, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio)

01:14

Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Purves, Christopher (baritone)
Jones, Nerys (mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

24

Act II Scene 2: Though I hear your cries of gladness (Ninetta, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Fernando, Pippo, Villagers, Mayor, Antonio)

03:29

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Banks, Barry (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

25

Act II Scene 2: Now that the storm is over (Ninetta, Lucia, Antonio, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor, Pippo, Giannetto, Fernando)

02:39

Cullagh, Majella (soprano)
Kale, Stuart (tenor)
Bickley, Susan (mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 02:31:55