Composer: John Adams, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Richard Rodgers, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Gerald Finley, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN3167
Release: 2010
Size: 261 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
01. Aria: My only beloved Mathilde I claim
Weber: Euryanthe
02. Act II: So weih’ ich mich den Rachgewalten (Sung in English)
Adams: Doctor Atomic
03. Batter my heart
Verdi: Otello
04. Act II: Credo in un Dio crudel (Sung in English)
Wagner: Tannhäuser
05. Act II: Blick ich umher in diesem edlem Kreise
06. Act III: O du mein holder Abendstern
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
07. Act I: Duettino: La ci darem la mano (Sung in English)
Turnage: The Silver Tassie
08. Oh bring to me a pint of wine
Bizet: Carmen
09. Act II: Toreador’s aria: You’re most kind (Sung in English)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
10. Act III: Verachtet mir die Meister nicht (Sung in English)
Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
11. Act I: Ambo nati in questa valle (Sung in English)
Puccini: Tosca
12. Act I: 3 agents, go in a carriage …
Rodgers: South Pacific
13. Some Enchanted Evening
One of the leading baritones and dramatic interpreters of his generation, Gerald Finley is an artist who sets alight the stage and delights the ear in whatever the role he portrays.
On this (his first arias disc, and first for Opera in English) he explores a broad range of repertory: old favourites, hidden treasures, and roles which he himself has created, among them J.Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams’s Doctor Atomic and Harry Heegan in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Silver Tassie.
Gerald has won accolades across the globe including Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award at the 2006 Gramophone Awards for Stanford: Songs of the Sea (CHSA5043).
English National Opera director Edward Gardner offers a great understanding of Opera in English, and here conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in his debut on Chandos.