Beverly Sills & Friends (2006)
performed by
Adolf Dallapozza (vocals), Beverly Sills (soprano), Beverly Wolff (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Charles Treger (violin), Charles Wadsworth (piano), Charles Wadsworth (harpsichord), Christian du Plessis (vocals), Don Garrard (vocals)
composed by
Adolphe Adam, Antonio Caldara, Douglas S. Moore, Franz Lehár, Franz Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Henry Rowley Bishop, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Thomas Arne, Vincenzo Bellini
This collection, a tribute to Sills' collaborative spirit, brings together scenes from complete opera recordings that had come about as a result of productions at the New York City Opera, as well as six previously unreleased performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The operas represent her recorded works, including selections from the French romantic, Italian bel canto, and contemporary American repertoire.The performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center make this an important addition ...
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This collection, a tribute to Sills' collaborative spirit, brings together scenes from complete opera recordings that had come about as a result of productions at the New York City Opera, as well as six previously unreleased performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The operas represent her recorded works, including selections from the French romantic, Italian bel canto, and contemporary American repertoire.The performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center make this an important addition even to the collections of the confirmed Sills fans who may already own the operas from which these scenes are taken. This is not repertoire for which Sills is well known, and her concert performances of these songs and arias are a real discovery; she brings to these works the same unerring sense of drama for which she was known on-stage. Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, with Gervase de Peyer on clarinet and Charles Wadsworth on piano, emerges as a poignant monodrama, and Sills...
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- Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Scene 1. Je marche sur tous les chemins
- Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Scene 1. Gavotte. Obéissons, quand leur voix appelle
- Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 4. Un mot, s'il vous plaît, Chevalier
- Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Part 1. No. 4. Duet. Sulla tomba che rinserra
- Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Part 2. Act 1. Sextet with Chorus. Chi mi frena in tal momento? / Chi raffrena il mio furore?
- I Puritani, opera: Part 1. Scene 2. Scene and Duet. O amato zio - Sai com'arde
- I Puritani, opera: Part 1. Scene 2. Scene and Duet. Chi mosse a' miei desir il genitor?
- I Puritani, opera: Part 1. Scene 2. Scene and Duet. Odi... Qual suon si desta?
- Anna Bolena, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. No. 11. Scene and Duet. Dio, che mi vedi in core
- Anna Bolena, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. No. 11. Scene and Duet. Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio
- Anna Bolena, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. No. 11. Scene and Duet. Dal mio cor punita io sono
- Anna Bolena, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. No. 11. Scene and Duet. Va', infelice, e teco reca
- Roberto Devereux (Il Conte di Essex), opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Nunzio son del Parlamento
- Maria Stuarda, opera: Act 2. No. 6. Finale. Deh! l'accogli!
- Maria Stuarda, opera: Act 2. No. 6. Finale. Va', preparati, furente
- Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Act 3. Barcarolle. Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
- Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Act 3. Scene. Cher ange!
- Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Act 3. Duet. Malheureux, tu ne comprends donc pas
- The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts: Act 1. Scene 2. Willow, where we met together (Willow Song)
- The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts: Act 1. Scene 2. Oh, Mr. Tabor!
- The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts: Act 1. Scene 2. Warm as the autumn light
- Le Toreador, opera: Act 1. Aria. Ah! vous dirai-je, maman
- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh'"), for voice, clarinet (or cello) & piano, D. 965 (Op. posth. 129)
- Meine Seele hört im Sehen (German Aria No.6), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 207
- Artaxerxes, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Scena 3. Aria. The soldier tir'd of war's alarms
- La Costanza vince il rigore, cantata for 2 voices, violins & oboe
- Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark
- Der Zarewitsch, operetta in 3 acts: Act 1. Aria. Einer wird kommen
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