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 Cheryl Barker Sings Great Operatic Arias
Release Date: 09/29/2009 
Label:  Chandos   Catalog #: 3161   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Francesco CilčaPeter Ilyich TchaikovskyRuggero LeoncavalloArrigo BoitoJake Heggie
Richard StraussMalcolm WilliamsonAlfredo Catalani
Performer:  Cheryl BarkerGillian KeithWilliam Dazeley
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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Recording information: Blackheath Halls (04/05/2009-04/08/2009).
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Adriana Lecouvreur: See now, I am exhausted... / I am the humble servant of God's immortal art by Francesco Cilča
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Arturo Colautti. 
2.  The Queen of Spades: You need not close the windows just yet / Oh why am I so tearful by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano), Gillian Keith (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Russia 
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Notes: Librettists: Modest Tchaikovsky; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. 
3.  Pagliacci (The Touring Company): His eyes were flashing with anger / Through the air they soar by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Ruggero Leoncavallo. 
4.  Pagliacci (The Touring Company): Nedda! / My fate is in your hands / Then will you say why you have by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano), William Dazeley (Baritone)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 11 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Ruggero Leoncavallo. 
5.  Mephistopheles: To the moonlit waves they cast him by Arrigo Boito
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Italy 
Length: 6 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Arrigo Boito. 
6.  The End of the Affair: Nineteen forty-four. March. May. June by Jake Heggie
Performer:  William Dazeley (Baritone), Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Heather McDonald. 
7.  The Queen of Spades: It's nearly midnight now by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Russia 
Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Notes: Librettists: Modest Tchaikovsky; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. 
8.  Arabella: He's not the one who is right for me / The one who's right for me by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano), Gillian Keith (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1929-1932; Germany 
Length: 6 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal. 
9.  Adriana Lecouvreur: Poor little flowers by Francesco Cilča
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Arturo Colautti. 
10.  The Violins of Saint-Jacques: How can I explain to you by Malcolm Williamson
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: William Chappell. 
11.  La Wally: I'll float into the distance by Alfredo Catalani
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Luigi Illica. 
12.  Arabella: I'm very glad, Mandryka by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Cheryl Barker (Soprano), William Dazeley (Baritone)
Conductor:  David Parry
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1929-1932; Germany 
Length: 7 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Notes: Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal. 
 Sound Samples Back to Top 
Adriana Lecouvreur
Vedi ora, sono esauriti (Sung in English)
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Act I: You need not close the windows just yet
Pagliacci
Act I: Stridono lassu, liberamente
Pagliacci
Act I: Nedda! ... Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza!
Mefistofele
Act IV: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: La luna immobile innonda (Sung in English)
The End of the Affair
A Bargain and a Prayer
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Act III: It's nearly midnight now
Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263
Act I: Er ist der Richtige nicht fur mich (Sung in English)
Adriana Lecouvreur
Act IV: Poveri fiori ... (Sung in English)
The Violins of Saint-Jacques
How can I explain to you
La Wally
Act I: Ebben? Ne andro lontana (Sung in English)
Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263
Act III: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka (Sung in English)
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