The Academy Plays Opera
Neville Marriner · Christopher Warren-Green · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Graham Sheen · John Leach
The Academy Plays Opera (2024), CD, on Warner Classics. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Amilcare Ponchielli, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, performed by Neville Marriner, Christopher Warren-Green, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Graham Sheen; 13 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Aida: Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)
Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
Christopher Warren-Green, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Rigoletto: Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
Tosca: Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" - Execution and Finale (instrumental version, arr. Palmer)
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, John Leach
Turandot: Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
La bohème (Fantasy for Orchestra, arr. Palmer)
Giacomo Puccini - La Bohème: A Fantasy for Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
La traviata: Act 2: "Di Provenza il mar" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)
Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto II, scena 1. “Di Provenza il mar, il suol” (Germont)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Graham Sheen
Madama Butterfly: Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (instrumental version, arr. Palmer)
Giacomo Puccini - “Un bel dì, vedremo” (from Madama Butterfly)
Tosca: Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)
La Gioconda, op. 9: Act 3: Dance of the Hours
Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore