Album · 2008
A Tribute to John Cargher
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Introduction
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1:28
2
Music / “Caruso and Melba and the Gramophone…”
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1:50
3
La sonnambula: “Ah, non giunge”
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2:46
4
“Ah, non giunge… This Was Singing Good Enough to Start the Ball Rolling for My 1965 Special…”
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1:48
5
Il tabarro: “È ben altro” … “Ho sognato una casseta” (Theme Music to Singers of Renown (complete))
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3:35
6
“The Theme of Singers of Renown… A Tenor Appeared in the Theme Music…”
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1:10
7
Adriana Lecouvreur: “La dolcissima effigie”
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1:55
8
“La Dolcissima Effigie… Well, Singers of Renown Growed and Growed…”
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1:37
9
The Creed
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4:31
10
“The Creed… For Example, Anni Frind Was the First Soprano to Sing and Record the Nuns’ Chorus…”
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1:02
11
Die Fledermaus: “Täubchen, das entflattert ist” (Alfred and Adele’s Duet)
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2:41
12
“You’re Listening to Singers of Renown… In Telling the History of This Program… High Notes…”
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1:56
13
The Carnival of Venice
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6:05
14
“The Carnival of Venice… Give a Thought to a Simple Waltz…”
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1:09
15
Der Rosenkavalier: “Herr Kavalier”
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4:19
16
“Herr Kavalier… The Recording of Local Opera or Concert Singers Is a Comparatively Recent Phenomenon…”
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1:35
17
Carmen: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (Flower Song)
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3:36
18
“The Flower Song… But What About Singers of the Future?…”
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1:19
19
“Admittedly, I’ve Been Producing Words and Music for This Program All These Years…”
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0:40
20
Conclusion / Theme
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1:31
21
Otello: “Si, pel ciel”
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4:41
22
Manon Lescaut: « C’est l’histoire amoureuse » (Laughing Song)
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2:27
23
La fanciulla del West: “Ch’ella mi creda”
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2:22
24
Good Night
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2:11
Disc 2
1
Introduction
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0:44
2
Theme / “I Did Not Grow Up With Music…”
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2:02
3
Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn
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4:39
4
“The Easter Hymn… I Went Without Meals to Attend a Fiendishly Expensive Gallery at Covent Garden: Two Shillings…”
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0:35
5
Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore” (Quartet)
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4:21
6
“No, I Never Heard Amelita Galli‐Curci… I Became a Dyed‐In‐The‐Wool Balletomane…”
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1:18
7
Le Villi: Atto II. Duet “T’amai; mi tradisti ”
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3:02
8
“Not a Famous Duet… I Had a Modest Record Collection by Then…”
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1:09
9
Ernani: “Ernani involami”
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3:23
10
“Ernani involami… On Being Demobbed in 1945, I Went Into the Theatre Business…”
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1:29
11
There but for You Go I
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0:23
12
“There, From the Original Cast of Brigadoon…”
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0:16
13
I Talk to the Trees
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1:53
14
“I Talk to the Trees… Almost by Accident I Ended Up in the Record Trade…”
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1:48
15
Miserere (excerpt)
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4:13
16
“These Days Roy Goodman Is a Renowned Conductor… I Left the Record Trade and a New, Many‐Sided Career Began…”
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1:51
17
Hamlet : « Et maintenant"… “Pâle et blonde” (Mad Scene)
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4:11
18
“The Voice of the Young Glenda Raymond Impersonating Melba… I Used to Take Opera Tours Around the World…”
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1:18
19
Mefistofele: “Se tu mi doni”
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2:04
20
Mefistofele: “Lontano, lontano”
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2:51
21
Mefistofele: “Spunta l’aurora pallida”
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3:39
22
“Three Extracts… Thank You…”
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0:22
23
Conclusion / Theme
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2:59
24
Die tote Stadt: “Glück, das mir verblieb” (Mariettalied)
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4:08
25
Porgy and Bess: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
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5:03
26
“My Next Item Is the Most Frequently Played Track…”
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0:40
27
Candide: “It Must Be So”
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1:53
Disc 3
1
Music for Pleasure Theme / Introduction
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1:57
2
Roman Carnival, op. 9: Overture
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8:53
3
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
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3:02
4
The Fool on the Hill: Yesterdays Concerto
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7:46
5
Masquerade Waltz
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4:06
6
Lakmé: Acte I. « Viens Mallika »
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5:22
7
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Intermezzo
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3:08
8
Don John of Austria: Overture
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9:35
9
Pavane
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6:59
10
Trumpet Concerto in E‐flat: 1st Movement
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6:11
11
The Wasps : March of the Kitchen Utensils
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3:11
12
Symphony no. 2 “Joy of Life”: Gloria in excelsis
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6:21
13
Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, op. posth. (Theme to Music for Pleasure)
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9:35