8 November 2004
Monday 8 November 2004 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Adrift on the High 'C's?
Another chance to hear Edward Seckerson's form guide to the tenors of tomorrow. With Pavarotti finally announcing his retirement and Domingo moving increasingly toward conducting, where are the new stars who will replace them? Cura, Florez, Alagna, Villazon and Alvarez are all under starter's orders.
Playlist
CD: Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert
Conducted by Zubin Mehta
Track 15 – ‘O Sole Mio
Decca 430 433-2
CD: Verdi Arias – Jose Cura
Philharmonia Orchestra
Track 1 – Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida – from Aida
Erato 8573-80232-2
CD: Juan Diego Florez – Rossini Arias
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Track 1 – Ah dov’e, dov’e il cimento – from Semiramide
Track 5 – Concedi, amor pietoso – from L’italiana in Algeri
Decca 470 024-2
CD: Popular Tenor Arias – Roberto Alagna
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Armstrong
Track 16 – C’est la!...Salut! tombeau sombre et silencieux! – from Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette
EMI Classics 7243 5 55540 2 4
CD: L’amour, l’amour – Ramon Vargas
Munich Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Marcello Viotti
Track 5 – Tombe degli avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero – from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
RCA 74321 61464 2
CD: Verdi Arias – Ramon Vargas
Munich Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Edoardo Muller, (with Annegher Stumphius)
Track 10 – Ah!, si, ben mio, coll’essere – Di quella pira l’orrendo foco – from Il Trovatore
BMG 74321 79603 2
CD: Marcelo Alvarez – Bel Canto
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Track 3 – La donna e mobile – from Verdi’s Rigoletto
Track 4 – Una furtiva lagrima – from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore
Sony Classical SK 60721
CD: Italian Opera Arias – Rolando Villazon
Munich Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Marcello Viotti
Track 12 – Che gelida manina – from Puccini’s La Boheme
Virgin Classics 7243 5 45626 2
CD: Roberto Alagna - Nessun Dorma
Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Mark Elder
Track 1 – Nessun Dorma – from Puccini’s Turandot
EMI Classics 7243 5 57627 2
