Opera - Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Tosca 117:44
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
English version by Edmund Tracey

COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1 Opening - 'Ah! Here in safety!' 2:08
Angelotti
2 'I don't believe it . . .' 3:31
Sacristan, Cavaradossi
3 'Give me my palette!' 5:45
Cavaradossi, Sacristan, Angelotti, Tosca
4 'Mario! Mario! Mario!' 3:01
Tosca, Cavaradossi
5 'Our little house in the country' 4:27
Tosca, Cavaradossi
6 'What eyes in all the world' 9:34
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Angelotti, Sacristan
7 'All the choir in here at once!' 1:16
Sacristan, Choir
8 'You make the church a fairground!' 1:28
Scarpia, Sacristan, Spoletta
9 'Mario?! Mario?!' 7:12
Tosca, Sacristan, Scarpia
10 'Three agents, go in a carriage . . .' 4:48
Scarpia, Spoletta, Choir
46:10

COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
1 'Tosca, my falcon' 3:27
Scarpia, Sciarrone
2 'Richer far is the flavour' 2:25
Scarpia, Sciarrone, Spoletta
3 'It seemed wise to arrest him . . .' 4:22
Spoletta, Scarpia, Choir, Cavaradossi, Tosca
4 'Now you and I can talk' 5:15
Scarpia, Tosca, Sciarrone, Cavaradossi
5 'Enough. Tosca, your answer' 3:49
Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi, Spolettaa, Sciarrone
6 'Floria!' 4:28
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Scarpia, Sciarrone
7 'How much?' 4:41
Tosca, Scarpia
8 'Life has taught me singing and loving' 7:15
Tosca, Scarpia, Spoleta
9 'Which route have you chosen?' 6:55
Scarpia, Tosca

Act III
10 'No words can cheer me' 10:12

A Shepherd Boy, Jailor, Cavaradossi
11 'All the stars shone in heaven' 5:58
Cavaradossi, Tosca
12 'Oh, hands of mercy' 8:35
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Jailor
13 'What a time they are taking!' 4:04
Tosca, Spoletta, Sciarrone, Soldiers
71:34

Jane Eaglen soprano - Floria Tosca
Dennis O'Neill tenor - Mario Cavaradossi
Gregory Yurisich baritone - Baron Scarpia
Peter Rose bass - Cesare Angelotti
Andrew Shore bass-baritone - Sacristan
John Daszak tenor - Spoletta
Christopher Booth-Jones bass - Sciarrone
Ashley Holland bass - Jailor
Charbel Michael alto - A Shepherd Boy
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Peter Kay Children`s Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
25-27 & 29-30 August 1995
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Richard Smoker (Assistant)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 20 Bit