‎Verdi: Falstaff by Various Artists

Falstaff! (Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)

Clive Bayley, Stuart Kale, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Richard Roberts

5:08

Your bill, sir (Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)

Richard Roberts, Paul Daniel, Clive Bayley, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Chorus

3:11

Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)

Clive Bayley, Richard Roberts, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra

2:50

So now, convey these scorching letters (Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph)

English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Clive Bayley, Andrew Shore

1:06

Your honour? Vermin! (Falstaff)

Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel

4:41

Dear Alice! (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)

English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, Susan Gritton

1:16

Heavenly Alice, let me love you … (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)

English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel

2:35

Monster! (Quickly, Meg, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford)

Paul Daniel, Stuart Kale, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Richard Roberts, Yvonne Kenny

1:33

Again please (Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly)

Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Stuart Kale

1:31

Pst, pst, Nannetta (Fenton, Nannetta)

Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra

1:44

Falstaff has dared to mock me! (Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly)

Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel

1:31

Back to the jousting … (Fenton, Nannetta)

Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Barry Banks, Susan Gritton

2:27

You'll gather from his boasting (Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton)

Barry Banks, Stuart Kale, Richard Roberts, Ashley Holland, English National Opera Orchestra, Clive Bayley, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote

1:37

Enough of this chattering (Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)

Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton

1:39

We're converted, we've reverted (Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff)

Richard Roberts, Clive Bayley, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel

1:07

Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff)

Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore

2:28

I've another commission to bring your worship (Quickly, Falstaff)

Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies

2:27

Alice is mine! (Falstaff)

Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore

1:20

Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook (Bardolph, Falstaff)

English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Richard Roberts

0:39

Good sir, may God be with you! (Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)

English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Clive Bayley, Andrew Shore

3:06

in Windsor there's a lady (Ford, Falstaff)

Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland

3:32

This cruel beauty has a reputation (Ford, Falstaff)

Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland

3:39

I'm dreaming! Or is this true? (Ford)

Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland

5:05

How do I look? I'm ready (Falstaff, Ford)

English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland

1:49

I think we should propose a bill (Alice, Quickly, Meg)

Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel

0:40

I hurry down the river to the Garter (Quickly)

Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra

1:07

It's really very simple (Quickly, Meg, Alice)

English National Opera Orchestra, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel

2:14

Witty young women of Windsor … (Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly)

Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Susan Gritton

1:50

At last I've caught you (Falstaff, Alice)

English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore

3:49

When I was page to the noble Duke of York (Falstaff, Alice, Quickly)

Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, Rebecca De Pont Davies

0:59

Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg)

Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies

0:59

He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea (Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Me

English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Richard Roberts, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Andrew Shore

1:41

Come here! (Nannetta, Fenton)

Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra

0:49

I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him! (Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton)

Richard Roberts, Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Ashley Holland, Clive Bayley, Stuart Kale

0:49

When I catch you … (Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice)

Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Susan Gritton, Barry Banks, Clive Bayley, Richard Roberts, Stuart Kale

3:15

It's not him! (Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton)

Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Ashley Holland, Clive Bayley, English National Opera Orchestra, Barry Banks, Susan Gritton, Stuart Kale

1:52

Hey! Landlord! (Falstaff)

Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra

6:35

Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius)

Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, Alice Coote, Stuart Kale, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies

3:18

Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding (Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton)

English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Barry Banks, Alice Coote, Ashley Holland

4:59

Don't forget the lanterns (Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta)

Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Ashley Holland, Stuart Kale, Susan Gritton

2:11

Introduction

Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra

1:15

From lover's lips a happy song (Fenton, Nannetta)

English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Barry Banks, Paul Daniel

2:34

Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit (Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)

Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies

0:55

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes (Falstaff)

Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra

3:12

I hear a nimble footstep (Falstaff, Alice, Meg)

Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Alice Coote

1:13

Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens (Nannetta, Falstaff, Alice, Chorus)

English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Chorus

1:55

Upon a fragrant breath of night (Nannetta, Chorus)

English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Chorus

4:24

Who goes there? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Ford, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus)

Clive Bayley, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Ashley Holland

0:57

Pinch him and burn him (Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus)

Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel

0:56

Buffoon! (Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus)

Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Clive Bayley, Richard Roberts, Rebecca De Pont Davies

2:07

Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent! (Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice)

Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland

2:53

So the commonest rabble have collected (Falstaff, Ford, Chorus)

Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland

1:21

Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom (Ford, Falstaff, Alice, Chorus)

Ashley Holland, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Chorus

1:11

Ha, ha! (Falstaff, Pistol, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus)

English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Stuart Kale, Barry Banks, Ashley Holland

1:54

Life is a burst of laughter (Falstaff, All)

Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Ashley Holland, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Stuart Kale

3:12

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
Arrigo Boito

Composer
Paul Daniel

Conductor
Clive Bayley

Bass Guitar, Bass
Andrew Shore

Baritone, Mezzo-Soprano, Baryton

Brian Couzens

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Christopher Brooke

Assistant Engineer
Donald Cooper

Cover Photography
Bill Cooper

Photography
Catherine Ashmore

Photography
Robert Workman

Photography
Alan Blyth

Liner Notes
Clive Barda

Photography
Snowdon

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Sean Coleman

Graphic Design
Billy Rafferty

Photography

Verdi: Falstaff

RECORD LABEL

Giuseppe Verdi

Arrigo Boito

Paul Daniel

Clive Bayley

Andrew Shore

Production

Verdi: Falstaff

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