Falstaff! (Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Richard Roberts, Paul Daniel, Clive Bayley, Stuart Kale
Verdi: Falstaff
Various Artists
Your bill, sir (Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Chorus, Clive Bayley, English National Opera Orchestra
Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
English National Opera Orchestra, Richard Roberts, Clive Bayley, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore
So now, convey these scorching letters (Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph)
Andrew Shore, Clive Bayley, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Richard Roberts
Dear Alice! (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)
Alice Coote, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies
Heavenly Alice, let me love you … (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)
Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel
Monster! (Quickly, Meg, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Richard Roberts, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Stuart Kale
Again please (Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly)
Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Stuart Kale
Pst, pst, Nannetta (Fenton, Nannetta)
English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Barry Banks
Falstaff has dared to mock me! (Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly)
Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra
Back to the jousting … (Fenton, Nannetta)
Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Barry Banks
You'll gather from his boasting (Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Stuart Kale, Barry Banks, Ashley Holland, Richard Roberts, Clive Bayley, Alice Coote
Enough of this chattering (Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)
Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra
We're converted, we've reverted (Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff)
English National Opera Orchestra, Richard Roberts, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Clive Bayley
Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel
I've another commission to bring your worship (Quickly, Falstaff)
Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel
Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook (Bardolph, Falstaff)
Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore
Good sir, may God be with you! (Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Richard Roberts, Clive Bayley, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland
in Windsor there's a lady (Ford, Falstaff)
Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland, English National Opera Orchestra
This cruel beauty has a reputation (Ford, Falstaff)
English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland
How do I look? I'm ready (Falstaff, Ford)
Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, English National Opera Orchestra
I think we should propose a bill (Alice, Quickly, Meg)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote
I hurry down the river to the Garter (Quickly)
Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra
It's really very simple (Quickly, Meg, Alice)
English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny
Witty young women of Windsor … (Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly)
Susan Gritton, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies
At last I've caught you (Falstaff, Alice)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore
When I was page to the noble Duke of York (Falstaff, Alice, Quickly)
Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg)
Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Andrew Shore, Alice Coote
He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea (Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Me
Alice Coote, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Yvonne Kenny, Ashley Holland, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra
Come here! (Nannetta, Fenton)
Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton
I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him! (Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton)
Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, Clive Bayley, Stuart Kale, Ashley Holland, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Richard Roberts
When I catch you … (Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice)
Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, Barry Banks, Ashley Holland, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Clive Bayley, Stuart Kale
It's not him! (Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton)
Clive Bayley, Richard Roberts, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, Stuart Kale, Barry Banks
Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius)
English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Stuart Kale, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland
Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding (Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton)
Barry Banks, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra
Don't forget the lanterns (Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta)
Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Yvonne Kenny, Stuart Kale, Rebecca De Pont Davies
From lover's lips a happy song (Fenton, Nannetta)
Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra
Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit (Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)
Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Barry Banks, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes (Falstaff)
Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra
I hear a nimble footstep (Falstaff, Alice, Meg)
English National Opera Orchestra, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore
Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens (Nannetta, Falstaff, Alice, Chorus)
Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Chorus
Upon a fragrant breath of night (Nannetta, Chorus)
Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra
Who goes there? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Ford, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus)
Richard Roberts, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Clive Bayley, Rebecca De Pont Davies
Pinch him and burn him (Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus
Buffoon! (Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus)
Yvonne Kenny, Richard Roberts, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Clive Bayley
Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent! (Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice)
Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies
So the commonest rabble have collected (Falstaff, Ford, Chorus)
Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Chorus
Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom (Ford, Falstaff, Alice, Chorus)
Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, English National Opera Chorus
Ha, ha! (Falstaff, Pistol, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus)
Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Barry Banks
Life is a burst of laughter (Falstaff, All)
Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Barry Banks, Yvonne Kenny, Stuart Kale, Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton
Production
- Brian CouzensProducer
- Christopher BrookeAssistant Engineer
- Jonathan CooperEditing Engineer
- Donald CooperCover Photography
- Catherine AshmorePhotography
- Robert WorkmanPhotography
- Alan BlythLiner Notes
- Clive BardaPhotography
- SnowdonPhotography
- Kara ReedBooklet Editor
- Sean ColemanGraphic Design
- Billy RaffertyPhotography
- Bill CooperPhotography