Beecham Collection - Offenbach: The Tales Of Hoffmann

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
March 1, 2002
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      OFFENBACH, JACQUES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sadler'S Wells Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Beecham, Rounseville, Bond, Grandi, Ayers
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 01, 2002
    • UPC
      748871251328
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMM-BEECHAM 13-2
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Prologue: Prelude

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    2. Prologue: Glou, Glou, Glou (The Spirits of Wine) (Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    3. Prologue: Drink, Drink, Drink (Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    4. Prologue: Good day my friends (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Nathaniel, Hermann, Luther, Students)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair, Rene Soames, Owen Brannigan, Fisher Morgan

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    5. Prologue: The Legend of Kleinsack (Hoffmann, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus

      Performer: Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    6. Prologue: This beer tastes of the stable (Hoffmann)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    7. Act I: Intermezzo

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    8. Act I: There sleep in peace (Spalanzani, Hoffmann, Cochenille)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Grahame Clifford, Robert Rounseville, Murray Dickie

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    9. Act I: So be it (Hoffmann)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    10. Act I: Of course I might have known (Nicklausse, Hoffmann)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Monica Sinclair, Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    11. Act I: It is I, Coppelius (Coppelius, Nicklausse, Hoffmann)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Dargavel, Monica Sinclair, Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    12. Act I: Oh you! Dear Professor (Spalanzani, Coppelius)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Grahame Clifford, Bruce Dargavel

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    13. Act I: None but our host, I do declare (Chorus of Guests)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    14. Act I: You will not have to wait my friends (Spalanzani, Nicklausse, Hoffman, Chorus of Guests)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Grahame Clifford, Monica Sinclair, Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    15. Act I: And now ladies, and gentlemen (Spalanzani, Nicklausse, Cochenille, Hoffmann, Olympia, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Grahame Clifford, Monica Sinclair, Murray Dickie, Robert Rounseville, Dorothy Bond

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    16. Act I: The Doll's Song (Olympia, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Dorothy Bond

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    17. Act I: Her reputation well deserved (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Spalanzani, Olympia, Cochenille, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair, Grahame Clifford, Dorothy Bond, Murray Dickie

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    18. Act I: So now they've gone away at last (Hoffmann, Olympia)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Dorothy Bond

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    19. Act I: Oh, my dear, do but stay (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Coppelius)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair, Bruce Dargavel

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    20. Act I: Let the dancing proceed (Spalanzani, Cochenille, Hoffmann, Olympia, Nicklausse, Coppelius, Chorus of Guests)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Grahame Clifford, Murray Dickie, Robert Rounseville, Dorothy Bond, Monica Sinclair, Bruce Dargavel

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    21. Act II: Entr'acte and barcarolle

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    22. Act II: For me a love like that (Hoffmann, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    23. Act II: I see a celebration (Schlemil, Giulietta, Pitichinaccio, Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Brannigan, Murray Dickie, Margherita Grandi, Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    24. Act II: So gleam with desire (Dapertutto)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Dargavel

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    25. Act II: Fair Angel … (Dapertutto, Giulietta, Hoffmann)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Dargavel, Margherita Grandi, Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    26. Act II: Just as I thought - together (Giulietta, Schlemil, Hoffmann, Pitichinaccio, Dapertutto, Nicklausse)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Margherita Grandi, Owen Brannigan, Robert Rounseville, Murray Dickie, Bruce Dargavel, Monica Sinclair

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    27. Act II: Alas, my soul again outpouring (Hoffmann, Dapertutto, Giulietta, Nicklausse, Schlemil, Pitichinaccio, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Bruce Dargavel, Margherita Grandi, Murray Dickie, Owen Brannigan, Monica Sinclair

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    28. Act II: Do you hear, my friends (Giulietta, Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Margherita Grandi

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    29. Act III: All in vain (Antonia)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ann Ayars

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    30. Act III: Oh my darling child (Crespel, Antonia, Frantz)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Brannigan, Ann Ayars, Grahame Clifford

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    31. Act III: Day and Night I am always slaving (Frantz)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Grahame Clifford

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    32. Act III: Frantz, so you're here (Hoffmann, Frantz)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Grahame Clifford

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    33. Act III: Sweet is the song lovers learn (Hoffmann, Antonia)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Ann Ayars

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    34. Act III: And yet beloved (Hoffmann, Antonia)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Ann Ayars

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    35. Act III: Are you ill? (Hoffmann, Antonia, Crespel, Frantz, Dr. Miracle)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Ann Ayars, Owen Brannigan, Grahame Clifford, Bruce Dargavel

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    36. Act III: Well, say on then, and be brief (Dr. Miracle, Hoffmann, Crespel, Antonia)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Dargavel, Robert Rounseville, Owen Brannigan, Ann Ayars

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    37. Act III: No more to sing alas (Hoffmann, Antonia)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Rounseville, Ann Ayars

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    38. Act III: You'll never sing again (Dr. Miracle, Antonia, the Voice of Antonia's mother, Crespel, Nicklausse, Hoffmann)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Dargavel, Ann Ayars, Owen Brannigan, Monica Sinclair, Robert Rounseville

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    39. Intermezzo: Barcarolle

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    40. Epilogue: Entr'acte

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    41. Epilogue: Pour out the wine and drink (Chorus)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    42. Prelude: Legend of Kleinsack - Act 1: Finale - Epilogue - Finale

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Beecham

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham


1947 recording transferred from 78 RPM masters and digitally remastered using 24 bit technology.