A Tribute to John Cargher

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Singers of Renown No. 2123
2▼CD: Singers of Renown No. 2124
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1Introduction
spoken vocals:
Julie Copeland (Australian radio presenter / producer)
Julie Copeland0:44
2Theme / “I Did Not Grow Up With Music…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher2:02
3Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn
soprano vocals:
Jeanne Dusseau (soprano)
orchestra:
Sadlers Well Orchestra
conductor:
Warwick Braithwaite (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Regina coeli laetare” (Coro) (Easter Hymn, Easter Hymn)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni4:39
4“The Easter Hymn… I Went Without Meals to Attend a Fiendishly Expensive Gallery at Covent Garden: Two Shillings…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher0:35
5Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore” (Quartet)
baritone vocals:
Giuseppe De Luca (Italian operatic baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Louise Homer (American operatic contralto)
soprano vocals:
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. N°12 Quartetto "Bella figlia dell'amore" (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi4:21
6“No, I Never Heard Amelita Galli‐Curci… I Became a Dyed‐In‐The‐Wool Balletomane…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher1:18
7Le Villi: Atto II. Duet “T’amai; mi tradisti ”
soprano vocals:
Renata Scotto (operatic soprano)
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
recording of:
Le Villi: "T’amai; mi tradisti"
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
Le Villi
Giacomo Puccini3:02
8“Not a Famous Duet… I Had a Modest Record Collection by Then…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher1:09
9Ernani: “Ernani involami”
vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer)
recording of:
Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4b) Cavatina “Ernani!… Ernani, involami” (Elvira)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)
Giuseppe Verdi3:23
10“Ernani involami… On Being Demobbed in 1945, I Went Into the Theatre Business…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher1:29
11There but for You Go I
vocals:
David Brooks (star of Broadway musicals including Brigadoon)
recording of:
There but for You Go I (from "Brigadoon")
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Brigadoon (complete musical)
Frederick Loewe0:23
12“There, From the Original Cast of Brigadoon…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher0:16
13I Talk to the Trees
vocals:
Ken Cantril (baritone) and Sally Ann Howes
recording of:
I Talk to the Trees (Paint Your Wagon)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
part of:
Paint Your Wagon (full musical)
Frederick Loewe1:53
14“I Talk to the Trees… Almost by Accident I Ended Up in the Record Trade…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher1:48
15Miserere (excerpt)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
treble vocals:
Roy Goodman (conductor and violinist)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
partial recording of:
Miserere mei, Deus
composer:
Gregorio Allegri (composer)
part of:
ABC Classic 100 (2001) (number: 9)
quotes lyrics from:
Miserere mei (words from Psalm 51)
Gregorio Allegri4:13
16“These Days Roy Goodman Is a Renowned Conductor… I Left the Record Trade and a New, Many‐Sided Career Began…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher1:51
17Hamlet : « Et maintenant"… “Pâle et blonde” (Mad Scene)
soprano vocals:
Glenda Raymond (Australian soprano)
conductor:
Hector Crawford (conductor)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. Scène et air d’Ophélie « Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson ! » (Ophélie, Chœur)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte IV.
Ambroise Thomas4:11
18“The Voice of the Young Glenda Raymond Impersonating Melba… I Used to Take Opera Tours Around the World…”
John Cargher1:18
19Mefistofele: “Se tu mi doni”
bass vocals [Mefistofele]:
Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass)
tenor vocals [Faust]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Atto I. “Se tu mi doni un’ora” (Faust, Mefistofele)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto I
Arrigo Boito2:04
20Mefistofele: “Lontano, lontano”
soprano vocals [Margherita]:
Mirella Freni (soprano)
tenor vocals [Faust]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Atto III. “Lontano sui flutti d’un ampio oceano” (Margherita, Faust)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto III
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto III
Arrigo Boito2:51
21Mefistofele: “Spunta l’aurora pallida”
bass vocals [Mefistofele]:
Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass)
soprano vocals [Margherita]:
Mirella Freni (soprano)
tenor vocals [Faust]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Atto III. “Spunta l’aurora pallida” (Margherita, Faust, Mefistofele)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto III
Arrigo Boito3:39
22“Three Extracts… Thank You…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher0:22
23Conclusion / Theme
spoken vocals:
Julie Copeland (Australian radio presenter / producer)
Julie Copeland2:59
24Die tote Stadt: “Glück, das mir verblieb” (Mariettalied)
soprano vocals:
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Richard Tauber (tenor)
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Die tote Stadt: Akt I. „Glück, das mir verblieb” (Marietta's Lied)
composer and librettist:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Austrian composer and conductor)
part of:
Die tote Stadt, op. 12
Erich Wolfgang Korngold4:08
25Porgy and Bess: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
baritone vocals:
Lawrence Tibbett (baritone)
soprano vocals:
Helen Jepson (soprano)
conductor:
Alexander Smallens (conductor)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I
George Gershwin5:03
26“My Next Item Is the Most Frequently Played Track…”
spoken vocals:
John Cargher (Australian radio presenter)
John Cargher0:40
27Candide: “It Must Be So”
vocals:
Robert Rounseville
conductor:
Samuel Krachmalnick
recording of:
Candide: Act I. It Must Be So
lyricist:
Richard Wilbur
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
part of:
Candide
Leonard Bernstein1:53
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