tracks

Prologue
Prelude (Orchestra)
Glou, Glou, Glou (The Spirits Of Wine) (Chorus)
Drink, Drink, Drink (Chorus)
Good Day My Friends (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Nathaniel, Hermann, Luther, Students)
The Legend Of Kleinsack (Hoffmann, Chorus)
Finale - This Beer Tastes Of The Stable (Hoffmann)
Act I
Intermezzo (Orchestra)
There Sleep In Peace (Spalanzani, Hoffmann, Cochenille)
So Be It (Hoffmann)
Of Course I Might Have Known (Nicklausse, Hoffmann)
It Is I, Coppelius (Coppelius, Nicklausse, Hoffmann)
Oh You! Dear Professor (Spalanzani, Coppelius)
None But Our Host, I Do Declare (Chorus Of Guests)
You Will Not Have To Wait My Friends (Spalanzani, Nicklausse, Hoffman, Chorus Of Guests)
And Now Ladies, And Gentlemen (Spalanzani, Nicklausse, Cochenille, Hoffmann, Olympia, Chorus)
The Doll's Song (Olympia, Chorus)
Her Reputation Well Deserved (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Spalanzani, Olympia, Cochenille, Chorus)
So Now They've Gone Away At Last (Hoffmann, Olympia)
Oh, My Dear, Do But Stay (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Coppelius)
Let The Dancing Proceed (Spalanzani, Cochenille, Hoffmann, Olympia, Nicklausse, Coppelius, Chorus Of Guests)
Act II
Entr'acte And Barcarolle
For Me A Love Like That (Hoffmann, Chorus)
I See A Celebration (Schlemil, Giulietta, Pitichinaccio, Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Chorus)
So Gleam With Desire (Dapertutto)
Fair Angel … (Dapertutto, Giulietta, Hoffmann)
Just As I Thought - Together (Giulietta, Schlemil, Hoffmann, Pitichinaccio, Dapertutto, Nicklausse)
Alas, My Soul Again Outpouring (Hoffmann, Dapertutto, Giulietta, Nicklausse, Schlemil, Pitichinaccio, Chorus)
Do You Hear, My Friends (Giulietta, Chorus)
Act III
All In Vain (Antonia)
Oh My Darling Child (Crespel, Antonia, Frantz)
Day And Night I Am Always Slaving (Frantz)
Frantz, So You're Here (Hoffmann, Frantz)
Sweet Is The Song Lovers Learn (Hoffmann, Antonia)
And Yet Beloved (Hoffmann, Antonia)
Are You Ill? (Hoffmann, Antonia, Crespel, Frantz, Dr. Miracle)
Well, Say On Then, And Be Brief (Dr. Miracle, Hoffmann, Crespel, Antonia)
No More To Sing Alas (Hoffmann, Antonia)
You'll Never Sing Again (Dr. Miracle, Antonia, The Voice Of Antonia's Mother, Crespel, Nicklausse, Hoffmann)
Intermezzo: Barcarolle
Epilogue
Entr'acte (Orchestra)
Pour Out The Wine And Drink (Chorus)
Extracts. Prelude: Legend Of Kleinsack - Act 1: Finale - Epilogue - Finale

notes

Released in collaboration with the Sir Thomas Beecham Trust in support of the scholarship fund.

credits

Baritone Vocals – - Fisher Morgan , - Grahame Clifford
Bass Vocals – - Owen Brannigan
Bass-Baritone Vocals – - Bruce Dargavel
Chorus – - The Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
Composed By – - Jacques Offenbach
Conductor – - Sir Thomas Beecham
Design, Layout – - Keith Oke
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – - Monica Sinclair
Orchestra – - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano – - Sir Thomas Beecham
Remastered By [Digital] – - Gary Moore (2)
Soprano Vocals – - Ann Ayars , - Dorothy Bond , - Margherita Grandi
Tenor Vocals – - Murray Dickie , - René Soames , - Robert Rounseville
Transferred By, Executive-Producer – - Arthur Ridgewell

companies

Phonographic Copyright Somm Recordings
Copyright Somm Recordings
Copyright Lady Beecham
Recorded At Shepperton Studios

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