La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) (in English)
David Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Jeremy White (Bass), Susan Bickley (Mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (Tenor), Majella Cullagh (Soprano), Russell Smythe (Baritone), Christopher Purves (Baritone), Nerys Jones (Mezzo-soprano), John Graham-Hall (Tenor), Stuart Kale (Tenor), Toby Stafford-Allen (Baritone), Nicholas Garrett (Bass), Darren Jeffery (Baritone), Philip Tebb (Bass), Daniel Slater (Voice), Prunella Scales (Voice)
℗ 2003
Overture
- 02:241. Maestoso marziale
- 06:352. Allegro
Act I
- 02:391. What a day of celebration (Servants, Pippo, Magpie)
- 04:072. Get moving - do something (Lucia, Pippo, Servants, Fabrizio, Magpie)
- 02:123. I can see my beloved Giannetto (Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo, Servants)
- 03:054. Oh, my heart is full of joy! (Ninetta)
- 03:155. Spring is returning (Ninetta)
- 00:596. Dearest Ninetta, today's a special day! (Fabrizio, Ninetta, Lucia)
- 01:097. Penknives and needles, leather patches (Isacco)
- 00:298. I thought so, it's old Isacco (Pippo, Isacco)
- 01:219. What's that shouting? (Ninetta, Servants, Villagers, Pippo)
- 02:2410. Darling! Darling, let me embrace you (Giannetto, Villagers, Servants)
- 02:3511. Yes, even in the battle (Giannetto, Villagers)
- 01:0812. Goodbye for now, my darling (Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Fernando)
- 01:5013. Yesterday, just as the sun was setting (Fernando, Ninetta)
- 02:3914. I can be strong no longer (Ninetta, Fernando)
- 05:3115. Oh, daughter, let me embrace you (Fernando, Ninetta)
- 02:0116. Good morning, my pretty lady (Mayor, Ninetta, Giorgio, Fernando)
- 02:2717. THIS IS MOST URGENT (Ninetta, Mayor, Fernando)
- 03:2118. Thank heavens! (Ninetta, Mayor, Fernando)
- 05:0819. We're alone here (Mayor, Ninetta, Fernando)
- 02:1320. Such madness and confusion (Fernando, Ninetta, Mayor)
- 03:2021. Penknives and needles, leather patches (Isacco, Ninetta, Pippo, Lucia, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Magpie)
- 06:0922. This morning in the house of Fabrizio Vingradito (Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo)
- 02:0423. Did somebody want me? (Isacco, Mayor, Giannetto, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Ninetta)
- 05:1424. Grief and calamity tumble around me (Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio)
- 00:3025. Someone is coming (Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio)
- 03:0826. Take this girl away and throw her into prison! (Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Servants, Villagers, Isacco)
Act II
- 02:161. She's shut up in that dark and dismal dungeon (Antonio, Ninetta, Giannetto)
- 05:342. Maybe one day you'll forgive me (Ninetta, Giannetto)
- 01:213. You'd better go, and quickly (Antonio, Giannetto, Ninetta, Mayor)
- 03:444. You're so lovely, your eyes are sparkling (Mayor, Ninetta, Villagers)
- 03:215. When you hear the sentence (Mayor, Villagers, Ninetta, Court)
- 00:596. Mr Mayor, Mr Mayor - what are you up to? (Antonio, Pippo, Ninetta)
- 00:377. Just think that tomorrow, even today (Ninetta, Pippo)
- 05:448. No, no, I beg you to take it (Ninetta, Pippo)
- 03:239. Lest my darling should forget me (Ninetta, Pippo)
- 03:0710. By unanimous verdict - we find her guilty (Judge, Giannetto, Fabrizio)
- 04:4011. The wheels of justice will crush the guilty (Court)
- 00:3912. Most unhappy of women, your fate is in the balance (Judge, Ninetta)
- 03:1813. God protect her! (Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Ninetta)
- 01:2414. But, your Honours, you're mistaken (Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court, Ninetta, Judge, Fernando)
- 03:1515. Release her! (Fernando, Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court)
- 03:4516. A chasm of sorrow is yawning before me (Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Fernando, Court)
- 03:4217. If I cried, I would weep forever (Ninetta, Giannetto, Fernando, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court)
- 01:3718. What a dump of a village (Ernesto, Pippo, Giorgio, Antonio)
- 02:0619. Bitter torment burns within you (Villagers)
- 05:2620. God in heaven, Oh, God of justice (Ninetta, Villagers)
- 02:3621. Giorgio! Giorgio! Ah, we're so happy! (Pippo, Antonio, Giorgio, Giannetto, Lucia, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor)
- 01:0722. Oh, God preserve us (Lucia, Mayor)
- 01:1323. We can see her, she is coming! (Pippo, Antonio, Villagers, Mayor, Giorgio, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio)
- 03:2924. Though I hear your cries of gladness (Ninetta, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Fernando, Pippo, Villagers, Mayor, Antonio)
- 02:4225. Now that the storm is over (Ninetta, Lucia, Antonio, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor, Pippo, Giannetto, Fernando)
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