Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner - The Academy Plays Opera (2024)

This premiering album by Neville Marriner includes modern, witty instrumental arrangements of the most famous arias and scenes from Verdi and Puccini’s operatic masterpieces: Nessun dorma, La donna è mobile… Don’t miss the moving chant of the ondes Martenot in Madama Butterfly or the voluble cimbalom in the Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore!

Tracklist
01. Aida, Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Pryce Jackman)
02. Madama Butterfly, Act 1: Introduction - Sharpless' Aria and Entrance of Butterfly (Instrumental Version, Arr. Palmer)
03. Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Pryce Jackman)
04. Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" - Execution and Finale (Instrumental Version, Arr. Palmer)
05. Il trovatore, Act 2: Coro di zingari. "Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Pryce Jackman)
06. Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Pryce Jackman)
07. La bohème (Fantasy for Orchestra, Arr. Palmer)
08. La traviata, Act 2: "Di Provenza il mar" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Pryce Jackman)
09. Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Palmer)
10. Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" (Instrumental Version, Arr. Pryce Jackman)
11. La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 3: Dance of the Hours
12. Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
13. I gioielli della Madonna, Act 3: Intermezzo