This generous collection of 29 tenor-range arias ranges from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth centuries, featuring early works by Purcell as well as compositions by Gluck, Saccini, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and others. This edition features a detailed and scholarly preface by musicologist Henry E. Krehbiel and a new Introduction by Roelof Oostwoud. Tenor-range vocal majors, vocal instructors, classically trained professional singers, and enthusiasts of vocal music will appreciate this well-chosen and modestly priced compilation.
I attempt from love's sickness to fly (from Indian queen) / H. Purcell -- Thy rose-lips beguiling = Son troppo vezzose (from Enrico) / B. Galuppi -- Deem not my heart ungrateful = Ah, non chiamarmi (from Telemaco) ; From tender childhood e'er united = Unis dès la plus tendre enfance (from Iphigénie en Tauride) / C.W. Gluck -- Should I e'er again distrust thee = Se mai più sarò geloso (from Alessandro nell' Indie) / A. Sacchini -- Ere the morning light is breaking = Pria che spunti in ciel l'aurora (from Il matrimonio segreto) / D. Cimarosa -- To my beloved hasten = Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) / W.A. Mozart -- Vainly Pharaoh attempts = Vainement Pharaon (from Joseph) / E.-N. Méhul -- In life's day of springtime beauty = In des Lebens Frühlingstagen (from Fidelio) / L. von Beethoven -- Come, thou gracious beauty = Viens, gentille dame (from La dame blanche) / F.-A. Boieldieu -- 'Neath the almond trees that blossom = Unter blühenden Mandelbäumen (from Euryanthe) ; From boyhood trained in battlefield (from Oberon) / C.M. von Weber -- O Paradise, from bright waves risen = O paradis, sorti de l'onde (from L'Africaine) / G. Meyerbeer -- Dear home, where dwelt my father = Asile hèrèditaire (from Guillaume Tell) / G. Rossini -- When stealing down her pallid cheek = Una furtiva lagrima (from L'Elisir d'amore) / G. Donizetti -- Ne'er dreamed the tender maid = Elle ne croyait pas (from Mignon) / A. Thomas -- O come, let links eternal = Ah si, ben mio (from Il trovatore) ; Heavenly Aida = Celeste Aida (from Aida) / G. Verdi -- Almighty Father = Allmächt'ger Vater (from Rienzi) ; In distant land = In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) ; Gleaming at morning = Morgenlich leuchtend (from Die Meistersinger) ; Winter storms have waned 'fore the month of May = Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (from Die Walküre) / R. Wagner -- All hail! thou dwelling pure and lowly = Salut! demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) ; Lend me your aid = Inspirez-moi (from La Reine de Saba) ; Ah! fairest sun, arise = Ah, lève-toi, soleil! (from Roméo et Juliette) / C.-F. Gounod -- Ocean and sky = Cielo e mar (from La Gioconda) / A. Ponchielli -- This flower you gave to me = La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) / G. Bizet -- Ah! depart image fair = Ah! fuyez, douce image (from Manon) / J. Massenet -- O Lola, fair as flowers = O Lola, bianca come fior (from Cavalleria rusticana) / P. Mascagni
