Part One: Latvian Opera
Jānis Mediņš
FIRE AND ICE
04:27 Chorus – ‘Lāčplēs, mēs tevi sveicam!’ LNO Chorus
Arvīds Žilinskis
THE GOLDEN HORSE
07:44 Antiņš’ aria – ‘Sirds kā uguns’ Andris Ludvigs
Romualds Kalsons
THE PRODIGAL SON
11:20 Ilze’s aria – ‘Es atceros, māt’ Inga Kalna
16:00 Roplainis’ aria – ‘Vadi mani, Laimes māte’ Rihards Mačanovskis
Bruno Skulte
THE HEIRESS OF VILKACI
18:50 Maruta and Raitis’ duet – ‘Visiem sapņiem šonakt jāpiepildās’ Dana Bramane, Raimonds Bramanis
Jāzeps Mediņš
THE PRIESTESS
24:07 Mirdza’s song – ‘Mēness starus stīgo’ Inga Šļubovska-Kancēviča
Zigmars Liepiņš
THE ROSE OF TURAIDA
27:00 Jakubowsky’s aria – ‘Ir mīla stiprāka par nāvi’ Jānis Apeinis
Jānis Kalniņš
LOLITA’S WONDERBIRD
30:42 Lolita’s aria – ‘Sārtziedu pilns ābeļzars’ Zanda Švēde, LNO Chorus
Jānis Kalniņš
HAMLET
33:20 Grave-diggers’ duet – ‘Kad biju jauns’ Krišjānis Norvelis, Kalvis Kalniņš
Romualds Kalsons
THE PRODIGAL SON
25:50 Men’s chorus – ‘Pērkonlietus šonakt līs’ LNO Chorus
Part Two: German, Italian and French Opera
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN
38:39 Act III Overture
Richard Wagner
TANNHÄUSER
42:05 Tannhäuser’s Rome Narration – ‘Inbrunst im Herzen’ Stephen Gould
Gaetano Donizetti
MARIA STUARDA
54:25 Maria’s prayer – ‘Deh! Tu di un’umile preghiera’ Inga Kalna, LNO Chorus
Gaetano Donizetti
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
58:45 Nemorino’s romance – ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ Rame Lahaj
Umberto Giordano
ANDREA CHÉNIER
1:03:19 Gérard’s monologue – ‘Nemico della Patria’ Egils Siliņš
Francesco Cilèa
L’ARLESIANA
1:08:20 Federico’s lament – ‘E’ la solita storia del pastore’ Irakli Kakhidze
Georges Bizet
CARMEN
1:13:40 Seguidilla – ‘Près des remparts de Séville’ Zanda Švēde
Charles Gounod
FAUST
1:16:34 Méphistophélès’s song – ‘Le veau d’or est toujours debout’ Ain Anger, LNO Chorus
Camille Saint-Saëns
SAMSON ET DALILA
1:19:15 Dalila’s aria – ‘Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!’ Olesya Petrova
Giacomo Puccini
MANON LESCAUT
1:24:15 Manon’s aria – ‘Sola, perduta, abbandonata’ Dinara Alieva
Giacomo Puccini
TOSCA
1:30:29 Cavaradossi’s aria – ‘E lucevan le stelle’ Murat Karahan
1:34:21 Scarpia’s aria – ‘Tre sbirri... Una carrozza’ Samsons Izjumovs, LNO Chorus
Part Three: Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
ATILLA
1:39:16 Ezio’s aria – ‘Tregua è cogl’Unni… Dagl’ immortali vertici’ Franco Vassallo
Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH
1:45:13 Lady Macbeth’s aria – ‘Ambizioso spirto tu sei, Macbetto… Vieni! t’affretta!’ Liudmyla Monastyrska
1:53:18 Macduff’s aria – ‘O figli, o figli miei!... Ah, la paterna mano’ Rame Lahaj
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO
1:57:30 Zacharia’s cavatina – ‘Sperate, o figli!... D’Egitto là sui lidi’ Ain Anger, LNO Chorus
2:05:36 Nabucco and Abigaille’s duet – ‘Donna chi sei?’ Liudmyla Monastyrska, Franco Vassallo
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO
2:16:23 Rigoletto’s aria – ‘Cortigiani, vil razza dannata’ Vladislav Sulimsky
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
2:22:07 Leonora’s aria – ‘Pace, pace, mio Dio!’ Dinara Alieva
Giuseppe Verdi
ERNANI
2:28:44 De Silva’s cavatina – ‘Che mai vegg’io!... Infelice! e tuo credevi’ Egils Siliņš
Giuseppe Verdi
IL TROVATORE
2:35:11 Azucena’s aria – ‘Condotta ell’ era in ceppi’ Oļesja Petrova
Giuseppe Verdi
LEONORA
2:40:34 Leonora and Count Luna’s duet – ‘Udiste? Come albeggi’ Liudmyla Monastyrska, Vladislav Sulimsky
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO
2:28:47 Otello’s monologue – ‘Dio! mi potevi’ Stephen Gould
Giuseppe Verdi
DON CARLOS
2:54:32 Don Carlos and di Posa’s duet ‘Dio che nell’alma infondere’ Irakli Kakhidze, Vladislav Sulimsky
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT
2:58:05 Calaf’s aria – ‘Nessun dorma’ Murat Karahan, LNO chorus
3:02:07 Finale – ‘Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!’ Soloists and LNO Chorus