Dame Joan Hammond & Charles Craig sing opera arias & duets - Puccini, Giacomo 1858-1924; Gounod, Charles 1818-1893; Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 (Testament, 1998)
Enth.: La Bohème: Your tiny hand is frozen (4:24) ; Yes, they call me Mimì (4:59) ; Lovely maid in the moonlight (3:51) ; To the home that she left (Mimì's farewell) (3:34) ; Tosca: Mario! Mario! Mario! (love duet) (12:46) ; Love and music (3:31) ; Madama Butterfly: The whole world over (6:25) ; Ah, love me a little (love duet) (7:10) ; Weeping? And why?- One fine day (5:26) ; Farewell, o happy home (1:50) ; Death with honor (death of Butterfly) (3:02) ; Gianni Schicchi: O my beloved father (2:45) / Giacomo Puccini. - Faust: The hour is late (garden duet) (8:24) / Charles Gounod. - Il trovatore: As from that dread pyre (2:00) ; Aida: I see thee again, my sweet Aida (9:11) / Giuseppe Verdi. - Interpr.: Joan Hammond [Sopr]. Charles Craig [Ten]. Gwyn Griffith [Bar]. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Vilem Tausky [Dir.]. Philharmonia Orchestra. Glauco Curiel [Dir.]. Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus & Orchestra. Bryan Balkwell [Dir.]. Michael Moores [Dir.]. - Aufn.: London, 1955 - 1961. - P-Jahre: 1956 - 1962 und 1998