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Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)

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Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)

Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 123:52 | 595 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara | Catalog: ORC2

Alun Francis is one of the most respected conductors on the international scene, and is particularly admired for his efforts in bringing international recognition to several great tonal symphonists active in the post-World War II years, and for other efforts on behalf of 20th century music.
His "native" instrument is the French horn. He continued his studies on that instrument and took conducting while attending the Royal Manchester College of Music from 1960 to 1963. His first professional jobs were as an orchestral horn player with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester under Sir John Barbirolli's leadership, and with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with Constantin Silvestri as conductor.
He began looking for conducting opportunities at this time and by 1966 began an association with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, rising from short appointments as assistant conductor and associate conductor to becoming music director in 1969. While there, he became a conductor and artistic director of the Northern Ireland Opera, serving in that post from 1974 to 1984.
He ended these associations in 1970 after 10 years, becoming music director of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in Seattle, Washington, from 1980 to 1985. Following that, he was conductor and music advisor to the Overiijssels Philharmonic Orchestra and the Opera Forum of Netherlands from 1985 to 1987.
Francis was principal conductor and general music director of the North West German Philharmonic and in 1989 received the appointment as principal conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Following a contract extension in 1996, he remained with the Berlin Symphony through 2000. Meanwhile, he became principal conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Haydn of Bolzano, Italy, and in 1996 was appointed artistic director of the Orchestra Sinfonica de Milano "Giuseppe Verdi." Since 2008, he has led Mexico City's Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM.
Among the orchestras with which he has guest conducted are the BBC Philharmonic, the Philharmonia, the five major orchestras of London, and the rest of the major orchestras of Britain, the RAI (Italian Radio) Orchestra of Torino, the Cologne RSO, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Frankfurt RSO, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and several other major European and American orchestras.
Francis' 20th century performances include the avant-garde composers such as Stockhausen and Berio as well as major and once-neglected symphonic composers of the post-War era such as Ernst Toch, Allan Pettersson, Darius Milhaud, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and Casella. He received the MIDEM 2000 "Premiere Prize" at the Cannes Classical Awards for recording the complete symphonies of Milhaud on the cpo label.
While known as a proponent of 20th century orchestral music, as an active opera conductor he prefers to focus on the bel canto era (roughly the time from Rossini's debut through the early works of Verdi). He has 50 bel canto operas in his repertory, and in 1978 led the world premiere of the Donizetti opera Gabriella di Vergy. He records opera for the label Opera Rara, and for them and other companies he has taped recordings of Donizetti's Maria Padilla and Ugo, conte di Parigi and Offenbach's operettas Christopher Columbus and Robinson Crusoe. Another notable operatic engagement was his conducting Verdi's Rigoletto in staging directed by Roman Polanski.
In all, Francis estimates that he has conducted more than 150 orchestras and opera companies in 26 different companies so far in his conducting career. – Joseph Stevenson

Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)

Track List:

CD 1:
[1] Overture 2’45
[2] The Castanet Quartet 2’23
[3] Beatriz’s Ideals Song 2’45
[4] Song of the Peaches (Columbus) 3’22
[5] Entry of the Three Wives 2’29
[6] Fleurette’s Song 3’43
[7] Rosa’s Aria 4’29
[8] Gretel’s Tyrolienne 5’12
[9] The World is Round (Luis) 2’28
[10] Take Pity on a Married Man Duet (Columbus, Luis) 2’45
[11] The War on Crime (Chief of Police) 3’13
[12] Under Arrest: Finale 3’51

ACT II
[13] Courtiers’ Chorus 0’56
[14] Isabella’s Hangover Song 3’54
[15] Ensemble of the Prisoners 1’50
[16] Columbus’s Plea 3’11
[17] Love Duet (Isabella, Columbus) 6’50
[18] Ferdinand’s Lament 4’30
[19] Isabella’s Jewel Song 3’05
[20] Off to Sea! Finale 6’16

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EAC extraction logfile from 21. April 2018, 10:31

Jacques Offenbach, Don White; London Mozart Players; Alun Francis / Christopher Columbus

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==== Log checksum 3DACCC10E8F452BD1809C5D8BFC53D7C7426CA7DBF51DE6D7F3CE75DB7F0BE0D ====

CD 2:
ACT III
[1] Barcarolle (Luis, Chorus) 2’08
[2] Columbus’s Seasick Song 4’16
[3] Lovely Night Ensemble 3’13
[4] The Storm 5’16
[5] Off the Map 4’55
[6] Overboard Ensemble 3’55
[7] Beatriz’s Plea 3’20
[8] Take Me Back Home Again: Finale 4’07

ACT IV
[9] Entr’acte 2’24
[10] The Indies Trio 4’27
[11] Luis’s Love Song 5’40
[12] The Coca-Cola Song (Columbus) 2’29
[13] We’ll Go Down in History Ensemble 3’57
[14] America: Finale 3’36

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 21. April 2018, 14:17

Jacques Offenbach, Don White; London Mozart Players; Alun Francis / Christopher Columbus

Used drive : TSSTcorpDVDWBD SE-406AB Adapter: 1 ID: 2

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
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Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
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Performers:
Christopher Columbus - Maurice Arthur
Beatriz, his fiancée - Joy Roberts
Rosa Columbus - Johanna Peters
Fleurette Columbus - Lissa Gray
Gretel Columbus - Marilyn Hill Smith
Luis de Torres, president of the Round Earth Society - Christian du Plessis
The Chief of Police - Alan Opie
Queen Isabella - Anna Dawson
King Ferdinand - Alec Bregonzi
A tourist - Clive Harré
A waiter - John Duxbury
Princess Minnehaha Columbus - Rosemary Ashe
Esperanza - Rosemary Ashe
Carmelita - Celia Kite
Manuela - Kathleen Smales
Valencia - Amilia Dixey

Townspeople, policemen, courtiers, Red Indians, etc
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell, chorus master
London Mozart Players
Alun Francis, conductor
Thanks to the Original ripper (unknown)!

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