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Introduction to Sonnambula
Opera Explained
with David Timson, Thompson Smillie, Bellini, Smillie, Timson
Audio, Published 2008 by Naxos Educational
Classica, Import

1. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: Background. Introduction
2. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: Background. Rossini and Donizetti
3. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: Background. Bellini: his life and other operas
4. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. The plot and bel canto
5. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Prelude and Lisa's cavatina
6. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Amina's entrance
7. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Amina and Elvino's love duet

8. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Enter Count Rodolfo
9. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Exit Count Rodolfo, and another love du
10. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Lisa's visit and Amina's sleepwalking
11. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Broken-hearted Elvino
12. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Elvino still feels betrayed
13. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. Plot revelations
14. An Introduction to Bellini's 'La sonnambula', narration with musical examples: La sonnambula. The 'mad' scene

Introduction to Orfeo
Opera Explained
with Performer: Composer: Monteverdi, David Timson, Sergio Vartolo
Audio, Published 2008 by Naxos Educational

1. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Background. Introduction
2. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Background. Monteverdi's early life and education
3. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Background. Monteverdi's other operas and performance pract
4. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Prologue
5. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. A shepherd summons the chorus to sing
6. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Orpheus is told that Eurydice is dead

7. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Expressions of grief from the chorus and shepherds
8. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Orpheus descends into hell
9. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Charon's response to Orpheus
10. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Pluto's pronouncement
11. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Doubts assail Orpheus
12. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. Orpheus's long lament and the first ending
13. An Introduction to Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', narration with musical examples: Orfeo. The second ending

An Introduction to Mozart
Don Giovanni
with David Timson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thompson Smillie, Renato Girolami
Audio, Published 2008 by Naxos Educational

1. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Background: The beginning of Don Giovanni
2. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Background: Mozart's genius
3. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Background: Other operas
4. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Background: Mozart and Da Ponte - The Marriage of Figaro
5. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Background: Cosi fan tutte
6. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Background: Don Giovanni: historical context
7. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: The opening: Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni and the Commendatore
8. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: The death of the Commendatore
9. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Donna Elvira and the 'Catalogue' Aria

10. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Masetto, Zerlina - and Don Giovanni
11. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: The murderer is identified
12. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni's villa and the 'Champagne' Aria
13. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Act I: Finale
14. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Act II beginning: Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Elvira and her maid
15. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Tenor arias
16. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: The churchyard: Don Giovanni, Leporello and the statue
17. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: The final scene: supper at Don Giovanni's
18. An Introduction to # Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni: Epilogue

Opera Explained
An Introduction to Verdi's "Falstaff"
with Domenico Trimarchi, Roberto Servile, Will Humburg, Franco De Grandis, Giuseppe Verdi, Anna Bonitatibus, Julie Faulkner, Alessandro Cosentino, Enrico Facini, Maurizio Comencini, David Timson
Audio, Published 2005 by Naxos
Classica, Import

1. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Background. Introduction
2. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Background. Falstaff's qualities
3. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Background. Verdi and Shakespeare
4. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Background. Shakespeare's Falstaff and Verdi's librettist
5. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Opening. The Garter Inn
6. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Falstaff's plan begins
7. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Act 1. Scene 2. The Fords' garden

8. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Enter Ford, Bardolf, Pistol, Dr Caius and Fenton
9. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Act 2. Scene 2. Mistress Quickly visits Falstaff
10. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Enter Signor Fontana
11. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Act 2. Scene 2. inside the Fords' house
12. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Act 3. Scene 1. Falstaff back at The Garter Inn, so
13. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Act 3. Scene 2. Windsor Great Park
14. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Enter the townspeople, disguised
15. An Introduction to Verdi's 'Falstaff', narration with musical examples: Falstaff. Final pages of the opera

Opera Explained
An Introduction to Massenet's Werther
with Jean-Philippe Marlière, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Rene Massis, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Timson David, J. Massenet, Beatrice Uria-Monzon, Jaël Azzaretti, Mathilde Jacob, David Roubaud, Jean Delescluse, Marcus Haddock
Audio, Published 2005 by Naxos Educational
Classica, Import

1. Introduction
2. Ballet In French Opera
3. French Opera In The 1800s
4. Other French Opera Composers
5. Goethe And The Plot Of Werther
6. Prelude And Opening Of Act I
7. Charlotte Enters
8. Charlotte And Werther Return From The Ball

9. Act II, Three Months Later
10. Albert Confronts Werther
11. Charlotte Discourages Werther
12. Act III; Prelude And 'Letter Scene'
13. Sophie Comes To Cheer Up Charlotte
14. Charlotte And Werther
15. Act IV, Werther's Apartment
16. 'Tout Est Fini'

Opera Explained
An Introduction to Rossini's Tancredi
with G. Rossini, David Timson, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Ewa Podles, Thompson Smillie, Alberto Zedda, Sumi Jo, Stanford Olsen, Pietro Spagnoli
Audio, Published 2004 by Naxos

1. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Background. Introduction: Rossini's background
2. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Background. Rossini's operatic overtures
3. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Background. Semiramide and William Tell
4. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Background. Rossini's career and Tancredi
5. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. The plot and the beginning
6. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Virtuosic tenors and Amenaide's aria
7. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Tancredi's arrival

8. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Recitativo strumentato: Orbazzano must obey her f
9. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Duet: Tancredi and Amenaide
10. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Act 1: Finale
11. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Act 2, Scene 1: Isaura's aria di sorbetto
12. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Amenaide in prison
13. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Tancredi's victory
14. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. Tancredi's 'grand scena'
15. An Introduction to Rossini's 'Tancredi', narration with musical examples: Tancredi. The happy ending wins

Opera Explained
Marriage of Figaro
with W.A. Mozart, Thompson Smillie, David Timson, Maria Pia Ionata, Natale De Carolis, Roberto Frontali, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Csilla Ötvös, Ingrid Kertesi, Judit Nemeth, Patrizia Pace, Denes Gulyas, Jozsef Mukk
Audio, Published 2003 by Naxos
Cd

1. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: Background. Introduction
2. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: Background. Mozart the phenomenon
3. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: Background. Mozart's operas
4. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: Background. Don Giovanni
5. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: Background. The three Beaumarchais plays
6. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. Beginning: Figaro and
7. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. Dr Bartolo's vengeance

8. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. Cherubino sent to war
9. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. The Countess's sorrow
10. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. Cherubino dressed as a
11. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. The Count seeks reveng
12. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. A letter for the Count
13. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. Assignations in the ga
14. An Introduction to Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', narration with musical examples: The Marriage of Figaro. The denouement

Opera Explained
Orfeo & Euridice
with David Timson, C.W. Von Gluck, Thompson Smillie, Arnold Ostman, Kerstin Avemo, Maya Boog
Audio, Published 2004 by Alliance
Classica, Import

1. Introduction
2. The Casting Of Orpheus - Castrati
3. References To Castrati; The Different Versions Of Orfeo Ed Euridice
4. Gluck
5. The Overture
6. Act I, Scene 1
7. Orfeo: 'Chiamo Il Mio Ben Cosi'
8. Amor Enters

9. Act II: The Gates Of Hell
10. Orpheus Plays His Harp To The Furies
11. Act II, Scene 2: The Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
12. The Chorus Presents Euridice
13. Act III: Orfeo And Euridice Return From The Underworld
14. Duet For Orfeo And Euridice
15. Orfeo: 'Che Faro Senza Euridice?'
16. The Happy Ending

Cosi Fan Tutte
Introduction to Mozart
with David Timson, Thomson Smillie, Thompson Smillie
Audio, Published 2003 by Naxos Educational
Box Set

1. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Introduction to Cosi fan tutte
2. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Mozart's life and works
3. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: The operas
4. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, and Ferrando
5. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Fiordiligi and Dorabella; nothing is obvious
6. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: The boys go to war: 'Bella vita militar!'
7. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Despina

8. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: The 'Albanians'
9. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Guglielmo and Ferrando
10. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Act I, Finale
11. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Act II
12. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Act II, Scene 4: The Garden
13. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Act II, Scene 8: Guglielmo and Ferrando
14. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Ferrando and Fiordiligi
15. Opera Explained - MOZART: Cosi fan tutte: Act II, Scene 14: The Wedding

Opera Explained, An Introduction to... Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande
with David Timson, Thomson Smillie, Thompson Smillie, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Introduction To Debussy
Audio, Published 2005 by Naxos Educational

1. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Background. Introduction to Claude Debussy
2. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Background. The influence of Wagner and atonali
3. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Background. Debussy's childhood and development
4. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Background. Maurice Maeterlinck
5. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. The story and opening
6. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Golaud encounters Mélisan
7. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. King Arkel's acceptance a

8. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Pelléas and Mélisande tog
9. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Golaud lies ill
10. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Mélisande at the window a
11. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Golaud uses Yniold
12. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Golaud uses Yniold
13. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Yniold's scene; the love
14. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Pelléas: 'We have broken
15. An Introduction to Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande', narration with musical examples: Pelléas et Mélisande. Act V

Brahms
Life & Works
with Jeremy Siepmann, Johannes Brahms, Jasper Britton, David Timson, Elaine Claxton, Idil Biret, Ildiko Hegyi, Ilya Kaler, Jenö Jandó, Marat Bisengaliev, Matthew Morley, Nicolas Boulton
Audio, Published 2003 by Naxos
Cofre, Cd

1. Destiny, Birth And Childhood
2. From Brothel To Beethoven
3. Hungarian Dance No. 1
4. A Life-Changing Tour
5. The Meeting With Joachim
6. Piano Sonata No. 3
7. Joachim Weighs In
8. Enter The Schumanns
9. Piano Sonata No. 3
10. Prophecy And Tragedy: A Double Yoke
11. Piano Trio No. 2
12. Brahms And Clara
13. Piano Sonata No. 1
14. A Triangular Bond
15. The Death Of Schumann - A Fateful Decision
1. The Young Messiah
2. Piano Concerto No. 1
3. The Virtuoso Takes Flight
4. Variations On A Theme By Paganini
5. Detmold And Distraction
6. Serenade No. 1
7. Birth Of The D Minor Concerto
8. Piano Concerto No. 1
9. The Taste Of Failure - And Of New Love
10. String Sextet
11. Love, Folly And A New Calling
12. Motet 'Ich Aber Bin Elend'
13. Brahms And Wagner
14. Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel

15. Frustrated Hopes And A Mother's Death
16. Trio For Horn, Violin And Piano
1. The Road To The Requiem
2. A German Requeim ('Denn Alles Fleisch Es Ist Wie Gras')
3. The Wanderer
4. Waltz In E
5. The Consummate Performer
6. Five Studies For Piano
7. Paradox Personified: The Tender Savage
8. Piano Concerto No. 2
9. A Demanding Friend
10. Variations On A Theme By Haydn (Or Variations On The St Antony Chorale
11. The Eternal Child
12. The Ghost Exorcised / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Finale: 'Ode To Joy') / Symphony No. 1 (Finale: Opening)
13. Symphony No. 1
1. A Watershed In Brahm's Career
2. Symphony No. 2
3. The External Brahms
4. A Free Man At Last / Piano Sonata No. 1
5. Violin Concerto / The Rift With Joachim
6. The Composer At Work
7. Academic Festival Overture
8. Celebrity And Scholar
9. Motet 'Wenn Ein Starker Gewappneter'
10. Love, Loss And Reconciliation
11. Concerto For Violin And Cello
12. The Greatest Living Composer - But A Difficult Friend
13. The Philanthropist
14. Decline And Death
15. Piano Concerto No. 2

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