A Tribute to John Cargher

Album by Various Artists

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Introduction
    1:28
  2. 2.
    Music / “Caruso and Melba and the Gramophone…”
    1:49
  3. 3.
    La sonnambula: “Ah, non giunge”
    2:45
  4. 4.
    “Ah, non giunge… This Was Singing Good Enough to Start the Ball Rolling for My 1965 Special…”
    1:48
  5. 5.
    Il tabarro: “È ben altro” … “Ho sognato una casseta” (Theme Music to Singers of Renown (complete))
    3:35
  6. 6.
    “The Theme of Singers of Renown… A Tenor Appeared in the Theme Music…”
    1:10
  7. 7.
    Adriana Lecouvreur: “La dolcissima effigie”
    1:55
  8. 8.
    “La Dolcissima Effigie… Well, Singers of Renown Growed and Growed…”
    1:36
  9. 9.
    The Creed
    4:31
  10. 10.
    “The Creed… For Example, Anni Frind Was the First Soprano to Sing and Record the Nuns’ Chorus…”
    1:02
  11. 11.
    Die Fledermaus: “Täubchen, das entflattert ist” (Alfred and Adele’s Duet)
    2:40
  12. 12.
    “You’re Listening to Singers of Renown… In Telling the History of This Program… High Notes…”
    1:55
  13. 13.
    The Carnival of Venice
    6:04
  14. 14.
    “The Carnival of Venice… Give a Thought to a Simple Waltz…”
    1:09
  15. 15.
    Der Rosenkavalier: “Herr Kavalier”
    4:19
  16. 16.
    “Herr Kavalier… The Recording of Local Opera or Concert Singers Is a Comparatively Recent Phenomenon…”
    1:34
  17. 17.
    Carmen: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (Flower Song)
    3:36
  18. 18.
    “The Flower Song… But What About Singers of the Future?…”
    1:19
  19. 19.
    “Admittedly, I’ve Been Producing Words and Music for This Program All These Years…”
    0:40
  20. 20.
    Conclusion / Theme
    1:31
  21. 21.
    Otello: “Si, pel ciel”
    4:41
  22. 22.
    Manon Lescaut: « C’est l’histoire amoureuse » (Laughing Song)
    2:26
  23. 23.
    La fanciulla del West: “Ch’ella mi creda”
    2:22
  24. 24.
    Good Night
    2:11

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Introduction
    0:43
  2. 2.
    Theme / “I Did Not Grow Up With Music…”
    2:01
  3. 3.
    Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn
    4:38
  4. 4.
    “The Easter Hymn… I Went Without Meals to Attend a Fiendishly Expensive Gallery at Covent Garden: Two Shillings…”
    0:35
  5. 5.
    Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore” (Quartet)
    4:20
  6. 6.
    “No, I Never Heard Amelita Galli‐Curci… I Became a Dyed‐In‐The‐Wool Balletomane…”
    1:17
  7. 7.
    Le Villi: Atto II. Duet “T’amai; mi tradisti ”
    3:01
  8. 8.
    “Not a Famous Duet… I Had a Modest Record Collection by Then…”
    1:09
  9. 9.
    Ernani: “Ernani involami”
    3:22
  10. 10.
    “Ernani involami… On Being Demobbed in 1945, I Went Into the Theatre Business…”
    1:29
  11. 11.
    There but for You Go I
    0:23
  12. 12.
    “There, From the Original Cast of Brigadoon…”
    0:16
  13. 13.
    I Talk to the Trees
    1:52
  14. 14.
    “I Talk to the Trees… Almost by Accident I Ended Up in the Record Trade…”
    1:47
  15. 15.
    Miserere (excerpt)
    4:13
  16. 16.
    “These Days Roy Goodman Is a Renowned Conductor… I Left the Record Trade and a New, Many‐Sided Career Began…”
    1:51
  17. 17.
    Hamlet : « Et maintenant"… “Pâle et blonde” (Mad Scene)
    4:10
  18. 18.
    “The Voice of the Young Glenda Raymond Impersonating Melba… I Used to Take Opera Tours Around the World…”
    1:18
  19. 19.
    Mefistofele: “Se tu mi doni”
    2:03
  20. 20.
    Mefistofele: “Lontano, lontano”
    2:51
  21. 21.
    Mefistofele: “Spunta l’aurora pallida”
    3:38
  22. 22.
    “Three Extracts… Thank You…”
    0:22
  23. 23.
    Conclusion / Theme
    2:58
  24. 24.
    Die tote Stadt: “Glück, das mir verblieb” (Mariettalied)
    4:08
  25. 25.
    Porgy and Bess: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
    5:03
  26. 26.
    “My Next Item Is the Most Frequently Played Track…”
    0:39
  27. 27.
    Candide: “It Must Be So”
    1:53

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Music for Pleasure Theme / Introduction
    1:57
  2. 2.
    Roman Carnival, op. 9: Overture
    8:53
  3. 3.
    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
    3:02
  4. 4.
    The Fool on the Hill: Yesterdays Concerto
    7:46
  5. 5.
    Masquerade Waltz
    4:05
  6. 6.
    Lakmé: Acte I. « Viens Mallika »
    5:22
  7. 7.
    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Intermezzo
    3:07
  8. 8.
    Don John of Austria: Overture
    9:34
  9. 9.
    Pavane
    6:58
  10. 10.
    Trumpet Concerto in E‐flat: 1st Movement
    6:10
  11. 11.
    The Wasps : March of the Kitchen Utensils
    3:11
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 2 “Joy of Life”: Gloria in excelsis
    6:20
  13. 13.
    Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, op. posth. (Theme to Music for Pleasure)
    9:35

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