Great Operatic Arias 22 - Gerald Finley
Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Edward Gardner
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Opera, May 2010, Recording of the Month
All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace...
Great Operatic Arias 22 - Gerald Finley
Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Edward Gardner
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Opera, May 2010, Recording of the Month
All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace...
About
One of the leading baritones and dramatic interpreters of his generation, Gerald Finley is an artist who sets alight the stage and delights the ear in whatever the role he portrays.
On this (his first arias disc, and first for Opera in English) he explores a broad range of repertory: old favourites, hidden treasures, and roles which he himself has created, among them J.Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams’s Doctor Atomic and Harry Heegan in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Silver Tassie.
Gerald has won accolades across the globe including Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award at the 2006 Gramophone Awards for Stanford: Songs of the Sea (CHSA5043).
English National Opera director Edward Gardner offers a great understanding of Opera in English, and here conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in his debut on Chandos.
Contents and tracklist
- Lucy Crowe (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Gareth Hancock (harpsichord)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Edward Gardner
- Deborah Miles-Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Kathryn Jenkin (soprano), Emma Brain-Gabbott (soprano)
- Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Edward Gardner
- Anne-Marie Gibbons (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Edward Gardner
- Gerald Finley (baritone), Matthew Long (tenor)
- Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Edward Gardner
Spotlight on this release
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Gerald Finley on the First Night of the Proms
17th Jul 2025
In advance of singing Vaughan Williams in tomorrow night's opening concert, the Canadian bass-baritone reflects on his 45-year relationship with the Proms - which began with a 'baptism of fire' just hours after he arrived in London to begin his studies at the Royal College of Music in 1979...
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineApril 2010Editor's Choice
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OperaMay 2010Recording of the Month
April 2010
All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace accompaniment...Both Gerald Finley and Edward Gardner are natural time-travellers in lyric theatre
2nd May 2010
Opera recital discs too often play safe with repertoire. Not here. This intelligent compilation...satisfyingly mixes popular with unfamiliar. Finley, a versatile stage presence, brings integrity to every dark, burnished note he sings. All these arias come alive, even robbed of their original context.
9th April 2010
As this recital of operatic arias in English handsomely demonstrates, Finley has it all: a rich-toned and smoothly produced voice, crisp diction, sterling technique, immaculate legato, a keen sense of musical style and unfailing sensitivity to drama and character.
