Saul Lilienstein
Verdi: Falstaff (Washington National Opera Commentaries on CD)

acapella

#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Preview of coming attractions 3:39
2 Giuseppe Verdi at 80 3:06
3 Act I: Introducing Sir John Falstaff 3:51
4 Falstaff plans a double seduction 2:28
5 A lecture on "honor" 4:04
6 Verdi and Wanger 0:54
7 The merry wives of Windsor 3:31
8 The angry men 1:50
9 The clandestine lovers 2:29
10 The women hatch a plot 1:50
11 Ensemble finale 2:10
12 Verdi's late style 1:19
13 Mistress Quickly visits Falstaff 4:54
14 Mr. "Fontana" visits Falstaff 3:45
15 The brooding husband 3:02
16 Two follish men 1:21
17 Falstaff comes a-courting 2:37
18 The game of hide and seek 2:03
19 Act II: Concertato finale 4:11
20 Recovering from disaster 5:44
21 A mythic narrative 1:48
22 Alice Ford sets the stage 2:10
23 Fenton sings of his love 3:54
24 Falstaff at the midnight hour 0:52
25 Nannetta as the Fairy Queen 2:55
26 Falstaff under siege 3:20
27 Diclosures and reconciliations 5:42
28 "Tute nel mondo e burla" - "All the world's a joke" 2:43
Total time 79:18