Pomona, CA

A Tribute to John Cargher

Release date 2008

Tracklist

1
Introduction
1:28
2
Music / “Caruso and Melba and the Gramophone…”
1:49
3
La sonnambula: “Ah, non giunge”
2:45
4
“Ah, non giunge… This Was Singing Good Enough to Start the Ball Rolling for My 1965 Special…”
1:48
5
Il tabarro: “È ben altro” … “Ho sognato una casseta” (Theme Music to Singers of Renown (complete))
3:35
6
“The Theme of Singers of Renown… A Tenor Appeared in the Theme Music…”
1:10
7
Adriana Lecouvreur: “La dolcissima effigie”
1:55
8
“La Dolcissima Effigie… Well, Singers of Renown Growed and Growed…”
1:36
9
The Creed
4:31
10
“The Creed… For Example, Anni Frind Was the First Soprano to Sing and Record the Nuns’ Chorus…”
1:02
11
Die Fledermaus: “Täubchen, das entflattert ist” (Alfred and Adele’s Duet)
2:40
12
“You’re Listening to Singers of Renown… In Telling the History of This Program… High Notes…”
1:55
13
The Carnival of Venice
6:04
14
“The Carnival of Venice… Give a Thought to a Simple Waltz…”
1:09
15
Der Rosenkavalier: “Herr Kavalier”
4:19
16
“Herr Kavalier… The Recording of Local Opera or Concert Singers Is a Comparatively Recent Phenomenon…”
1:34
17
Carmen: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (Flower Song)
3:36
18
“The Flower Song… But What About Singers of the Future?…”
1:19
19
“Admittedly, I’ve Been Producing Words and Music for This Program All These Years…”
0:40
20
Conclusion / Theme
1:31
21
Otello: “Si, pel ciel”
4:41
22
Manon Lescaut: « C’est l’histoire amoureuse » (Laughing Song)
2:26
23
La fanciulla del West: “Ch’ella mi creda”
2:22
24
Good Night
2:11
25
Introduction
0:43
26
Theme / “I Did Not Grow Up With Music…”
2:01
27
Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn
4:38
28
“The Easter Hymn… I Went Without Meals to Attend a Fiendishly Expensive Gallery at Covent Garden: Two Shillings…”
0:35
29
Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore” (Quartet)
4:20
30
“No, I Never Heard Amelita Galli‐Curci… I Became a Dyed‐In‐The‐Wool Balletomane…”
1:17
31
Le Villi: Atto II. Duet “T’amai; mi tradisti ”
3:01
32
“Not a Famous Duet… I Had a Modest Record Collection by Then…”
1:09
33
Ernani: “Ernani involami”
3:22
34
“Ernani involami… On Being Demobbed in 1945, I Went Into the Theatre Business…”
1:29
35
There but for You Go I
0:23
36
“There, From the Original Cast of Brigadoon…”
0:16
37
I Talk to the Trees
1:52
38
“I Talk to the Trees… Almost by Accident I Ended Up in the Record Trade…”
1:47
39
Miserere (excerpt)
4:13
40
“These Days Roy Goodman Is a Renowned Conductor… I Left the Record Trade and a New, Many‐Sided Career Began…”
1:51
41
Hamlet : « Et maintenant"… “Pâle et blonde” (Mad Scene)
4:10
42
“The Voice of the Young Glenda Raymond Impersonating Melba… I Used to Take Opera Tours Around the World…”
1:18
43
Mefistofele: “Se tu mi doni”
2:03
44
Mefistofele: “Lontano, lontano”
2:51
45
Mefistofele: “Spunta l’aurora pallida”
3:38
46
“Three Extracts… Thank You…”
0:22
47
Conclusion / Theme
2:58
48
Die tote Stadt: “Glück, das mir verblieb” (Mariettalied)
4:08
49
Porgy and Bess: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
5:03
50
“My Next Item Is the Most Frequently Played Track…”
0:39
51
Candide: “It Must Be So”
1:53
52
Music for Pleasure Theme / Introduction
1:57
53
Roman Carnival, op. 9: Overture
8:53
54
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
3:02
55
The Fool on the Hill: Yesterdays Concerto
7:46
56
Masquerade Waltz
4:05
57
Lakmé: Acte I. « Viens Mallika »
5:22
58
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Intermezzo
3:07
59
Don John of Austria: Overture
9:34
60
Pavane
6:58
61
Trumpet Concerto in E‐flat: 1st Movement
6:10
62
The Wasps : March of the Kitchen Utensils
3:11
63
Symphony no. 2 “Joy of Life”: Gloria in excelsis
6:20
64
Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, op. posth. (Theme to Music for Pleasure)
9:35

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