• Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
  1 Lauretta's Solo from Gianni Schicchi 2:40 'Oh, my beloved father'
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  2 Ilia's Aria from Idomeneo, Act III 5:27 'Gentle zephyrs, soft caressing' (Zeffiretti lusinghieri)
• Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
  3 Aerial Spirit's Solo from The Indian Queen, Act I 1:33 'I attempt from love's sickness'
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
  4 Almirena's Aria from Rinaldo, Act II 4:18 'Hear thou my weeping' (Lascia ch'io pianga)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
  5 Linda and Carlo's Love Duet from Linda from Chamonix, Act I 6:42 'Linda! Linda!' with Barry Banks tenor
• Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
  6 Leïla's Recitative and Aria from The Pearl Fishers, Act II 6:47 'I'm all alone here in the night' (Me voilà seule dans la nuit) - 'As once before, with night to hide him' (Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7 Concert Aria 'Thanks be to you, O gracious patrons!, KV383 3:29 (Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner!)
• Henry Purcell
  8 Venus' Song from King Arthur, Act V 3:04 'Fairest isle'
• George Frideric Handel
  9 Achsah's Air from Joshua 2:40 'Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre'
• Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
  10 Semiramis and Arsaces' Duet from Semiramide, Act II 4:57 'Dark day of dread!' (Giorno d'orror!) cadenza: Patric Schmid with Della Jones mezzo-soprano
• Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893)
  11 Wally's Aria from La Wally, Act I 4:20 'I'll float into the distance' (Ebben! Ne andrò lontana)
• Gioachino Rossini
  12 Mathilde's Romance from William Tell, Act II 4:59 'Dark, sombre wood' (Sombre fôret)
• Georges Bizet
  13 Leïla and Nadir's Love Duet from The Pearl Fishers, Act II 7:31 'Leïla! Leïla!' 'Lord Brahma! He is here!' ('Léïla! Léïla!' 'Dieu puissant le voilà!') - 'Your heart was never tuned to mine' (ton cœur n'a pas compris le mien) with Barry Banks tenor
• Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
  14 Anne's Lullaby from The Rake's Progress, Act III 3:43 'Gently, little boat' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
• Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
  15 Yum-Yum's Song from The Mikado, Act II 3:01 'The sun, whose rays'
• Carl Zeller (1842-1898)
  16 'When you're sent roses in this land' from The Bird Seller 3:02 (Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol)
• Cole Porter (1891-1964)
  17 Lilli Vanessi's Song: So in love from Kiss Me, Kate, Act I 4:20 'Strange, dear, but true, dear'
• Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
  18 Midir's 'Faery Song' from The Immortal Hour, Act II 2:08 'How beautiful they are'
• 75:46
  
• Yvonne Kenny soprano
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  David Parry
  Recorded in: Blackheath Halls, London
  15-19 October 1999
• Producer(s)
  Brian Couzens
  Sound Engineer(s)
  Ralph Couzens
  Richard Smoker (Assistant)

• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
  1 Armida's Aria from Rinaldo 5:22 'Ah! Cruel man' with Eligio Quinteiro theorbo and Catherine Edwards harpsichord
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  2 Letter Duet from The Marriage of Figaro 3:33 'Well, what did you tell him?' - 'How delightful 'tis to wander' with Rebecca Evans soprano
• 3 Fiordiligi's Recitative and Rondo from Così fan tutte 8:47
  'He's left me . . .' - 'Ah, forgive, my love, forgive me'
• Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
  4 Arabella and Zdenka's Aria from Arabella 6:36 'He's not the one who is right for me' with Rebecca Evans soprano
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5 Fiordiligi and Ferrando's Duet from Così fan tutte 6:17 'By tomorrow we'll be together' with Bruce Ford tenor
• Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
  6 Vilia Song from The Merry Widow 5:32 'A Vilia who liv'd by a cool forest glade' with Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, James A. Ellis arranger/mandolin and Nigel Woodhouse mandolin
• Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953)
  7 Sylva and Edwin's Duet from The Gypsy Princess 6:37 'Festive laughter, celebration' - 'Where are they now?'
• Richard Strauss
  8 Closing Scene from Capriccio 21:58 'Where is my brother?' with Rebecca Evans soprano, Roderick Williams baritone and Timothy Jones horn
• George Gershwin (1898-1937)
  9 'By Strauss' from The Show Is On 2:39 'Away with the music of Broadway!'
• Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
  10 Princess Cristiane's Song from King's Rhapsody 2:47 'Some day my heart will awake'
• 70:14
• Yvonne Kenny soprano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Richard Hickox
  Recorded in: Blackheath Halls, London
  23-26 November 2002
  
  Producer(s)
  Brian Couzens
  Sound Engineer(s)
  Ralph Couzens
  Matthew Walker (Assistant)

Richard Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier Highlights 79:40
The Knight of the Rose
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
English version by Alfred Kalisch

Yvonne Kenny soprano - The Feldmarschallin
John Tomlinson bass - Baron Ochs of Lerchenau
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Octavian
Andrew Shore baritone - Herr von Faninal
Rosemary Joshua soprano - Sophie
Jennifer Rhys-Davies soprano - Marianne
Elizabeth Vaughan contralto - Annina
Eugene Ginty tenor - Major-Domo/Landlord
Gareth Roberts tenor - Valzacchi
Paul Parfitt bass-baritone - Boots
Peter Kay Children`s Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

Recorded in: Blackheath Halls, London
14-16 & 18 December 1998

Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Jonathan Cooper (16 December only)
Richard Smoker (Assistant)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

The Marriage of Figaro 163:57
Opera buffa in three acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, English translation by Jeremy Sams

William Dazeley baritone - Count
Yvonne Kenny soprano - Countess
Rebecca Evans soprano - Susanna
Christopher Purves bass-baritone - Figaro
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Cherubino
Jonathan Veira baritone - Bartolo
Frances McCafferty mezzo-soprano - Marcellina
John Graham Hall baritone - Basilio
Stuart Kale tenor - Don Curzio
Graham Danby bass - Antonio
Sarah Tynan soprano - Barbarina
Yvette Bonner soprano - Girl
Victoria Joyce soprano - Girl
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
David Parry

Recorded in: Blackheath Halls, London
1-7 September 2003

Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Michael Common (Assistant)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Falstaff 125:36
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV
English translation by Amanda Holden

Andrew Shore baritone - Sir John Falstaff
Yvonne Kenny soprano - Mrs Alice Ford
Ashley Holland baritone - Ford
Susan Gritton soprano - Nannetta
Barry Banks tenor - Fenton
Stuart Kale tenor - Dr Caius
Rebecca de Pont Davies mezzo-soprano - Mistress Quickly
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano - Mrs Meg Page
Clive Bayley bass - Pistol
Richard Roberts tenor - Bardolph
English National Opera Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Paul Daniel

Recorded in: Blackheath Halls, London
27 May-3 June 2001

Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Jonathan Cooper
Christopher Brooke (Assistant)

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)

Premiere recording
A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45
An Opera in Two Scenes
Libretto by Paul Dehn
59:31

Roderick Williams baritone - The Earl of Dunmow
Yvonne Kenny soprano - The Countess of Dunmow
Claire Rutter soprano - Susan
Jean Rigby mezzo-soprano - Mrs Kneebone
Anne Collins mezzo-soprano - HRH The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco
Robin Leggate tenor - HRH Prince Philippe
Blake Fischer tenor - An Errand Boy

George Dyson

Robert Tear tenor
Stephen Roberts bass
Yvonne Kenny soprano
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony' 66:03
for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra

Yvonne Kenny soprano
Brian Rayner Cook baritone

Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London
19-20 June 1989

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral Symphony' 35:44

Yvonne Kenny soprano
David Theodore oboe

Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London
27,28 November 1987 & 15 March 1988

Requiem Mass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Yvonne Kenny soprano
Sarah Walker mezzo-soprano
William Kendall tenor
David Wilson-Johnson bass
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
George Guest

Orchestral Works
Yvonne Kenny soprano
Lydia Mordkovitch violin
Moray Welsh cello
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox

Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Annabel Weeden (Assistant: disc one)
Richard Smoker (Assistant: disc two)