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Verdi - Don Carlo
Scena:
La morte di
Rodrigo (Rodrigo) [9:06]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone; Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, July 2007, by Gary Thies
Handel - Messiah
Recitative and Air:
Thus saith the
Lord... But who may abide the day of his coming? [6:00]
Recitative and Air:
Behold, I tell
you a mystery... The trumpet shall sound [9:40]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone
The Masterworks Chorale Messiah Sing; Steven Karidoyanes,
conductor
Recorded Live in Cary Hall, Lexington, December 2006
Verdi - Ernani
Aria:
Infelice!...
Infin che un brando vindice (Silva) [6:11]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone; Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, August 2006, by Gary
Thies
Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Trio:
Tu ne chanteras
plus? [9:13]
Stephanie Mann, soprano (Antonia); Jacque Wilson,
mezzo-soprano (La Voix); Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone (Dr. Miracle)
Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, July 2006, by Gary Thies
Mozart - Don Giovanni
Sextet:
Sola, sola in bujo
loco [7:41]
Meredith Hansen, soprano (Donna Anna); Zhanna Alkhazova,
soprano (Donna Elvira); Mala Bhattacharya, soprano (Zerlina)
Michael Belle, tenor (Don Ottavio); Thomas Dawkins,
bass-baritone (Leporello); Brian Ballard, baritone (Masetto)
Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, July 2006, by Gary Thies
Gilbert & Sullivan - Yeomen of the Guard
Overture
[5:34]
Act I Finale:
"My Lord, I
know not how to tell the news I bear" - "All frenzied with despair
they rave" [3:40]
Thomas Dawkins, conductor
The MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Recorded Live in La Sala di Puerto Rico, MIT, May 2005
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Sorcerer
Song:
Engaged to
So-and-So (Dr. Daly) [2:41]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone and sopranino recorder;
David Goldhirsch, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, August 2004
Gounod - Faust
Cavatina:
Avant de quitter
ces lieux (Valentin) [3:50]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone; Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, August 2004
Mozart - Don Giovanni
Aria:
Madamina, il
catalogo e questo (Leporello) [5:19]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone; Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, July 2004
Verdi - Rigoletto
Quartet:
Bella figlia
dell'amore [3:51]
Maryann Mootos, soprano (Gilda); Emily Marvosh,
mezzo-soprano (Maddalena)
Evan Denmark, tenor (Il Duca di Mantua); Thomas Dawkins,
bass-baritone (Rigoletto)
Jeffrey Brody, piano
Recorded Live at Longwood Opera, July 2004
Fauré -
Cantique de Jean
Racine [5:17]
Thomas Dawkins, arranger and conductor
The Brandeis Pro Musica
Recorded Live in Sloberg Hall, Brandeis University, April
2002
Schumann - Dichterliebe
Ich
grolle nicht [1:30]
Thomas Dawkins, bass-baritone; Eric Mazonson, piano
Recorded Live in Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University, April
2002
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor
II.
Largo [9:13]
III.
Rondo: Allegro [9:04]
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Neal Hampton conducting the Brandeis Symphony Orchestra
Recorded Live in Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University,
December 2001
Beethoven - Sonata No. 5 for Piano and Violin "Spring"
I.
Allegro [10:00]
Julia Deák, violin; Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live in Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University, April
2001
Dvorák - Piano Trio in e minor "Dumky"
III.
Andante - Vivace non troppo - Andante - Allegretto [7:14]
IV.
Andante moderato (quasi tempo di marcia) [5:48]
Julia Deák, violin; Gordon Withers, violoncello;
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live in Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University, April
2001
Bartók -
Four Old Tunes
(from Fifteen Hungarian Melodies) [4:55]
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live in Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University,
November 2000
Brahms - Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano
IV.
Allegro [4:20]
Oran Etkin, clarinet; Gordon Withers, violoncello; Thomas
Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live in Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University,
December 1998
Beethoven -
Variations
on "God Save the King" [4:54]
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live at The Waring School, May 1998
Debussy - Estampes
II.
La soiree dans Grenade (Habañera) [4:34]
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live at The Waring School, May 1998
Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
The
Great Gate of Kiev [5:10]
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live at The Waring School, May 1998
Chopin - Etudes
No.
1 in Ab Major "Aeolian Harp" [2:22]
Thomas Dawkins, piano
Recorded Live at The Waring School, May 1998
Bach: English Suite No. 2 in a minor
I.
Prelude [4:23]
Thomas Dawkins, harpsichord
Recorded Live at The Waring School, February 1998
Ibert: Deux Interludes
II.
Allegro vivo [3:31]
Becky White, flute; Zoe Strimpel, violin; Thomas Dawkins,
piano
Recorded Live at The Waring School, May 1997