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Sir Charles Mackerras

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Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (born 17 November 1925, died 14 July 2010) was an Australian conductor. He was a noted authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Family: Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras was born of Australian parents, Alan and Catherine Mackerras, in Schenectady, New York. His father, an electrical engineer, was doing postgraduate work in Schenectady with General Electric.

Top songs

  1. Nutcracker: Trepak (Russian Dance)
  2. Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 2: March
  3. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - "O mio babbino caro"
  4. Nutcracker: Overture
  5. Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14: Pas de deux: Dance of the Prince & the Sugar-Plum Fairy
  6. Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12: Dance of the Mirlitons
  7. Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, Op. 13
  8. Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14: Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
  9. Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 13: Waltz of the Flowers
  10. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 (Julius Caesar) - Va tacito e nascosto
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  1. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
  2. Xerxes, HWV 40 - Act I - Arioso: 'Ombra mai fu...'
  3. Bellini: Norma / Act 1 - Casta Diva
  4. Catalani: La Wally / Act 1 - Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
  5. Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - Un bel dì vedremo
  6. Taras Bulba - The prophecy and death of Taras Bulba
  7. Messiah HWV56: Pastoral Symphony (Larghetto e mezzo piano)
  8. Gianni Schicchi (1987 Digital Remaster): O mio babbino caro
  9. Allegro Molto (Symphony No 41 In C Major K551, Mov
  10. Messiah Highlights (ed. Basil Lam): Hallelujah (Chorus)
  11. Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam): I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
  12. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette / Act 1 - "Ah, je veux vivre"
  13. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 (Julius Caesar) - Se in fiorito ameno prato
  14. Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah ed. Basil Lam) - 1987 - Remaster
  15. Molto Allegro (Symphony No 40 In G Minor K550, Mov
  16. Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): Hallelujah (Chorus)
  17. Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61)
  18. Sinfonietta - Andante, Allegretto, Maestoso, Tempo, Allegretto
  19. Julius Caesar: Deep within my bosom burning
  20. Antonín Dvorák: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op.11 - Edit
  21. Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61)
  22. Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550: I. Molto allegro
  23. Sinfonietta - Allegretto, Allegro, Maestoso
  24. Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 1 - Io son l'umile ancella
  25. Part Two: Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray" (Handel / Mozart)
  26. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Von den Hinterweltern - Breiter werden
  27. "Karelia" Suite: Ballade
  28. Menuetto (Symphony No 40 In G Minor K550, Movement
  29. Dvorák: Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Mesicku na nebi hlubokém
  30. Dvorák: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op.11 - Edit
  31. Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 1 - "Guardate! Questo non picciol libro - Madamina, il catalogo è questo"
  32. Xerxes, HWV 40 - Act III - Aria: 'Crude furie degli orridi abissi...'
  33. Handel: Berenice - Si, tra i ceppi
  34. Handel: Acis and Galatea / Act 2 - "I rage, I melt, I burn!"
  35. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 1, Scene I: Recitativo: Quando avran fine omai (Ilia)
  36. Idomeneo KV 366: Overture
  37. La Rondine, Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - 2002 - Remaster
  38. Alcina, HWV 34 - Mi lusinga il dolce affetto
  39. 1. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
  40. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - Papagena! Papageno! (Papageno, Papagena)
  41. Ariodante, HWV 33 - E vivo ancora? - Scherza infida!
  42. Xerxes, HWV 40 - Act II - Aria: 'Se bramate d'amar, chi vi sdegna...'
  43. Pictures at an Exhibition: The old castle
  44. Allegro Vivace (Symphony No 41 In C Major K551, Mo
  45. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 (Julius Caesar) - Piangerò la sorte mia
  46. Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 1 - "Là ci darem la mano"
  47. Alcina, HWV 34 - Verdi prati
  48. Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 - Allegretto
  49. Turandot (2002 Digital Remaster): Signore, ascolta
  50. Andante (Symphony No 40 In G Minor K550, Movement
  51. Mozart: O temerario Arbace... Per quel paterno amplesso, K.79
  52. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro
  53. Finale (Symphony No 40 In G Minor K550, Movement 4
  54. Water Music (2001 Digital Remaster), Suite No. 1 in F Major: III - (da capo)
  55. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Einleitung
  56. Festive Overture in A major, Op. 96 -
  57. Symphony No.8 in G Op.88 - Iii. Allegretto Grazioso
  58. Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo
  59. Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1 - I feel the Deity within...Arm, arm ye brave
  60. Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No.1 Op.1a - 1. Overture
  61. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 1, Scene II-III: Recitativo: Radunate i Troiani, ite (Idamante, Ilia)
  62. Handel: Te Deum in D, "Dettingen", HWV 283 - Vouchsafe, O Lord
  63. By the Sleepy Lagoon - Valse serenade
  64. Symphony No. 8 D759, 'Unfinished' (completed Newbold): II. Andante con moto
  65. Delius: On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring
  66. Overture
  67. Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 - 4. Alleluia
  68. Ariodante, HWV 33 - Doppo notte
  69. Symphony No. 8 D759, 'Unfinished' (completed Newbold): I. Allegro moderato
  70. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 1, Scene I: Aria: Padre, germani, addio! (Ilia)
  71. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: The old castle
  72. La Rondine, Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
  73. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 (Julius Caesar) - Dall' ondoso periglio salvo mi - Aure deh per pietà
  74. Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No.1 Op.1a - 2. Serenade
  75. Andante Cantabile (Symphony No 41 In C Major K551,
  76. Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No.1 Op.1a - 3. Minuet (Old Style)
  77. Turandot: Tu che di gel sei cincta
  78. Symphony No. 9 in C major D944, 'Great': II. Andante con moto
  79. Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1 - Arm, arm ye brave
  80. Manon Lescaut (1987 Digital Remaster): In quelle trine morbide
  81. Water Music (2001 Digital Remaster), Suite No. 1 in F Major: VI - Air
  82. Water Music (2001 Digital Remaster), Suite No. 1 in F Major: I - Ouverture (Largo - Allegro)
  83. 2. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto
  84. Menuetto And Trio (Symphony No 41 In C Major K551,
  85. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)
  86. La Bohème, Act III: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's Farewell)
  87. Karelia Suite, Op. 11 - Ballade
  88. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 1, Scene VI: Recitativo: Estinto è Idomeneo? (Elettra)
  89. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 1, Intermezzo: Marcia
  90. La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimi

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