Hear Carol at work
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In cabaret
Piano Song (522Kb MP3 file)
Music and words by Richard Perrett
Sophisticated Lady (1.119Kb MP3 file)
Music: Duke Ellington; words: Mitchell Parish/Irving Mills
Shadow of Your Smile (961Kb MP3 file)
Music: Johnny Mandel; words: Paul Francis Webster
Miss Otis (888Kb MP3 file)Music and words by Cole Porter
Just You Wait (1234Kb MP3 file)
Music: Frederick Loewe; words: Alan Jay Lerner
What'll I Do? (1235Kb MP3 file)
Music and words by Irving Berlin
With jazz ensemble featuring Stephen Adam (piano and cello) and Lio Moscardini (bass)
With accompanist
Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck (1265Kb MP3 file)
In the role of the Mother (piano – Helen Crayford)
Hercules, Handel (1418Kb MP3 file)
In the role of the Dejanira (piano – Helen Crayford)
Il Tabarro, Puccini (831Kb MP3 file)
In the role of Frugola (piano – Helen Crayford)
Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (1163Kb MP3 file)
In the role of Marcellina (piano – Helen Crayford)
Dream of Gerontius, Elgar (1953Kb MP3 file)
In the role of the Angel (piano – Helen Crayford)
In performance
Madame Butterfly extract from act 3 (147Kb MP3 file)
In the role of Suzuki, from a live performance by London City Opera in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Turn of the Screw extract from act 1 (183Kb MP3 file)
In the role of Mrs Grose, in a live recording made by Nationale Reisopera, Netherlands,
during one of its performances
(Note that this extract starts very quietly)