Track Listing
1. La Traviata, opera: Liviamo ne'lieti calici
2. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Largo al factotum
3. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina
4. La bohème, opera: Mi chiamanó Mimi
5. L' amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Suzel, bon dí
6. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Va, pensiero
7. Rigoletto, opera: La donna é mobile
8. Lakmé, opera: Viens, Mallika
9. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio bambino caro
10. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia
11. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte
12. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
13. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: lo son l'umile ancella
14. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Au fond du temple saint
15. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non più andrai
16. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi, che satete
17. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Dove sono
18. Martha, opera: M'appari
19. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Mild und leise
1. Aida, opera: Se quel guerrier io fossi!...
2. Il Trovatore, opera: Vedi! le fosche notturne
3. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
4. Carmen, opera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
5. Carmen, opera: Votre toast
6. Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
7. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarolle
8. Andrea Chénier, opera: A mamma morta
9. Pagliacci, opera: Vesti la giubba
10. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel di vedremo
11. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento
12. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
13. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
14. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Hölle Rache
15. Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114): Song to the Moon
16. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
17. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Pourquoi me réveiller?
18. Turandot, opera: Signore, ascolta!
19. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma
| Details | | Playing Time: | 154 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Agnes Baltsa, André Cluytens, Ann Murray, Bernard Haitink, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Danielle Millet, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eugene Kohn, Gabriele Santini, Georges Prêtre, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Helga Dernesch, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Jane Berbié, Jeanine Collard, José Carreras, Los Angeles, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavarotti, Mady Mesplé, Margaret Marshall, Mirella Freni, Montserrat Caballé, Myung-Whun Chung, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Pierre Dervaux, Renata Scotto, Riccardo Muti, Richard Armstrong, Robert Massard, Roberto Alagna, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Charles Mackerras, Stefan Soltesz, Thomas Hampson, Thomas Schippers, Tullio Serafin, Victoria de | | Distributor: | EMD | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | n/a | | SPAR Code: | DDD |
Album Notes
This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.
Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Mady Mesplé, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Agnes Baltsa, Jane Berbié, Jeannine Collard, Danielle Millet, Ann Murray (mezzo soprano); Alfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, José Carreras, Nicolai Gedda, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Thomas Allen , Walter Berry, Ernest Blanc, Thomas Hampson, Robert Massard (baritone).
This CD set presents an extensive opera sampler of mostly arias, with some famous choruses as well, such as "Va, pensiero," from Verdi's 'Nabucco.' Not only does the listener get to listen to these arias from the French, Italian, and German standards, he or she is able to compare certain classes of voices. As for tenors, the "three" are certainly represented, and one is able to compare Carreras's palpable excitement and exquisite diction with Domingo's power, and the early Pavarotti's silvery, exquisite timbre with Alfredo Kraus's lyricism and Roberto Alagna's tight sound. One can explore the differences between the Italian sound of Pavarotti and the darker, red-winey Spanish sound of Domingo and Carreras.
As for the women, how does la Callas compare to one of her heirs in bel canto singing, Montserrat Caballé, with her famous pianissimi, heard here in "Chi il bel sogno de Doretta," from 'La Rondine' by Puccini?
The liner notes provide blurbs on the arias, and inform the listener which recent films one can hear them in. This collection is an excellent entrée into the world of opera, adding great breadth to an opera education.
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