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cd 1: Wagner singers of the 1950s & early 1960s -- cd 2 - cd 3 (1-9): Sopranos & mezzo-sopranos: 1953-1968 -- cd 3 (10-22) - cd 4 (1-7) : Tenors, 1953-1968 -- cd 4 (8-17) Baritones & basses, 1955-1967 ; Sopranos, 1969-1988 (18-22) -- cd 5. Sopranos, 1969-1988 (1-15) ; Mezzo-Sopranos, 1969-1984 (16-19) -- cd 6. Mezzo-Sopranos, 1969-1984 (1-9), Tenors, 1969-1988 (10-18) ; Baritones & basses, 1966-1986 (19-20) -- cd 7. Baritones & basses, 1966-1986 (1-12) ; Sopranos, 1989-2004 (13-21) -- cd 8. Mezzo-Sopranos (1-7) ; Tenors, 1989-2001 (8-12) ; Baritones & basses (13-17) ; Singers of baroque and early music - Female singers (18-21) -- cd 9. Singers of baroque and early music - Female singers (1-6) ; Male singers (7-19) ; Singers of the Millennium, 2000-2007 - Sopranos, Mezzo-sopranos & contraltos (20-23) -- cd 10. Singers of the Millennium, 2000-2007 - Sopranos, Mezzo-sopranos & contraltos (1-10) ; Tenors and countertenors (11-18) ; Baritones & basses (19-22). |
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CD 1, Wagner singers of the 1950s & early 1960s. Der fliegende Holländer. Johohoe! Johohoe! = Senta's ballad (Birgit Nilsson, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus; Ludwig Leopold, conductor) (8:27) ; Tannhaüser. Dich, teure Halle (Elisabeth Grummer, soprano; Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin; Franz Konwitschny, conductor) (4:55) ; Dich treff' ich hier in dieser Halle (Gottlob Frick, bass; Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin; Franz Konwitschny, conductor) (3:17) ; Gar viel und schön (Ludwig Weber, bass; Philharmonia Orchestra; Issay Dobrowen, conductor) (4:50) ; Blick' ich umher in diesen edlen Kreise (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bartione; Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin; Franz Konwitschny, conductor) (4:47) ; Lohengrin. Einsam in trüben Tagen = Elsa's dream (Astrid Varnay, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Hermann Weigert, conductor)) (5:00) ; Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen (Régine Crespin, soprano; Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française; Georges Prêtre, conductor) (4:05) ; Entweihte Götter (Rita Gorr, mezzo-soprano; Orchestre du Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris; André Cluytens, conductor) (1:31) ; Die Walküre. Winterstürme, wichen dem Wonnenmond (Ludwig Suthaus, tenor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) (3:09) ; Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Martha Mödl, soprano; Wiener Philharmoniker; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) (2:30) ; Weh! Weh! Süssestes Weib! (Set Svanholm, tenor; Kirstin Flagstad, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor) (4:45) ; Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind = Wotan's farewell (Hans Hotter, bass-baritone; Philharmonia Orchestra; Leopold Ludwig, conductor) (8:56) ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Was duftet doch der Flieder (Otto Edelmann, bass-baritone; Orchester der Festspiel Bayreuth 1951; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (5:46) ; Morgendlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein = Prize song (Rudolf Schock, tenor; supporting soloists; Chöre der Deutschen Oper Berlin und der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin; Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker; Rudolf Kempe, conductor) (5:24) ; Tristan und Isolde. Tott denn alles! Alles tot! (Josef Greindl, bass; Philharmonia Orchestra; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) (2:01) ; Mild und leise : Liebestod (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) (7:15) -- |
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CD 2-3 [tracks 1-9], Sopranos & mezzo-sopranos, 1953-1968. Die Tote Stadt. Glück, das mir verblieb / Korngold (Dame Joan Hammond, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Walter Susskind, conductor) (4:29) ; A song of welcome. Behind the façades and faces / Bliss (Dame Joan Sutherland, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Arthur Bliss, conductor) (2:04) ; I vespri siciliani. Mercé, dilette amiche / Verdi (Maria Callas, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor) (3:56) ; Die Fledermaus. Mein Herr Marquis / Johann Strauss II (Rita Streich, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (3:18) ; Der Graf von Luxemburg. Heut' noch werd' ich Ehefrau-- Unbekannt, deshalb nicht minder int'ressant / Lehár (Erika Köth, soprano; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Frank Fox, conductor) (3:15) -- Schön ist die Welt. Ach, Vöglein in der Ferne / Lehár (Renata Holm, soprano; FFB-Orchester; Frank Fox, conductor) (1:48) ; The Mikado. The sun whose rays are all ablaze / Sullivan (Elsie Morison, soprano; Pro Arte Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor) (2:59) ; Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Puccini (Antonietta Stella, soprano; London Symphony Orchestra; Alberto Erede, conductor) (1:50) ; Manon. Restons ici, puisqu'il le faut / Massenet (Martha Angelici, soprano; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-comique; Jesus Etcheverry, conductor) (3:37) ; Les Huguenots. Noble seigneur-- Une dame noble et sage / Meyerbeer (Janine Micheau, soprano; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris; Georges Prêtre, conductor) (3:23) ; Don Giovanni. Batti, batti, O bel Masetto / Mozart (Graziella Sciutti, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor) (3:49) ; Tannhäuser. Allmächt'ge Jungfrau = Elisabeth's prayer / Wagner (Aase Nordmo-Lövberg, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Walter Susskind, conductor) (5:43) ; La traviata. Ah, fors'è lui / Verdi (Anna Moffo, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, conductor) (3:00) ; Orphée aux enfers. The happy bride never stumbles / Offenbach (June Bronhill, soprano; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra; Alexander Faris, conductor) (3:01) ; Die Fledermaus. Klänge der Heimat / Johann Strauss II (Hilde Gueden, soprano; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor) (4:02) ; Adiós, Granada / Barrera & Calleja (Victora de Los Angeles, soprano and guitar) (2:07) ; Paganini. Ich kann es nicht fassen-- Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden / Lehár (Melitta Muszely, soprano; FFB-Orchester; Werner Schmidt-Boeleke, conductor) (2:36) ; Turandot. In questa reggia / Puccini (Amy Shuard, soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Edward Downes, conductor) (6:04) ; Einerleie : op. 69 no. 3 / Richard Strauss (Lisa della Casa, soprano; Sebastian Peschko, piano) (2:14) ; Così fan tutte. Una donna a quindici anni / Mozart (Hanny Steffek, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor) (3:56) ; The bartered bride. Gern ja will ich dir vertrauen / Smetana (Pilar Lorengar, soprano; Bamberger Symphoniker; Rudolf Kempe, conductor) (4:37) ; Mignon. Je suis Titania / Thomas (Andrée Esposito, soprano; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-comique; Jean-Claude Hartmann, conductor) (4:51) ; Zigeunerliebe. Hör ich Cymbalklänge / Lehár (Sari Barabas, soprano; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; Carl Michalski, conductor) (4:35) ; Die Zauberflöte. Der Hölle Rache / Mozart (Lucia Popp, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor) (3:10) ; Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì vedremo / Puccini (Renata Scotto, soprano; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) (4:38) ; Zueignung : op. 10 no. 1 / Richard Strauss (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; George Szell, conductor) (1:49) ; Don Giovanni. Vedrai carino / Mozart (Mirella Freni, soprano; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor) (3:46) ; Die lustige Witwe. Bitte, meine Herrn-- Hab' in Paris-- Gar oft hab' ich's gehört / Lehár (Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; Willy Mattes, conductor) (2:57) ; Rigoletto. Gualtier Maldè-- Caro nome / Verdi (Reri Grist, soprano; supporting soloists; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Francesco Molinari Pradelli, conductor) (6:40) ; Elijah. Behold, God hath sent Elijah / Mendelssohn (Gwyneth Jones, soprano; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor) (1:19) ; Rückert-Lieder. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft! / Mahler (Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor) (2:45) -- |
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CD 3 [tracks 10-22]-CD 4 [tracks 1-7], Tenors, 1953-1958. Pagliacci. Mi accordan di parlar?-- Un grande spettacolo-- Un tal gioco / Leoncavallo (Jussi Björling; supporting soloists; Robert Shaw Chorale; RCA Victor Orchestra; Renato Cellini, conductor) (5:15) ; Le postillon de Lonjumeau. Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire / Adam (Henri Legay; orchestra; Georges Tzipine, conductor) (4:07) ; Die Zauberflöte. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön / Mozart (Léopold Simoneau; Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; André Jouve, conductor) (4:01) ; Werther. Pourquoi me réveiller / Massenet (Albert Lance; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-comique; Albert Wolff, conductor) (2:19) ; Cavalleria rusticana. Mamma, quel vino è generoso / Mascagni (Eugenio Fernandi; Philharmonia Orchestra; Nicola Resicgno, conductor) (3:57) ; La fanciulla del West. Una parola sola-- Or son sei mesi / Puccini (João Gibin; Birgit Nilsson, soprano; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Lovro von Matačič, conductor) (3:48) ; Messiah. Every valley shall be exalted / Handel (Richard Lewis; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor) (3:41) ; Manon Lescaut. Donna non vidi mai / Puccini (Charles Craig; orchestra; Michael Collins, conductor) (2:12) ; La fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda libero / Puccini (Giuseppe Campora; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Gabriele Santini, conductor) (1:55) ; Martha. Ach, so fromm / Flotow (Fritz Wunderlich; Berliner Symphoniker; Berislav Klobucar, conductor) (2:47) ; Oedipus Rex. Nonne monstrum rescituri / Stravinsky (Ronald Dowd; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, conductor) (1:17) ; Così fan tutte. Un'aura amorosa / Mozart (Alfredo Kraus; Philharmonia Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor) (4:45) ; Il barbiere di Siviglia. All'idea di quell metallo / Rossini (Luigi Alva; Sesto Bruscantini, baritone; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vittorio Gui, conductor) (3:08) ; Dies natalis. Wonder : arioso / Finzi (Wilfred Brown; English Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Finzi, conductor) (4:18) ; Lohengrin. In fernem Land / Wagner (Jess Thomas; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philharmoniker; Rudolf Kempe, conductor) (5:08) ; La favorita. Favorita del Re!-- Spirto gentil / Donizetti (Franco Corelli; Philharmonia Orchestra; Franco Ferraris, conductor) (4:51) ; Undine. Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder / Lortzing (Peter Schreier; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Robert Heger, conductor) (3:29) ; Die Königin von Saba. Magische Töne / Goldmark (Nicolai Gedda; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München; Heinrich Bender, conductor) (3:41) ; Fedora. Amor ti vieta / Giordano (James King; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kurt Eichorn, conductor) (1:36) ; L'amico Fritz. Anche tu, Beppe / Mascagni (Luciano Pavarotti; Laura Didier Gambardella, mezzo-soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor) (3:44) -- |
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CD 4 [tracks 8-17], Baritones & basses, 1955-1957. Andrea Chénier. Nemico della patria / Giordano (Tito Gobbi, baritone; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) (4:53) ; Nabucco. Sperate, o figli / Verdi (Boris Christoff, bass; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Vittorio Gui, conductor) (4:53) ; Il trovatore. Il balen / Verdi (Rolando Panerai, baritone; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (3:15) ; La Bohème. Vechia zimmara, senti / Puccini (Nicola Zaccaria, bass; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Antonino Votto, conductor) (1:33) ; Si j'étais roi. Dans le sommeil, l'amour / Adam (Michael Dens, baritone; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-comique; Pierre Dervaux, conductor) (2:49) ; Don Giovanni. Deh, vieni alla finestra / Mozart (Eberhard Wächter, baritone; Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor) (1:50) ; Thaïs. Voilà donc la terrible cité! Alexandrie! / Massenet (Ernest Blanc, baritone; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire; Georges Prêtre, conductor) (3:05) ; Die Zauberflöte. Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja / Mozart (Hermann Prey, baritone; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Horst Stein, conductor) (2:35) ; Don Giovanni. Finch'han dal vino / Mozart (Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass; New Philharmonic Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor) (1:25) ; Rigoletto. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata / Verdi (Cornell MacNeil, baritone; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Francesco Molinari Pradelli, conductor) (4:18) -- CD 4 [tracks 18-22]-CD 5 [tracks 1-15], Sopranos, 1969-1988. La forza del destino. Me pellegrina ed orfana / Verdi (Martina Arroyo; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor) (3:37) ; Roméo et Juliette. Ah! je veux vivre / Gounod (Mady Mesplé; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris; Jean-Pierre Marty, conductor) (3:49) ; Ridente la calma : K152 / Mozart (Elly Ameling; Jörg Demus, soprano) (3:17) ; Il pirata. Col sorriso d'innocenza / Bellini (Montserrat Caballé; Orchestra della RAI, Roma; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor) (3:28) ; Fidelio. O namenlose Freude! / Beethoven (Helga Dernesch; Jon Vickers, tenor; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (3:00) ; Die Jahreszeiten. Der Winter. Knurre, schnurre, knurre / Haydn (Gundula Janowitz; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (2:57) ; Die Zauberflöte. O zittre nicht / Mozart (Edda Moser; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor) (4:51) ; None but the lonely heart : op. 6 no. 6 (sung in Russian) / Tchaikovsky (Dame Margaret Price; James Lockhart, piano) (3:47) ; Il barbiere di Siviglia. Una voce poco fa / Rossini (Beverly Sills; London Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor) (5:46) ; Five satires : op. 109. Taste of spring (sung in Russian) / Shostakovich (Galina Vishnevskaya; Mstislav Rostropovich, piano) (2:39) ; Le nozze di Figaro. Porgi, amor / Mozart (Heather Harper; English Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor) (4:14) ; Il trovatore. D'amor sull'ali rosee / Verdi (Leontyne Price; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (4:35) ; Manon. Allons! il le faut-- Adieu, notre petite table / Massenet (Ileana Cotrubas; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michael Plasson, conductor) (3:38) ; War requiem : op. 66. Dies irae. Liber scriptus proferetur / Britten (Elisabeth Söderström; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor) (2:47) ; Shéhérazade. La flûte enchantée / Ravel (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Orchestre symphonique de l'Opéra national du Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, Brussels; Sir John Pritchard, conductor) (2:43) ; I Lombardi. Salve Maria / Verdi (Ghena Dimitrova; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor) (3:26) ; La belle Hélène. Amors divins! / Offenbach (Jessye Norman; Chœurs et Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michael Plasson, conductor) (3:27) ; La sonnambula. Sovra il sen / Bellini (Edita Gruberova; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Kurt Eichorn, conductor) (4:05) ; Die Walküre. Der Männer Sippe / Wagner (Hildegard Behrens; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Peter Schneider, conductor) (4:37) ; Les contes d'Hoffmann. Les oiseaux dans la charmille / Offenbach (Luciana Serra; Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra national du Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, Brussels; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor) (5:32) -- |
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CD 5 [tracks 16-19]-CD 6 [tracks 1-9], Mezzo-sopranos, 1969-1984. Carmen. Habanera : L'amour est un oiseau rebelle / Bizet (Grace Bumbry; Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor) (4:17) ; Don Carlo. Nei giardin del bello / Verdi (Shirley Verrett; Delia Wallis, soprano; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor) (4:56) ; Così fan tutte. È amore un Iadroncello / Mozart (Yvonne Minton; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor) (4:37) ; Arietes oubliées. No. 2, Il pleure dans mon cœur / Debussy (Frederica von Stade; Dalton Baldwin, piano) (2:39) ; Macbeth. La luce langue / Verdi (Fiorenza Cossotto; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor) (4:20) ; Ivan the Terrible : op. 116. Song about the beaver (sung in Russian) / Prokofiev (Irina Arkhipova; Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor) (3:05) ; Adriana Lecouvreur. Acerba voluttà / Cilèa (Elena Obraztsova; Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppe Patanè, conductor) (4:19) ; Le nozze di Figaro. Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio / Mozart (Teresa Berganza; English Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor) (2:37) ; Werther. Va! laisse couler mes larmes!-- Les larmes qu'on ne pleure pas / Massenet (Tatiana Troyanos; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Plasson, conductor) (2:30) ; Don Carlo. O don fatale / Verdi (Agnes Baltsa; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (5:25) ; Auf dem Wasser zu singen : D774 / Schubert (Dame Janet Baker; Geoffrey Parsons, piano) (3:14) ; Padmâvatî. Aux armes-- Il est trop tard / Roussel (Marilyn Horne; Orfeón Donostiarra; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michael Plasson, conductor) (6:37) ; La clemenza di Tito. Parto, parto / Mozart (Ann Murray; Lewis Morrison, clarinet; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor) (5:57) -- CD 6 [tracks 10-18], Tenors, 1969-1988. La forza del destino. La vita è inferno-- O tu che in seno / Verdi (Carlo Bergonzi; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor) (6:22) ; Carmen. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée / Bizet (Jon Vickers; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor) (4:17) ; Die Meistersinger. Abendlich glühend in himmlischer Glut / Wagner (René Kollo; Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (2:19) ; Die schöne Müllerin. Ungeduld / Schubert (Ian Partridge; Jennifer Partridge, piano) (2:23) ; Macbeth. O figli miei!-- Ah, la paterna mano / Verdi (Donald Smith; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Vanco Cavdarski, conductor) (3:56) ; Il trovatore. Di quella pira / Verdi (Franco Bonisolli; supporting soloists; Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (3:22) ; Don Carlo. Io l'ho perduta! / Verdi (José Carreras; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (3:22) ; Les pêcheurs de perles. Je crois entendre encore / Bizet (Alain Vanzo; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris; Georges Prêtre, conductor) (3:08) ; Les contes d'Hoffmann. Ils se sont éloignés enfin!-- Ah! Vivre deux / Offenbach (Neil Shicoff; Luciana Serra, soprano; Orchestra of the Opéra national du Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, Brussels; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor) (4:04) -- |
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CD 6 [tracks 19-20]-CD 7 [tracks 1-12], Baritones & basses, 1966-1986. Five mystical songs. The call / Vaughan Williams (John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; English Chamber Orchestra; Sir David Willcocks, conductor) (2:05) ; La forza del destino. Urna fatale / Verdi (Piero Cappuccilli, baritone; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor) (3:02) ; La forza del destino. Toh! Toh! Poffare il mondo! / Verdi (Sir Geraint Evans, baritone; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor) (3:24) ; La damnation de Faust. Une puce gentille / Berlioz (Gabriel Bacquier, baritone; Chœurs du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris; Orchestre de Paris; Georges Prêtre, conductor) (1:23) ; Chanson triste / Duparc (Gérard Souzay, baritone; Dalton Baldwin, piano) (3:02) ; Die Zauberflöte. O Isis und Osiris / Mozart (Kurt Moll, bass; Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor) (3:12) ; Die Zauberflöte. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen / Mozart (Walter Berry, baritone; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor) (3:49) ; Otello. Vanne!-- Credo in un Dio crudel / Verdi (Peter Glossop, baritone; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (5:05) ; Il barbiere di Siviglia. La calunnia / Rossini (Ruggero Raimondi, bass; London Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor) (4:52) ; Macbeth. Sappia la sposa mia-- Mi si affaccia un pugnai? / Verdi (Sherril Milnes; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor) (3:50) ; Boris Godunov. Clock scene : Uf! tyazheló / Mussorgsky (Martti Talvela, bass; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Semkow, conductor) (3:29) ; Boris Godunov. Kako vo górode = In the town of Kazan Mussorgsky (Auge Haugland, bass; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Semkow, conductor) (2:21) ; Salome. Wo ist er? / Richard Strauss (José van Dam, baritone; supporting soloists; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (4:37) ; Le nozze di Figaro. Non più andrai / Mozart (Sir Thomas Allen, baritone; Wiener Philharmoniker; Riccardo Muti, conductor) (3:37) -- CD 7 [tracks 13-21], Sopranos, 1989-2004. Manon. Obéissons quand leur voix appelle / Massenet (June Anderson; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor) (3:09) ; Ave Maria / Gounod, after J.S. Bach ; orch. René Challan (Barbara Hendricks; Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Eric Ericson, conductor) (3:14) ; Faust. Ô Dieu! Que de bijoux-- Ah! je ris / Gounod (Cheryl Studer; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor) (4:16) ; L'assedio di Corinto. Giusto ciel! in tal periglio / Rossini (Katia Ricciarelli; Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon; Gabriele Ferro, conductor) (3:33) ; Mignon. Kennst du das Land / Thomas (Dagmar Schellenberger; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Ralf Weikert, conductor) (4:14) ; Don Carlos. Ô ma chère compagne / Verdi (Karita Mattila; supporting soloists; Chœurs du Théâtre du Châtelet; Orchestre de Paris; Antonio Pappano, conductor) (4:22) ; 6 songs, op. 36. Svarta rosor = Black roses / Sibelius (Solveig Kringelborn; Malcolm Martineau, piano) (1:52) ; Manon Lescaut. In quelle trine morbide / Puccini (Ruth Ann Swenson; London Symphony Orchestra; Julius Rudel, conductor) (2:47) ; La grande-duchesse de Gérolstein. Il était un de mes aïeux / Offenbach (Dame Felicity Lott; Chœurs des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble; les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble; Marc Minkowski, conductor) (2:22) -- |
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CD 8 [tracks 1-7], Mezzo-sopranos, 1988-2001. Winterreise. Frühlingstraum / Schubert (Brigitte Fassbaender; Aribert Reimann, piano) (3:57) ; Orphée et Eurydice. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice / Gluck (Anne Sofie von Otter; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor) (3:28) ; Samson et Dalila. Printemps qui commence / Saint-Saëns (Waltraud Meier; Samuel Ramey, bass; Orchestre de l'Opéra-Bastille, Paris; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor) (6:04) ; Après un rêve : op. 7 no. 1 / Fauré ; arr. Sheeves (Hera Lind; HanseCompagnie; Cord Garben, conductor) (3:23) ; Le manoir de Rosamonde / Duparc (Michelle DeYoung; Kevin Murphy, piano) (2:40) ; Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebracht / Marx (Katarina Karnéus; Roger Vignoles, piano) (1:49) ; Idomeneo. Il padre adorato / Mozart (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor) (2:53) -- CD 8 [tracks 8-12], Tenors, 1989-2001. Les pêcheurs de perles. Je crois entendre encore / Bizet (John Aler; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor) (3:28) ; Tosca. Recondita armonia / Puccini (Plácido Domingo; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Eugene Kohn, conductor) (2:55) ; I vespri siciliani. Giorno di pianto / Verdi (Christ Merritt; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Riccardo Muti, conductor) (4:28) ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Am stillen Herd / Wagner (Ben Heppner; supporting soloists; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München; Wolfgang Sawallish, conductor) (4:33) ; Roméo et Juliette. L'amour! L'amour!-- Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! / Gounod (Roberto Alagna; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor) (3:55) -- CD 8 [tracks 13-17], Baritones & basses, 1991-1995. Symphony no. 9 : "Choral." Ode to joy / Beethoven (Bryn Terfel, bass; supporting soloists; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor) (3:15) ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! / Wagner (Bernd Weikl, bass-baritone; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München; Wolfgang Sawallish, conductor) (6:39) ; Les roses d'Ispahan / Fauré (François le Roux, baritone; Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; John Nelson, conductor) (3:27) ; Hérodiade. Ce breuvage-- Vision fugitive / Massenet (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor)) (3:54) ; Der Rosenband : op. 36 no. 1 / Richard Strauss (Simone Keenlyside, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) (3:09) -- CD 8 [tracks 18-21]-CD 9 [tracks 1-6], Singers of Baroque and early music, female singers. Ay luna que reluze : villancico / anon. (Montserrat Figueras, soprano; Hesperion XX; Jordi Savall, conductor) (3:21) ; Su le sponde del Tebro. Sul le sponde del Tebro-- Contentatevi / A. Scarlatti ; arr. Paumgartner (Helen Donath, soprano; Maurice André, trumpet; Academy of St. Maritn in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor) (3:31) ; Alcina. Ma quando tornerai / Handel (Arlen Augér, soprano; City of London Baroque Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor) (4:25) ; Io, che dal ciel cader / Caccini (Emily van Evera, soprano; Taverner Players; Andrew Parrott, conductor) (1:55) ; Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! : cantata BWV51. [Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!] / J.S. Bach (Nancy Argenta, soprano; Crispi[a]n Steele-Perkins, trumpet; Ensemble Sonnerie; Monica Huggett, conductor) (4:16) ; Eighth book of madrigals. Dolcissimo uscignolo / Monteverdi (Emma Kirkby, soprano; the Consort of Musicke; Anthony Rooley, conductor) (3:49) ; Hau, hau, hau le boys! : virelai / Claudin de Sermisy (Catherine King, mezzo-soprano; instrumental ensemble) (1:47) ; Les Indes galantes. Régnez, plaisirs et jeux / Rameau (Patricia Petibon, soprano; les Folies françaises; Patrick Cohën-Akenine, conductor) (3:15) ; Dido and Aeneas. Thy hand, Belinda-- When I am laid in earth / Purcell (Susan Graham, soprano; le Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor) (4:51) ; Armide. Enfin il est en ma puissance-- Venez, venez / Lully (Véronique Gens; les Talens lyriques; Christophe Rousset, conductor) (4:16) -- |
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CD 9 [tracks 7-19], Singers of Baroque and early music, male singers. The fairy queen. Hark, how all things with one sound rejoice / Purcell ; arr. Tippett & Bergman (Alfred Deller, countertenor; Basil Lam, harpsichord; Terence Weil, violoncello; string orchestra) (2:20) ; The choice of Hercules. Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay / Handel (James Bowman, countertenor; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Philip Ledger, conductor) (3:42) ; Lady, if you so spite me / Dowland (Nigel Rogers, tenor; Anthony Bailes, lute; Jordi Savall, viola da gamba) (2:12) ; Saul. O Lord, whose mercies are numberless / Handel (Paul Esswood, countertenor; English Chamber Orchestra; Sir Philip Ledger, conductor) (3:30) ; Griselda. Che giova fuggire / Bononcini (Aris Christofellis, male soprano; period-instrument ensemble; Laure Morabito, harpsichord) (1:27) ; Mass in B minor, BWV232. Agnus Dei / J.S. Bach (Charles Brett, countertenor; Collegium vocale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor) (5:27) ; Magnificat, BWV243. Esurientes implevit / J.S. Bach (René Jacobs, countertenor; La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor) (3:13). If women could be fair / Byrd (Michael Chance, countertenor; Fretwork) (3:25) ; Ye fiends and furies / Law[e]s (Harry van der Kamp, bass; Stephen Stubbs, theorbo; Andrew Lawrence-King, regal) (2:16) ; Miserere. Redde mihi laetitiam / Campra (Dominique Visse, countertenor; la Grande Ecurie et la chambre du roi; Jean-Claude Malgloire, conductor) (2:41) ; Cessate, omai cessate : RV684 [excerpt] / Vivaldi ; opening rev. B. Martinotti (Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor; Teatro lirico; Stephen Stubbs, conductor) (4:14) ; Stabat Mater. Eia mater, fon amoris / Pergolesi (Gérard Lesne, countertenor; Il Seminario musicale) (2:10) ; Regina coeli laetare / Rigatti (Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; Ensemble Artaserse) (3:04) -- CD 9 [tracks 20-23]-CD 10, Singers of the new millennium, 2000-2007. Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Antonio Pappano, conductor) (3:26) ; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. Dell'aquila l'artigli / Handel (Sandrine Piau, soprano; Le Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor) (3:18) ; Robinson Crusoé. Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore / Offenbach (Natalie Dessay, soprano; Chœur Les Éléments; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor) (3:54) ; La Gioconda. Suicidio! / Ponchielli (Violeta Urmana, soprano; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Marcello Viotti, conductor) (4:19) ; |
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Poro. Caro amico amplesso! / Handel (Patrizia Ciofi, soprano; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Il Complesso barocco; Alan Curtis, conductor) (2:06) ; Sieben frühe Lieder. Die Nachtigall / Berg (Sine Bundgaard, soprano; Danish Radio Sinfonietta; Matthias Pintscher, conductor) (2:22) ; Evening song / Griffes (Deborah Voigt, soprano; Brian Zeger, piano) (2:51) ; 8 Zigeunerlieder : op. 103. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze / Brahms (Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano; Roger Vignoles, piano) (1:37) ; Vier letzte Lieder. Frühling / Richard Strauss (Nina Stemme, soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Antonio Pappano, conductor) (3:10) ; Der Rauchfangkehrer. Basta, vincesti-- Ah, non lasciarmi / Salieri (Diana Damrau, soprano; Le Cercle de l'harmonie; Jérémie Rhorer, conductor) (2:59) ; Wedding cantata : BWV202. Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen / J.S. Bach (Huynah Yu, soprano; instrumental ensemble; Shuntaro Sato, conductor) (2:52) ; Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden : op. 68 no. 2 / Richard Strauss (Kate Royal, soprano; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Edward Gardner, conductor) (2:41) ; St. Matthew Passion : BWV224. Erbarme dich, mein Gott / J.S. Bach (Stephanie Blythe, contralto; Ensemble orchestral de Paris; John Nelson, conductor) (6:21) ; Orlando. Fammi combattere mostri e tifei / Handel (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano; Les Violin [i.e. Violons] du roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor) (3:42) ; Serenade : op. 63 no. 6 / Tchaikovsky (Daniil Shtoda, tenor; Larissa Gergieva, piano) (2:59) ; An die Leier : D737 / Schubert (Ian Bostridge, tenor; Julius Drake, piano) (4:42) ; La Gioconda. Cielo e mar / Ponchielli (Yu Qiang Dai, tenor; New Symphony Orchestra; José Antonio Molina, conductor) (4:52) ; Les nuits d'été : op. 7. L'île inconnue / Berlioz (David Daniels, countertenor; Ensemble orchestral de Paris; John Nelson, conductor) (3:42) ; La danza / Rossini (Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Martin Katz, piano) (2:52) ; La taberna del puerto. No puede ser / Sorozábal (Rolando Villazón, tenor; Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid; Pládico Domingo, conductor) (2:40). La donna del lago. Ah sì pera / Rossini (Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor; Orchestre de chambre de Genève; Michael Hofstetter, conductor) (4:20) ; Die Schöpfung. Mit Würd' und Hoheit angetan / Haydn (Toby Spence, tenor; Les Arts florissants; William Christie, conductor) (3:28) ; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. Precipitoso nel mar che freme / Handel (Laurent Naouri, baritone; Le Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor) (2:50) ; Serse. Del ciel d'amore / Handel (Giovanni Furlanetto, bass; Les Arts florissants; William Christie, conductor) (2:12) ; Don Giovanni. Madamina, il catalogo è questo / Mozart (Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Judd, conductor) (5:21) ; Traum : op. 48 no. 6 / Grieg (Rodion Pogossov, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) (2:14). |
| General note | EMI Classics: 50999 2 28949 2 2 (50999 2 28950 2 8, 50999 2 28951 2 7, 50999 2 28952 2 6, 50999 2 28953 2 5, 50999 2 28954 2 4, 50999 2 28955 2 3, 50999 2 36085 2 8, 50999 2 36086 2 7, 50999 2 36087 2 6, 50999 2 36088 2 5). |
| General note | Principally opera excerpts and songs. |
| General note | Previously released material. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program notes by Tony Locantro and John Steane, in English with German and French translations (66 p.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Various soloists and ensembles. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 1949-2007. |
| Language | Sung in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Latin, Swedish, and Russian; some in translation. |
| Standard identifier# |
5099922894922 |
| Publisher number | 50999 2 28949 2 2 EMI Classics |
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| Publisher number | 50999 2 28951 2 7 EMI Classics |
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| Publisher number | 2 28950 2 EMI Classics |
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| Publisher number | 2 28952 2 EMI Classics |
| Publisher number | 2 28953 2 EMI Classics |
| Publisher number | 2 28954 2 EMI Classics |
| Publisher number | 2 28955 2 EMI Classics |
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| Publisher number | 2 36087 2 EMI Classics |
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