| 1 |
La traviata / Act I: Libiamo ne'lieti calici |
Giuseppe Verdi, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber |
Verdi: La Traviata |
2:55 |
| 2 |
Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 2, Arioso, "Ombra mai fù" (Serse) |
George Frideric Handel, William Christie |
Handel: Serse |
3:23 |
| 3 |
Turandot / Act 3: Nessun dorma! |
Giacomo Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti, Tom Krause, Pier Francesco Poli, Piero de Palma, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta |
Puccini: Turandot |
6:42 |
| 4 |
Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: "Casta Diva" (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi) |
Vincenzo Bellini, Cecilia Bartoli, International Chamber Vocalists, Orchestra La Scintilla, Giovanni Antonini |
Bellini: Norma |
6:30 |
| 5 |
Madama Butterfly / Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" |
Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan |
Puccini: Madama Butterfly |
4:33 |
| 6 |
Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena) |
George Frideric Handel, Joyce DiDonato, Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo D'oro |
In War & Peace - Harmony through Music |
5:32 |
| 7 |
L'elisir d'amore / Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima...Eccola!" |
Gaetano Donizetti, Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore |
6:40 |
| 8 |
Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" |
Giacomo Puccini, Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras |
Opera Chill & Relax |
2:49 |
| 9 |
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Largo al factotum della citta |
Gioachino Rossini, Peter Mattei, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Renes |
Mattei, Peter: Great Baritone Arias |
5:00 |
| 10 |
Tosca / Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" |
Giacomo Puccini, Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Taddei, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan |
Puccini: Tosca |
4:45 |
| 11 |
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: "Thy Hand Belinda - When I Am Laid In Earth" |
Henry Purcell, Catherine Bott, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood |
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas |
4:06 |
| 12 |
Julius Caesar, HWV 17, Act III Scene 1: Flow, my tears (Cleopatra) |
George Frideric Handel, Sir Charles Mackerras, English National Opera Orchestra, Valerie Masterson |
Handel: Julius Caesar |
6:50 |
| 13 |
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 / Act 2: Addio fiorito asil |
Giacomo Puccini, Freddie De Tommaso, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni |
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, SC 74 / Act 2: Addio fiorito asil |
2:07 |
| 14 |
Pagliacci / Act 1: "Recitar!...Vesti la giubba" |
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè |
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo: Pagliacci |
4:08 |
| 15 |
Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano" |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung |
Mozart Collection |
3:12 |
| 16 |
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: Queen of the Night Aria. "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Königin) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Diana Damrau, Le Cercle De L'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer |
Mozart, Righini, Salieri: Arie di bravura |
3:02 |
| 17 |
Rigoletto, Atto III, Canzone: "La donna è mobile" |
Giuseppe Verdi, Jonas Kaufmann, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Parma Opera Orchestra |
The Verdi Album |
2:21 |
| 18 |
Porgy and Bess / Act 1: "Summertime" |
George Gershwin, Barbara Hendricks, James Vincent Pickens, Francois Clemmons, Arthur Thompson, Florence Quivar, Samuel Hagan, Christopher Deane, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel |
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess |
8:45 |
| 19 |
Carmen, Act I: No.5 Habanera : L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen/Cigarières/Jeunes gens/Dragons) |
Georges Bizet, Angela Gheorghiu, Michel Plasson, Wolff, Orchestre National Du Capitole De Toulouse |
Bizet : Carmen |
4:35 |
| 20 |
La Gioconda, Op. 9: Cielo e mar! |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Jonathan Tetelman, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon |
Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Op. 9: Cielo e mar! |
4:23 |
| 21 |
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH.5 / Act 1: Letter scene. "Puskai pogilabnu ya, no pryezhde" |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nuccia Focile, Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov |
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin |
13:17 |
| 22 |
Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 2: "Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder" |
Richard Wagner, Lise Davidsen, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen |
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs / Wagner: Arias from Tannhäuser |
3:41 |
| 23 |
La Bohème / Act 1: "O soave fanciulla" |
Giacomo Puccini, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis |
Puccini: La Bohème |
4:21 |
| 24 |
Lakmé / Act 1: Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais |
Léo Delibes, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Richard Bonynge |
Delibes: Lakmé - Highlights |
6:03 |
| 25 |
Carmen / Act II: Toreador Song: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (from Carmen / Act 2) |
Georges Bizet, Barry Wordsworth, Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra |
Bryn Terfel sings Favourites |
3:49 |
| 26 |
Giordano: Andrea Chénier, Act 3: "La mamma morta" (Maddalena) |
Umberto Giordano, Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin |
Pure - Maria Callas |
4:55 |
| 27 |
Il Trovatore / Act 3: "Di quella pira" |
Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph Calleja, Angela Gheorghiu, Apollo Voices, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ramón Tebar |
Joseph Calleja - Verdi |
3:23 |
| 28 |
Orfeo ed Euridice: "Act III, Scene 1, Orfeo: Che farò senza Euridice? " |
Christoph Willibald Gluck, René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor |
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice |
4:28 |
| 29 |
Manon Lescaut / Act II: "In quelle trine morbide" |
Giacomo Puccini, Anna Netrebko, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano |
Verismo |
2:47 |
| 30 |
Péchés de vieillesse / Vol. III: Tirana pour deux voix (Les amants de Séville) |
Gioachino Rossini, Rolando Villazón, Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Marco Armiliato |
Rossini: A Monument of Classics |
4:28 |
| 31 |
La Bohème / Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" |
Giacomo Puccini, Pumeza Matshikiza, Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Tobias Ringborg |
Arias |
4:38 |
| 32 |
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (2000 - Remaster): XIV. Lippen schweigen (Danilo/Hanna) |
Franz Lehár, Eberhard Waechter/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Philharmonia Orchestra/Lovro von Matacic, Eberhard Waechter, Lovro Von Matacic, Philharmonia Orchestra |
Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe |
2:28 |
| 33 |
Werther: "Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?" |
Jules Massenet, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis |
Verismo Recital |
3:03 |
| 34 |
Lohengrin: Act III Scene 3: Tale of the Grail: In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten …(Lohengrin, The King, Men, Women) |
Richard Wagner, Günther Groissböck, Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Gerd Grochowski, Susanne Resmark, Markus Brück, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski |
Wagner: Lohengrin |
10:49 |
| 35 |
Jenufa / Act 2: Co chvila ... co chvila |
Leoš Janáček, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras |
Janácek: Jenufa |
3:47 |
| 36 |
Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), Op. 12: Act I Scene 5: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta, Paul) |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Klaus Florian Vogt, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Michael Nagy, Hedwig Fassbender, Anna Ryberg, Jenny Carlstedt, Julian Prégardien, Hans-Jurgen Lazar, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurt Opera Children's Chorus, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle |
Korngold: Die tote Stadt |
5:28 |
| 37 |
Rossini: Tancredi, Act 1: "Oh patria!... Tu che accendi questo core... Di tanti palpiti" (Tancredi) |
Gioachino Rossini, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Enrique Mazzola, Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie |
Rossini: Opera Arias & Duets (Live) |
8:55 |
| 38 |
Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Palestinians |
John Adams, Kent Nagano, The Opera De Lyon, London Opera Chorus |
John Adams: The Death Of Klinghoffer |
8:40 |
| 39 |
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act III: Entr'acte (Orchestra)...Belle nuite, ô nuit d'amour : Barcarolle (Une voix/Giulietta/Chorus) |
Jules Barbier, Jacques Offenbach, Michel Carre, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, André Cluytens, Choeurs Rene Duclos |
Offenbach : Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
3:48 |
| 40 |
The Bartered Bride, Act I Scene V: Introduction. Polka |
Bedřich Smetana, Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Opera Chorus |
Smetana: The Bartered Bride |
4:39 |
| 41 |
Aniara: Act II Scene 4: Jag anar dödens skugga … |
Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Lena Hoel, Viveca Anderberg, Erik Saeden, Jerker Arvidson, Bjorn Haugan, Stefan Parkman, Mikael Samuelson, Thomas Sunnegardh, Radio Chorus, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stig Westerberg |
Aniara |
3:05 |
| 42 |
Verdi: Il trovatore, Act 4: "D'amor sull'ali rosee" (Leonora) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra |
Verdi: Il trovatore |
3:48 |
| 43 |
Mathis Der Maler, 6th Tableau, Scene 1: Der liebste Vater, eer verstand mich (Regina/Mathis) |
Paul Hindemith, Rafael Kubelík, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler |
3:34 |
| 44 |
Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 2: Mina tahdon olla tuoksuva ja lammin kuin nuori leipa (Smith's Young Wife) |
Aulis Sallinen, Jorma Hynninen, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Matti Salminen, Jorma Silvasti, Satu Vihavainen, Anna-Lisa Jakobsson, Pertti Makela, Juha Kotilainen, Paula Etelavuori, Marko Putkonen, Matti Heinikari, Esa Ruuttunen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom |
Sallinen, A.: Kullervo [Opera] |
3:06 |
| 45 |
Thomas: Act I: Soma, Soma … (Chorus, Thomas) |
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jorma Hynninen, Peter Lindroos, Matti Piipponen, Sini Rautavaara, Marko Putkonen, Antti Suhonen, Anssi Hirvonen, Hannu Sokka, Jaakko Hietikko, Anitta Juhala-Jolkkonen, Joensuu Music School Choir, Savonlinna Festival Opera Choir, Joensuu City Orchestra, Pekka Haapasalo |
Rautavaara: Thomas |
4:26 |
| 46 |
Les Troyens, Op. 29, H 133, Act V: No. 38. "Vallon sonore" |
Hector Berlioz, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis |
Berlioz: Les Troyens |
5:35 |
| 47 |
Il Re Pastore - Aria: Barbaro! Oh Dio! Mi Vedi |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sandrine Piau, Freiburger Barockorchester |
Mozart: Opera Arias |
6:02 |
| 48 |
Cavalleria rusticana: "Voi lo sapete, o mamma" |
Pietro Mascagni, Elina Garanca, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado |
Revive |
3:38 |
| 49 |
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots: Et maintenant je dois offrir - Act Two |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Rita Shane, Nicolai Gedda, Jeanette Scovotti, Radio Austria Chorus, Dimiter Petkov, Pedro Farres, Justino Diaz, Enriqueta Tarres |
Les Huguenots |
5:18 |
| 50 |
Gounod : Faust : Act 1 "Ne permettrez-vous pas" [Faust, Méphistophélès, Marguerite, Siébel, Chorus] |
Charles Gounod, Carlo Rizzi, Welsh National Opera Orchestra |
Gounod : Faust |
4:03 |
| 51 |
Il re pastore, K. 208, Act I Scene 3: Si spande al sole in faccia |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Juan Diego Flórez, Riccardo Minasi |
Mozart |
4:41 |
| 52 |
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: The Tower. "How Beautiful It Is" (Governess) |
Benjamin Britten, Daniel Harding, Jane Henschel, Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
Britten: The Turn of the Screw |
3:43 |
| 53 |
Tannhäuser - Paris Version / Act III: O du, mein holder Abendstern |
Richard Wagner, Andreas Schmidt, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli |
Wagner: Tannhäuser |
3:00 |
| 54 |
Palestrina, WoO17, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Wie lange sie bleiben (Choristers/Palestrina/Ighino) |
Hans Pfitzner, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier, Carola Nossek, Heinz Reeh, Olaf Bär, Peter Menz, Peter Bindszus, Dario Süss |
Pfitzner: Palestrina |
8:56 |
| 55 |
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act III: "Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt" (Octavian, Marschallin, Sophie) |
Richard Strauss, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich-Randall, Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra |
R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier |
4:39 |
| 56 |
Bluebeard's Castle: VI. Fifth Door - Bluebeard's Vast and Beautiful Kingdom |
Béla Bartók, Valery Gergiev, Elenz Zhidkova, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White |
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle |
6:05 |
| 57 |
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88 / Act III: "Mes longs cheveux descendent" |
Claude Debussy, Francois Le Roux, Maria Ewing, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado |
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande |
5:59 |
| 58 |
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act 3: "Selig, wie die Sonne" |
Richard Wagner, Norman Bailey, Hannelore Bode, René Kollo, Adolf Dallapozza, Julia Hamari, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti |
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg |
4:59 |
| 59 |
Idomeneo, K. 366, Atto II Scena 2: No. 11, Aria "Se il padre perdei" (Ilia) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sunhae Im, René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester |
Mozart: Idomeneo |
4:53 |
| 60 |
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63, Act 2: "Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an" (Senta, Chorus) - Live |
Richard Wagner, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Anja Kampe, Andris Nelsons |
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Live) |
6:59 |
| 61 |
Betrothal in a Monastery, Op. 86, Act I Tableau 1 Scene 8: "Druzya, ukhodite" |
Sergei Prokofiev, Anatoly Mishchevsky, Kemal Abdullayev, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre Orchestra |
Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Op. 86 |
3:19 |