100 Best Tenor Arias
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Label: EMI - 100 Best
Cat No: 2427202
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 6
Release Date: 9th February 2009
About
This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 tenor arias from opera, oratorio and sacred classics performed by some of the world’s finest singers.
CD 1: Handel and Mozart Arias
CD 2: Verdi Arias
CD 3: Puccini and the Verismo school
CD 4: Italian and Spanish Arias
CD 5: French Arias
CD 6: Russian and German Arias
The programme covers arias from all the best-loved operas in the repertoire, from Handel’s Serse and Semele through Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte, Verdi’s Rigoletto and Aida, Puccini’s Tosca and Turandot to Gounod’s Faust and Roméo et Juliette, and ends with extracts from Wagner’s Ring.
Also included are famous arias from oratorios and sacred works such as Handel’s Messiah, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe solennelle, and Verdi’s moving Requiem.
As well as arias from all the most popular French operas, CD 3 includes items from the original French versions of works that are also widely known in their Italian translations, such as Rossini’s Guillaume Tell and Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment.
Operetta is represented on CD 6 by two of the most popular arias by Franz Lehár: ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’ (Das Land des Lächelns) and ‘Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt’ (Paganini) as well as one by Johann Strauss II: ‘Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’’ (Der Zigeunerbaron). Spanish zarzuela is also included, with two items on CD 4: ‘Mi aldea’ (Los gavilanes) by Guerrero and ‘No puede ser’ (La taberna del puerto) by Sorozábal.
The singers include the greatest names of the present and the past, headed by the iconic three tenors Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras.
Track listing:
CD1 - Handel and Mozart Arias
Handel
1. Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
John Aler, tenor • Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis
2. Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Hans Müller-Kray
3. Where’er you walk (Semele)
John Mark Ainsley, tenor • London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
Live recording
4. Love sounds th’alarm (Acis and Galatea)
Ian Bostridge, tenor • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket
5. Vani sono i lamenti...Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Placido Domingo, tenor • National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
Mozart
6. Fuor del mar (Idomeneo)
Placido Domingo, tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
7. Hier soll ich dich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Leopold Simoneau, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
8. Konstanze! Konstanze!...O wie ängstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
9. Frisch zum Kampfe! (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
10. Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Leopold Simoneau, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
11. Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni)
Luigi Alva, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
12. Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni)
Luigi Alva, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
13. Un’ aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)
14. In qual fiero contrasto…Tradito, schernito (Così fan tutte)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl Böhm
15. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
16. Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (La clemenza di Tito)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
CD2 - Verdi Arias
Verdi
1. O figli, o figli miei!...Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth)
José Carreras, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
2. Oh, tutto di navicelle...Ella in poter del barbero...Cara patria (Attila)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
3. Oh! fede negar potessi ...Quando le sere (Luisa Miller)
Franco Corelli, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
4. Questa o quella (Rigoletto)
5. Ella mi fu rapita! . . . Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)
6. La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel
7. Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore)
8. Di quella pira (Il trovatore)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Thomas Schippers
9. Lunge da lei...De’ miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso (La traviata)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti
10. Di’ tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patané
11. Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m’è forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera)
Placido Domingo, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
12. La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli (La forza del destino)
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
13. Io l’ho perduta...Io la vidi (Don Carlo)
José Carreras, tenor • Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
14. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida)
Placido Domingo, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
15. Ingemisco (Requiem)
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
Live recording
16. Niun mi tema (Otello)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker
Live recording
CD3 - Puccini and the Verismo School
Puccini
1. Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)
Charles Craig, tenor • Orchestra / Michael Collins
2. Che gelida manina (La bohème)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
3. Recondita armonia (Tosca)
Placido Domingo, tenor • National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
4. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
5. Addio, fiorito asil (Madama Butterfly)
Jussi Björling tenor • Mario Sereni baritone, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini
6. Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Gianni Schicchi)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
7. Una parola sola...Or son sei mesi (La fanciulla del West)
8. Ch’ella mi creda libero (La fanciulla del West)
Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Antonino Votto
Mono
9. Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras, tenor • Rhine Opera Chorus ∙ Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra , Alain Lombard
Giordano
10. Colpito...Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier)
11. Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato (Andrea Chénier)
12. Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Antonietta Stella, soprano, Mario Sereni & Paolo Pedani, baritones • Giuseppi Modesti, bass • Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini
13. Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor • Orchestra / Umberto Berretoni
Mono
Cilea
14. È la solita storia (L’Arlesiana)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti
Mascagni
15. Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria rusticana)
16. Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana)
Adriana Lazzarini, mezzo-soprano • Corinna Vozza, mezzo-soprano • Franco Corelli, tenor • Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Gabriele Santini
17. O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Leoncavallo
18. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
José Carreras, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
CD4 - Italian and Spanish Arias
Vivaldi
1. All’armi, o guerrieri! (Il giustino)
Leonardo de Lisi, tenor • Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis
Bellini
2. A te, o cara (I puritani)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
3. Meco all’altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende (Norma)
Franco Corelli & Piero de Palma, tenors • Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin
Rossini
4. Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Luigi Alva, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vittorio Gui
5. Cujus animam (Stabat Mater)
Robert Gambill, tenor • Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Riccardo Muti
6. Domine Deus (Petite Messe solennelle) arr. Mingardo
Franco Corelli, tenor • Orchestra / Raffaele Mingardo
Donizetti
7. Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil (La favorita)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
8. Com’è gentil (Don Pasquale)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Ambrosian Opera Chorus , London Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Caldwell
9.Quanto è bella (L’elisir d’amore)
10. Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Francesco Molinari Pradelli
11. Tombe degli avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor)
12. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Robert Lloyd, bass • Ambrosian Opera Chorus • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno
Boito
13. Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)
Peter Seiffert, tenor • Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg
Ponchielli
14. Cielo e mar (La Gioconda)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
Guerrero
15. Mi aldea (Los gavilanes)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Manuel Moreno-Buendía
Sorozabal
16. No puede ser (La taberna del puerto)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid / Placido Domingo
CD5 - French Arias
Meyerbeer
1. Pays merveilleux...O paradis (L’Africaine)
José Carreras, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
Donizetti
2. Ah ! mes amis, quel jour de fête...Pour mon âme (La Fille du régiment)
Rockwell Blake, tenor • Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier
Halevy
3. Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive)
José Carreras, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
Rossini
4. Asile héréditaire (Guillaume Tell)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
5. Que les destins prospères (Le Comte Ory)
Rockwell Blake, tenor • Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier
Adam
6. Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire (Le Postillon de Lonjumeau)
John Aler, tenor • Chorale Jean Laforge • Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo / Thomas Fulton
Massenet
7. Je suis seul...Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
8. Ah ! tout est bien fini !...Ȏ souverain, ô juge, ô père (Le Cid)
José Carreras, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
9. Traduire...Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
Gounod
10. L’amour ! L’amour...Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo et Juliette)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
11. Quel trouble inconnu...Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patané
Lalo
12. Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien aimée (Le Roi d’Ys)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Rainaldo Zamboni
Mono
Thomas
13. Adieu, Mignon, courage (Mignon)
14. Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Français / Georges Prêtre
Bizet
15. La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen)
Jon Vickers, tenor • Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
16. Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
Alain Vanzo, tenor • Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges Prêtre
Offenbach
17. Va, pour Kleinzach (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Nicolai Gedda & Andre Mallabrera, tenors • Chœurs René Duclos • Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / André Cluytens
18. Au Mont Ida (La Belle Hélène)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Armstrong
CD6 - Russian and German Arias
Tchaikovsky
1. Chto nasha zhizhn? Igra! (The Queen of Spades)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
2. Kuda, kuda (Eugene Onegin)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Michel Plasson
Beethoven
3. Gott! Welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio)
Jon Vickers, tenor • Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Flotow
4. Ach, so fromm (Martha)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
Weber
5. Nein, länger reag’ ich nicht...Durch die Wälder (Der Freischütz)
Rudolf Schock, tenor • Berliner Philharmoniker / Joseph Keilberth
Lortzing
6. Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder (Undine)
Peter Schreier, tenor • Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Robert Heger
Goldmark
7. Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender
Lehar
8. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Orchestra / Carl Michalski
9. Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt (Paganini)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester / Willy Boskovsky
Johann Strauss II
10. Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’ (Der Zigeunerbaron)
Peter Seiffert, tenor • Wiener Opernball-Orchester (Mitgleider der Wiener Volksoper) , Peter Falk
Wagner
11. Dir töne Lob! (Tannhäuser)
Klaus König, tenor • Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
12. In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender
13. Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)
Rudolf Schock, tenor • Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg / Wilhelm Schüchter
Mono
14. Morgenlicht leuchtend im rosigem Schein (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Ben Heppner, tenor • Bernd Weikl, baritone • Kurt Moll, bass • Cheryl Studer, soprano • Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper • Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Wolfgang Sawallisch
15. Winterstürme, wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walküre)
Peter Seiffert, tenor • Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg
16. Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung! (Siegfried)
Siegfried Jerusalem & Peter Haage, tenors, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
CD 1: Handel and Mozart Arias
CD 2: Verdi Arias
CD 3: Puccini and the Verismo school
CD 4: Italian and Spanish Arias
CD 5: French Arias
CD 6: Russian and German Arias
The programme covers arias from all the best-loved operas in the repertoire, from Handel’s Serse and Semele through Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte, Verdi’s Rigoletto and Aida, Puccini’s Tosca and Turandot to Gounod’s Faust and Roméo et Juliette, and ends with extracts from Wagner’s Ring.
Also included are famous arias from oratorios and sacred works such as Handel’s Messiah, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe solennelle, and Verdi’s moving Requiem.
As well as arias from all the most popular French operas, CD 3 includes items from the original French versions of works that are also widely known in their Italian translations, such as Rossini’s Guillaume Tell and Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment.
Operetta is represented on CD 6 by two of the most popular arias by Franz Lehár: ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’ (Das Land des Lächelns) and ‘Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt’ (Paganini) as well as one by Johann Strauss II: ‘Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’’ (Der Zigeunerbaron). Spanish zarzuela is also included, with two items on CD 4: ‘Mi aldea’ (Los gavilanes) by Guerrero and ‘No puede ser’ (La taberna del puerto) by Sorozábal.
The singers include the greatest names of the present and the past, headed by the iconic three tenors Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras.
Track listing:
CD1 - Handel and Mozart Arias
Handel
1. Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
John Aler, tenor • Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis
2. Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Hans Müller-Kray
3. Where’er you walk (Semele)
John Mark Ainsley, tenor • London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
Live recording
4. Love sounds th’alarm (Acis and Galatea)
Ian Bostridge, tenor • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket
5. Vani sono i lamenti...Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Placido Domingo, tenor • National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
Mozart
6. Fuor del mar (Idomeneo)
Placido Domingo, tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
7. Hier soll ich dich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Leopold Simoneau, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
8. Konstanze! Konstanze!...O wie ängstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
9. Frisch zum Kampfe! (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
10. Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Leopold Simoneau, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
11. Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni)
Luigi Alva, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
12. Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni)
Luigi Alva, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
13. Un’ aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)
14. In qual fiero contrasto…Tradito, schernito (Così fan tutte)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl Böhm
15. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
16. Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (La clemenza di Tito)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
CD2 - Verdi Arias
Verdi
1. O figli, o figli miei!...Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth)
José Carreras, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
2. Oh, tutto di navicelle...Ella in poter del barbero...Cara patria (Attila)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
3. Oh! fede negar potessi ...Quando le sere (Luisa Miller)
Franco Corelli, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
4. Questa o quella (Rigoletto)
5. Ella mi fu rapita! . . . Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)
6. La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel
7. Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore)
8. Di quella pira (Il trovatore)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Thomas Schippers
9. Lunge da lei...De’ miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso (La traviata)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti
10. Di’ tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patané
11. Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m’è forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera)
Placido Domingo, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
12. La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli (La forza del destino)
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
13. Io l’ho perduta...Io la vidi (Don Carlo)
José Carreras, tenor • Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
14. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida)
Placido Domingo, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
15. Ingemisco (Requiem)
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
Live recording
16. Niun mi tema (Otello)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker
Live recording
CD3 - Puccini and the Verismo School
Puccini
1. Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)
Charles Craig, tenor • Orchestra / Michael Collins
2. Che gelida manina (La bohème)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
3. Recondita armonia (Tosca)
Placido Domingo, tenor • National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
4. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
5. Addio, fiorito asil (Madama Butterfly)
Jussi Björling tenor • Mario Sereni baritone, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini
6. Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Gianni Schicchi)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
7. Una parola sola...Or son sei mesi (La fanciulla del West)
8. Ch’ella mi creda libero (La fanciulla del West)
Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Antonino Votto
Mono
9. Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras, tenor • Rhine Opera Chorus ∙ Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra , Alain Lombard
Giordano
10. Colpito...Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier)
11. Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato (Andrea Chénier)
12. Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Antonietta Stella, soprano, Mario Sereni & Paolo Pedani, baritones • Giuseppi Modesti, bass • Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini
13. Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor • Orchestra / Umberto Berretoni
Mono
Cilea
14. È la solita storia (L’Arlesiana)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti
Mascagni
15. Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria rusticana)
16. Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana)
Adriana Lazzarini, mezzo-soprano • Corinna Vozza, mezzo-soprano • Franco Corelli, tenor • Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Gabriele Santini
17. O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Leoncavallo
18. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
José Carreras, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
CD4 - Italian and Spanish Arias
Vivaldi
1. All’armi, o guerrieri! (Il giustino)
Leonardo de Lisi, tenor • Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis
Bellini
2. A te, o cara (I puritani)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
3. Meco all’altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende (Norma)
Franco Corelli & Piero de Palma, tenors • Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin
Rossini
4. Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Luigi Alva, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vittorio Gui
5. Cujus animam (Stabat Mater)
Robert Gambill, tenor • Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Riccardo Muti
6. Domine Deus (Petite Messe solennelle) arr. Mingardo
Franco Corelli, tenor • Orchestra / Raffaele Mingardo
Donizetti
7. Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil (La favorita)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
8. Com’è gentil (Don Pasquale)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Ambrosian Opera Chorus , London Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Caldwell
9.Quanto è bella (L’elisir d’amore)
10. Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Francesco Molinari Pradelli
11. Tombe degli avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor)
12. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Robert Lloyd, bass • Ambrosian Opera Chorus • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno
Boito
13. Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)
Peter Seiffert, tenor • Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg
Ponchielli
14. Cielo e mar (La Gioconda)
Franco Corelli, tenor • Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
Guerrero
15. Mi aldea (Los gavilanes)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Manuel Moreno-Buendía
Sorozabal
16. No puede ser (La taberna del puerto)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid / Placido Domingo
CD5 - French Arias
Meyerbeer
1. Pays merveilleux...O paradis (L’Africaine)
José Carreras, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
Donizetti
2. Ah ! mes amis, quel jour de fête...Pour mon âme (La Fille du régiment)
Rockwell Blake, tenor • Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier
Halevy
3. Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive)
José Carreras, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
Rossini
4. Asile héréditaire (Guillaume Tell)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
5. Que les destins prospères (Le Comte Ory)
Rockwell Blake, tenor • Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier
Adam
6. Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire (Le Postillon de Lonjumeau)
John Aler, tenor • Chorale Jean Laforge • Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo / Thomas Fulton
Massenet
7. Je suis seul...Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
8. Ah ! tout est bien fini !...Ȏ souverain, ô juge, ô père (Le Cid)
José Carreras, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
9. Traduire...Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
Gounod
10. L’amour ! L’amour...Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo et Juliette)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
11. Quel trouble inconnu...Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patané
Lalo
12. Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien aimée (Le Roi d’Ys)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Rainaldo Zamboni
Mono
Thomas
13. Adieu, Mignon, courage (Mignon)
14. Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Français / Georges Prêtre
Bizet
15. La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen)
Jon Vickers, tenor • Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
16. Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
Alain Vanzo, tenor • Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges Prêtre
Offenbach
17. Va, pour Kleinzach (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Nicolai Gedda & Andre Mallabrera, tenors • Chœurs René Duclos • Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / André Cluytens
18. Au Mont Ida (La Belle Hélène)
Roberto Alagna, tenor • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Armstrong
CD6 - Russian and German Arias
Tchaikovsky
1. Chto nasha zhizhn? Igra! (The Queen of Spades)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
2. Kuda, kuda (Eugene Onegin)
Rolando Villazón, tenor • Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Michel Plasson
Beethoven
3. Gott! Welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio)
Jon Vickers, tenor • Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Flotow
4. Ach, so fromm (Martha)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
Weber
5. Nein, länger reag’ ich nicht...Durch die Wälder (Der Freischütz)
Rudolf Schock, tenor • Berliner Philharmoniker / Joseph Keilberth
Lortzing
6. Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder (Undine)
Peter Schreier, tenor • Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Robert Heger
Goldmark
7. Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender
Lehar
8. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns)
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor • Orchestra / Carl Michalski
9. Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt (Paganini)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester / Willy Boskovsky
Johann Strauss II
10. Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’ (Der Zigeunerbaron)
Peter Seiffert, tenor • Wiener Opernball-Orchester (Mitgleider der Wiener Volksoper) , Peter Falk
Wagner
11. Dir töne Lob! (Tannhäuser)
Klaus König, tenor • Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
12. In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor • Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender
13. Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)
Rudolf Schock, tenor • Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg / Wilhelm Schüchter
Mono
14. Morgenlicht leuchtend im rosigem Schein (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Ben Heppner, tenor • Bernd Weikl, baritone • Kurt Moll, bass • Cheryl Studer, soprano • Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper • Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Wolfgang Sawallisch
15. Winterstürme, wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walküre)
Peter Seiffert, tenor • Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg
16. Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung! (Siegfried)
Siegfried Jerusalem & Peter Haage, tenors, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
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