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L'Orfeo (more info)
Performed by: Lautten Compagney San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Montreal Baroque
Composed by: Claudio Monteverdi
Conducted by: Wolfgang Katschner Sergio Vartolo Lothar Zagrosek Robert Hollingworth
Anna Simboli, soprano
Monica Piccinini, soprano
Matthias Vieweg, bass
Sara Mingardo,
Alessandro Carmignani, tenor
Marinella Pennicchi, soprano
Rosita Frisani, soprano
Giovanni Pentasuglia, tenor
Patrizia Vaccari, soprano
Carlo Lepore, bass
Gastone Sarti, bass
Luca Dordolo, tenor
Marco Scavazza, bass
Sergio Foresti, bass
Antonio Abete, bass
Kobie van Rensburg, tenor
Gianluca Ferrarini, tenor
Raffaele Giordani, tenor
Furio Zanasi, baritone
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Charles Daniels, tenor


1.   Sinfonia & Ecco pur ch'a voi - 1:41


Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (more info)
Performed by: Taverner Players Collegium Musicum 90 Age of Enlightenment Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Mermaid Orchestra
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Jeanne Lamon Andrew Parrott Geraint Jones Warwick Braithwaite
Sally Burgess, mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Kym Amps, soprano
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Anna Crookes, soprano
Patricia Rozario, soprano
Francis Colpron, recorder
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
James Bowman, alto
William Purefoy, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
David van Asch, bass
Rebecca Outram, soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Evans, soprano
Karl Daymond, baritone
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Mary Plazas, soprano
Maria Ewing, soprano
Judith Nelson, soprano
Carys Lane, soprano
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Judith Rees, soprano
Jantina Noorman, mezzo-soprano
Steven Devine, organ
Meredith Hall, soprano
Eilidh McNab,
Arda Mandikian, soprano
Sheila Rex,
Thomas Hemsley,
David Lloyd, tenor
Anna Pollak,
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Emma Kirkby, soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Shannon Mercer, soprano
Ann Monoyios, soprano
David Thomas, bass
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Shari Saunders, soprano
Recording date: 29 May 1948


2.   When I Am Laid In Earth - 3:52


Rinaldo, HWV 7 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra London Baroque Moscow Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra Handel Festival Orchestra Budapest Camerata Teatro la Fenice Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra Capella Leopoldina
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Hartmut Haenchen Christophe Rousset Laszlo Kovacs Kevin Mallon Charles Medlam Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Constantine Orbelian John Fisher Howard Arman Holger Speck Heinz Fricke
Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, soprano
Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
Caterina Calvi, contralto
Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
Laura Whalen, soprano
Kimberley Barber, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Ens Modolo, mezzo-soprano
Sean Watson, baritone
Nicole Bower, soprano
Catherine Affleck, soprano
Melinda Delorme, mezzo-soprano
Lenard Whiting, tenor
Nicolau De Figueiredo, harpsichord
Yosemeh Adjei, alto
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Sara Mingardo,
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
Maria Bayo, soprano
Natale de Carolis, baritone
Susanne Ryden, soprano
Carlo Colombara, bass
Constantine Orbelian, piano
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
David DQ Lee,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Christine Weidinger, soprano
Veronica Cangemi, soprano
Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Ernesto Palacio,
Deborah York, soprano
Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Ewa Podles, contralto
Claire Guimond, flute
Derek Lee Ragin, alto
Arleen Auger, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Axel Kohler, counter-tenor
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Lydia Vierlinger, alto
Jorg Zwicker, cello
Felix Wilde, trumpet
Friedhelm May, timpani
Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet
Mizuhio Yoshii, oboe
Annette Schutz, oboe
Adam Rixer, trumpet
Susanne Sonntag, bassoon
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Recording date: 8-13 July 1996


3.   Lascia ch'io pianga - 3:47


Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40 (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Vienna Radio Orchestra Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Budapest Camerata
Composed by: Enrico Caruso George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Charles Mackerras John Barbirolli Brian Priestman Hartmut Haenchen Laszlo Kovacs Iona Brown Daniel Taylor David Parry Warwick Braithwaite Stephen Darlington
Ulf Samuelsson, organ
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Francis Lapitino, harp
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Per-Arne Wahlgren, baritone
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Dino Fedri,
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Catrin Finch, harp
Recording date: 20 April 1955


4.   Ombra mai fu (Largo) - 2:48


Orphee et Euridice (Paris version) (more info)
Performed by: Opera Lafayette Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conducted by: Johannes Wildner Ryan Brown
Sandrine Chatron, harp
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Catherine Dubosc, soprano
Jean-Francois Lombard, tenor
Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, tenor


5.   Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - 6:06


Alceste (more info)
Performed by: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Geraint Jones Orchestra
Composed by: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conducted by: Arnold Ostman David Parry Geraint Jones
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Justin Lavender, tenor
Jonas Degerfeldt, tenor
Miriam Treichl, soprano
Lars Martinsson, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Adam Giertz, treble
Emelie Clausen, treble
Mattias Nilsson, baritone
Johan Lilja, bass
Thomas Hemsley,
Alexander Young,
Teresa Ringholz, soprano
Marion Lowe, soprano
Joan Clark, vocals
Rosemary Thayer, vocals
James Atkins, bass


6.   Ombre larve - 3:48


Don Giovanni, K. 527 (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra CBC Montreal Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia RTBF Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La Galicia Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Lodovico Zocche Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gaetano Merola Jean-Marie Beaudet Gilles Bellemare Victor Pablo Perez Marcus Creed Fritz Reiner John Barbirolli Walter B. Rogers Fritz Busch Umberto Berrettoni Eduardo Pedrazzoli Mario Bernardi John Pritchard Jean-Claude Malgoire Michael Halasz Konrad Leitner Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Ronald Zollman Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw George W. Byng David Parry Gareth Hancock Frederic Chaslin John Landor
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
Patrick Donnelly, baritone
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Liesel Fedkenheuer, mezzo-soprano
Krisztina Szabo, mezzo-soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone
Ina Souez, soprano
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Audrey Mildmay, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Frida Leider, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
John Dickie, tenor
Koloman von Pataky, tenor
David Franklin, bass
Roy Henderson, baritone
Renato Girolami, bass
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Regina Schorg, soprano
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Ildiko Raimondi, soprano
Janusz Monarcha, bass
Thomas Allen, baritone
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Maria Bayo, soprano
Charles Kullman, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Boaz Daniel, bass
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Rose Bampton, soprano
Hubert Claessens, bass
Dino Fedri,
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Michael Colvin, tenor
Andrea Martin, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Veronique Gens, soprano
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Simon Edwards, tenor
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Ezio Pinza, bass
Gerald Finley, baritone
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Donna Robin, soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jose Van Dam, baritone
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Alain Coulombe, bass
Danielle Borst, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Edward Pleasant, baritone
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Lois Marshall, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 12 May 1939


7.   Madamina! (Catalogue Aria) - 5:42


Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Capella Istropolitana West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Eri Klas Gunter Wand Gilles Bellemare Marcus Creed Fritz Busch Mario Bernardi Jean-Claude Malgoire Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw
Sophie Fournier, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Donnelly, baritone
Annie Burgaux, soprano
Jose Canales, vocals
Stephanie Leclercq, vocals
Rigoberto Marin-Polop, baritone
Gaynor Morgan, soprano
Rebecca Ockenden, soprano
Isabelle Senges, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Marc Thoron, vocals
Lisa Otto, soprano
Priti Coles, soprano
Sesto Bruscantini, baritone
Ina Souez, soprano
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Martial Defontaine,
John Dickie, tenor
Irene Eisinger, vocals
Peter Schreier, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Rohangiz Yachmi, mezzo-soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano
Laura Polverelli, mezzo-soprano
Andrea Martin, baritone
Evgueniy Alexiev, baritone
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Heddle Nash, tenor
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, baritone
Peter Mikulas, bass
Simon Edwards, tenor
Donna Robin, soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
John Brownlee, baritone
Joanna Borowska, soprano
Evelyne Brun,
James Schwabacher, tenor
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: March 1990


8.   Soave sia il vento - 3:12


Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 (more info)
Performed by: Porto National Orchestra Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Munich Chamber Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Vienna Mozart Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Arts Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La Linz Bruckner Orchestra Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart James Robertson
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Marc Tardue Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Marcus Creed Klaus-Peter Hahn Walter B. Rogers Fritz Busch Mario Bernardi Josef Krips John Pritchard Jacques Lacombe Jean-Claude Malgoire Peter Guth Michael Halasz Konrad Leitner Pier Giorgio Morandi Joseph Rescigno Richard Bradshaw Barry Wordsworth George W. Byng David Parry Alexandrs Vilumanis Hans Lowlein Frederic Chaslin
Patrick Donnelly, baritone
Annie Burgaux, soprano
Jose Canales, vocals
Stephanie Leclercq, vocals
Rigoberto Marin-Polop, baritone
Gaynor Morgan, soprano
Rebecca Ockenden, soprano
Isabelle Senges, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Marc Thoron, vocals
Manon Feubel, soprano
Claudine Le Coz, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Patterson, tenor
Valerie Lecoq, soprano
Galina Musurova, soprano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Elina Garanca, soprano
Gabriele Sima, contralto
Stephen Alltop, piano
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Audrey Mildmay, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Martial Defontaine,
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Renato Girolami, bass
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Janusz Monarcha, bass
Peter Schreier, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Natale de Carolis, baritone
Roberto Frontali, baritone
Aulikki Rautavaara, mezzo-soprano
Constance Willis, alto
Conchita Supervia, mezzo-soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Landon Ronald, piano
Peter Koves, bass
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Maria Pia Ionata, soprano
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jonathan Veira, bass-baritone
Judith Howarth, soprano
John Graham Hall, tenor
Rebecca Evans, soprano
Hubert Claessens, bass
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Frances McCafferty, mezzo-soprano
Yvette Bonner, soprano
Victoria Joyce, soprano
William Dazeley, baritone
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Graeme Danby, bass
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano
Laura Polverelli, mezzo-soprano
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Stuart Kale, tenor
Donato di Stefano, bass
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Andrea Martin, baritone
Evgueniy Alexiev, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Philippe Cantor, baritone
Christopher Purves, baritone
Judith Halasz, soprano
Michelle Breedt, soprano
Michael Roider, tenor
Alexander Klinger, tenor
Orsolya Safar, soprano
Patrizia Pace, soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Igor Chichagov, piano
Donna Robin, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Juliane Banse, soprano
Christoph Poppen, violin
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Danielle Borst, soprano
Evelyne Brun,
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 26 October - 04 November 2002


9.   Non piu andrai - 3:50


Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Berlin Symphony Orchestra Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra St. Petersburg Musical Theare Chamber Orchestra, Zazerkalye Bratislava Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart William Lawrence Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Marcus Creed Johannes Muller Rudolf Kempe Gottfried von der Goltz Selmar Meyrowitz Oliver Dohnanyi Peter Guth Michael Halasz Konrad Leitner Alexander Rahbari Johannes Wildner Carl Schuricht Joseph Keilberth Richard Bradshaw Lothar Zagrosek Thomas Beecham Bruno Seidler-Winkler David Parry Arthur Gruber Ivan Anguelov Gerhard Pfluger Frederic Chaslin Gerhard Wiesenhutter Pavel Bubelnikov
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Gottlob Frick, bass
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Werner Liebing, tenor
Lisa Otto, soprano
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Erika Koth, soprano
Tiana Lemnitz, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
John Dickie, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Hellen Kwon, soprano
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Kurt Rydl, bass
Wilfried Gahmlich, tenor
Hans Hotter, bass-baritone
Erich Kunz, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Kurt Marschner,
Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, soprano
Annelies Kupper, soprano
Hanna Ludwig,
Elisabeth Lindermeier,
Lotte Leitner, soprano
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Wilma Lipp,
Andrea Martin, baritone
Teresa Stich-Randall,
Josef Greindl, bass
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Gerhard Husch, baritone
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Karl Paul, bass
Donna Robin, soprano
Helge Rosvaenge, tenor
Michael Schade, tenor
Georg Tichy, baritone
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Peter Esser, tenor
Horst Otto Rainer, tenor
Kurt Lieck, narrator
Kathe Moller-Siepermann, soprano
Hilla Oppel, soprano
Gisela Litz, alto
Kristina Sert, soprano
Wilhelm Luckert, tenor
Walter Kreppel, bass
Hermann Thimig, narrator
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Elisabeth Norberg Schultz, mezzo-soprano
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Elena Morozava, soprano
Katarina Kmetova, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 8 March 1938


10.   Der Holle Rache (Aria Of The Queen Of The Night) - 2:54


Fidelio, Op. 72 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Budapest Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Danish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan John Barbirolli Alfons Rischner Gerd Albrecht Michael Halasz Erich Kleiber Eugene Ormandy Tamas Pal Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Georgi Robev Siegfried Kurz
Peter Palinkas, tenor
Jozsef Moldvay, baritone
Gottlob Frick, bass
Alwin Hendricks, tenor
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Rene Maison, tenor
Herbert Janssen, baritone
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Alfred Poell, baritone
Wolfgang Glashof, bass
Gosta Winbergh, tenor
Kurt Moll, bass
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Herwig Pecoraro, tenor
Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor
Martha Modl, soprano
Otto Edelmann, bass
Hans Hopf, tenor
Gerhard Unger, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Birgit Nilsson, soprano
Kalman Strausz, choirmaster
Ingeborg Wenglor,
Karl Laufkotter, tenor
Julius Huehn, baritone
Marita Farell, soprano
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Franz Bierbach, bass
Hans Braun, baritone
Alan Titus, baritone
Paul Schoffler, baritone
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Hans Gunter Nocker, bass
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Recording date: 16-22 February 1994


11.   Abscheulicher! - 7:27


Der Freischutz, J. 277 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Maria von Weber
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola Mario Bernardi Selmar Meyrowitz Karl Elmendorff Erich Kleiber Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler David Parry Howard Arman Ivan Anguelov Georgi Robev
Charlotte Krassel, soprano
Edith Dietrich, alto
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Rita Streich, soprano
Margarete Teschemacher, soprano
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Heinrich Pflanzl, baritone
Hans Hopf, tenor
Kurt Marschner,
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Karl Wessely, tenor
Lorenz Fehenberger,
Kurt Bohme, bass
Elisabeth Grummer, soprano
Fernando Gunther, bass trombone
Heiner Horn, bass
Max Proebstl, bass
Richard Munch, narrator
John Tomlinson, bass
Sven Nilsson, bass
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: June 1935


12.   Huntsmen's Chorus - 2:39


Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (more info)
Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Pietro Cimara Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret Pietro Mascagni Gioachino Rossini Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Bruno Campanella Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Gabriele Bellini Michael Halasz Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Percy Pitt Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza David Parry Alexandrs Vilumanis
Bruno Pola, baritone
Paolo Montarsolo, bass
Alberto Carusi, baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Nicoletta Curiel,
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone
Elina Garanca, soprano
Friedemann Rohlig, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Luciana Serra,
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Richard Tauber, tenor
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Maria Bayo, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Benno Ziegler, baritone
Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Studio pianist, piano
Alan Opie, baritone
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Risto Lauriala, piano
Kazmer Sarkany, baritone
Laszlo Orban, baritone
Ferenc Korpas, bass
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Ewa Podles, contralto
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Angelo Romero, bass
Michael Schade, tenor
Roberto Servile, baritone
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Enzo Dara, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Ramon Vargas, tenor
Marion Talley, soprano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Allan Monk, baritone
Aurelio Faedda, bass
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 1911


13.   Largo al factotum - 4:36


L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra Parlophon Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Stanford Robinson Argeo Quadri Clemens Schmalstich John Barbirolli Giuseppe Antonicelli Rosario Bourdon Selmar Meyrowitz Nils Grevillius Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Richard Bradshaw Felix Gunther Niels Muus David Parry John Landor
Andreas Post, tenor
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Roberto Frontali, baritone
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Simone Alaimo, baritone
Mariangela Spotorno, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Studio pianist, piano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Valeria Esposito,
Aquiles Machado, tenor
Roberta Canzian,
Marjorie Heyward,
Mary Plazas, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Ashley Holland, baritone
Enrico Marrucci,
Erwin Schrott, baritone
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Vincenzo La Scola, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Barry Banks, baritone
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Patrick Marques, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: Broadcast on 24 December, 1949


14.   Una furtiva lagrima - 5:11


I puritani (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Vincenzo Bellini
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Will Humburg Tullio Serafin Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Alfredo Simonetto
Franco Federici, bass
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Carlo Forti, bass
Mariella Devia, soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Aurora Cattelani, soprano
Christopher Robertson,
William Matteuzzi, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Louis Quilico, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Carlos Alvarez, baritone
Eleonora Jankovic, mezzo-soprano
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Paolo Washington, bass
Russell Braun, baritone


15.   Qui la voce sua soave - 5:26


La traviata (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Czech Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gabriele Santini Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Gerhard Steeger Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ettore Panizza Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Uri Mayer Richard Bradshaw Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Wilhelm Schuchter Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Michail Angelov Julian Bigg
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano
Frances Ginzer, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Caroline Bleau, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Lionello Cecil, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Robert Pomakov, bass
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Gino Quilico, baritone
Claire Rutter, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Carlo Forti, bass
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Antonietta Stella,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Alma Gluck, soprano
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Franco Ricciardi,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Monika Krause, soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Rannveig Braga, mezzo-soprano
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Oswald, tenor
Pavol Maurery, baritone
Peter Subert, tenor
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Ben Heppner, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Silvio Maionica,
Giuseppe Zampieri,
Susan McCulloch,
Renato Bruson, baritone
Knut Skram, bass-baritone
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Carmen Dragon,
Ede Gandolfo Marietti, mezzo-soprano
Ines Marietti, soprano
Francesco Albanese, tenor
Ugo Savarese, baritone
Mariano Caruso, tenor
Mario Zorgniotti, tenor
Alberto Albertini, baritone
Gino Bianchi, bass
Franco Rossi, bass
Giulio Mogliotti, choirmaster
Georg Tichy, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Fumiko Mochiki, soprano
Yasuo Yanagisawa, bass
Hiroyuko Okayama, bass
Hirochi Mochiki, tenor
Akihito Shikano, bass
Shigeru Sawa, mezzo-soprano
Kazuhiko Ichikawa, tenor
Toshiro Ishii, vocals
Katruaki Fukui, vocals
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Lucia Aliberti, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
James Westman, baritone
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
John Oakman, tenor
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone


16.   Un di felice (Love Duet) - 3:06


Nabucco (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Rome Europa Symphony Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Cologne Radio Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Oliviero De Fabritiis Daniel Oren Lorenzo Molajoli Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Richard Bradshaw Helmut Froschauer Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Bernhard Klee
Masatoshi Uehara, tenor
Taemi Kohama, soprano
Maria Guleghina, soprano
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Carlo Striuli, bass
Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Maria Callas, soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Fabio Armiliato, tenor
Renato Bruson, baritone
Elena Zaremba, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 27 March - 1 April 1990


17.   Va pensiero (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves) - 4:41


Aida (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Victor De Sabata Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Hanspeter Gmur Charles Gerhardt Ondrej Lenard Ricco Saccani Carl-August Bunte
Recording date: 12 April 1939


18.   Grand March - 1:43


Falstaff (more info)
Performed by: Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra English National Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi Arrigo Boito
Conducted by: Eri Klas Will Humburg Gilles Bellemare Carlo Sabajno Lorenzo Molajoli Paul Daniel Uri Mayer David Parry
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Giacomo Rimini, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Julia Faulkner, soprano
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Dilber, soprano
Maurizio Comencini, tenor
Enrico Facini, tenor
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Alessandro Cosentino, tenor
Anna Maria di Micco, contralto
Louis Quilico, baritone
Roberto Servile, baritone
Domenico Trimarchi, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone


19.   E sogno' O Realita - 6:09

Rigoletto (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RTBF Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Europa Symphony Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Vitaphone Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Will Humburg Mark Elder Giulio Setti Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Selmar Meyrowitz Franco Ghione Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Ettore Panizza Gennaro Papi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Ronald Zollman Uri Mayer Charles Rosekrans Jonel Perlea Heribert Beissel Leo Blech Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Frederic Chaslin Herman Heller
Norman Cordon, bass
John McCormack, tenor
Alida Ferrarini, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Nellie Melba, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Raphaelle Paquette, soprano
Gregory Dahl, baritone
Antoine Belanger, tenor
Alexandre Sylvestre, baritone
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Claire Dux, soprano
John Rawnsley, baritone
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Anna Maria Rota, mezzo-soprano
Roberta Peters, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Josephine Jacoby, mezzo-soprano
Helen Field, soprano
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Carlo Forti, bass
Thomas Harper, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Arthur Davies, tenor
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Adriana Lazzarini, contralto
Giuse Gerbino, mezzo-soprano
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Giorgio Tozzi,
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Flora Perini, mezzo-soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Robert Szucs, tenor
Jozef Abel, tenor
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Subert, tenor
Jitka Saparova, contralto
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Thelma Altman, mezzo-soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Arturo la Porta, bass-baritone
Tommaso Frascati,
Leonardo Monreale,
Lidia Grandi,
Silvana Celli,
Santa Chissari,
Andrea Mineo,
Lily Pons, soprano
John Engelman, percussion
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Indra Thomas, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Jean Rigby, contralto
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Jose Van Dam, baritone
Dinah Bryant, soprano
Jerome Pruett, tenor
Jeanne Gordon, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Leo Slezak, tenor
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Edna Thornton, contralto
Teruhiko Komori, baritone
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 28 December 1935


1.   La donna e mobile - 2:15


Die Walkure (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Christian Thielemann Frieder Weissmann Karl Elmendorff Ed Spanjaard Erich Leinsdorf Uwe Mund Eugene Ormandy Leif Segerstam Bruno Walter Matthias Bamert Lothar Zagrosek Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Ivan Anguelov Simone Young
Gabriele Rossmanith, soprano
Ann-Beth Solvang, mezzo-soprano
Albert Dohmen, bass-baritone
Edith Haller, soprano
Simone Schroder, contralto
Sonja Muhleck, soprano
Annette Kuttenbaum, mezzo-soprano
Mikhail Petrenko, bass
Jeanne Piland, mezzo-soprano
Miriam Gordon-Stewart, soprano
Maria-Cristina Damian, soprano
Renate Singler, soprano
Gottlob Frick, bass
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Maria Theresa Ullrich, mezzo-soprano
Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano
Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano
Wiebke Goetjes, soprano
Stella Kleindienst, soprano
Nidia Palacios, mezzo-soprano
Margit Diefenthal, mezzo-soprano
Johan Botha, tenor
Curt Taucher, tenor
Margarete Teschemacher, soprano
Frida Leider, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Wilke Brummelstroete, alto
Ferdinand Frantz, bass-baritone
Gerda Schreyer, soprano
Dagmar Schmedes, soprano
Ruth Siewert, contralto
Erika Koth, soprano
Hertha Topper, contralto
Johanna Blatter, contralto
Dagmar Hermann, contralto
Helen Traubel, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Kwangchul Youn, baritone
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Robert Gambill, tenor
Hellen Kwon, soprano
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Hans Hotter, bass-baritone
Martha Modl, soprano
Deborah Humble,
Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano
Marta Fuchs, soprano
Ella Flesch, soprano
Margarete Klose, mezzo-soprano
Alfred Jerger, baritone
Emanuel List, bass
Josef Herrmann, baritone
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
Anna Gabler, soprano
Jan-Hendrick Rootering, bass
Renate Behle, soprano
Attila Jun, bass
Angela Denoke, soprano
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Ludwig Suthaus, tenor
Michelle Breedt, soprano
Stuart Skelton, tenor
Helene Ranada, mezzo-soprano
Kurt Bohme, bass
Endrik Wottrich, tenor
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Yvonne Naef, alto
Judith Hellwig, soprano
Katja Pieweck, soprano
Falk Struckmann, baritone
Max Lorenz, tenor
Linda Watson, soprano
Deborah Polaski, soprano
Manuela Bress, mezzo-soprano
Magdalena Schafer, soprano
Leonie Rysanek, soprano


2.   Ride Of The Valkyries - 5:25


Tannhauser (more info)
Performed by: Bratislava Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra WDR Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Manfred Gurlitt Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Bavarian State Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Richard Wagner Manfred Gurlitt
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Eri Klas Frederik IX (King of Denmark) Gaetano Merola Karl Bohm Mario Bernardi Yakov Kreizberg Karl Elmendorff Ed Spanjaard Gerd Albrecht Artur Bodanzky Michael Halasz Georges Sebastian Karl Muck Michael Schonwandt Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Lothar Zagrosek Constantine Orbelian Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Hanns-Martin Schneidt Kurt Woss Bernhard Klee
Alexandre Sylvestre, baritone
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Theodor Scheidl, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Maria Muller, soprano
Ruth Jost-Arden, soprano
Sigismund Pilinszky, tenor
Ivar Andresen, bass
Herbert Janssen, baritone
Karita Mattila, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Folke Alin, piano
Christina Hornell, choirmaster
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Gerald Finley, baritone
Susanne Clemens, vocals
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Gabor, vocals
Wolfe, vocals
Marianne Schech, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Leo Slezak, tenor
John Treleaven,
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone
Recording date: 9 October 1949


3.   Begluckt darf nun dich (Pilgrims' Chorus) - 3:46


La Wally (more info)
Performed by: Laval Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Alfredo Catalani
Conducted by: Victor Trucco Mario Bernardi Jacques Lacombe Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Constantine Orbelian David Parry Heinz Wallberg
Manon Feubel, soprano
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Maria Callas, soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Recording date: 20 September 1954


4.   Ebben, ne andro lontana - 3:30


Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 (more info)
Performed by: Laval Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi Jacques Lacombe Richard Hickox Johannes Wildner Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Manon Feubel, soprano
Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Whitehouse, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Bruce Martin, bass
Barry Ryan, baritone
Taryn Fiebig,
Sarah Crane, soprano
Dominica Matthews, mezzo-soprano
Rosario La Spina, tenor
Sian Pendry, soprano
Jana Valaskova, soprano
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano


5.   O, Silver Moon (Song To The Moon) - 5:54


Gianni Schicchi (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Opera North Orchestra Prague Philharmonia Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Arthur Fiedler Will Humburg Gaetano Merola Steven Mercurio Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Charles Rosekrans Antonino Votto Constantine Orbelian David Parry Gareth Hancock
Anna-Lisa Bjorling, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Felipe Bou, bass
Jose Garcia-Quijada, baritone
Galina Gorchakova,
Mary Plazas, soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Colin Lee, tenor
Janez Lotric, tenor
Alberto Rinaldi, baritone
Tatiana Lisnic, soprano
Mabel Perelstein, contralto
Stefano Secco, tenor
Gerardo Lopez Gamez, tenor
Sara Galli, soprano
Celestino Varela, baritone
Carlos Ruiz, bass
Claudia Marchi, mezzo-soprano
Javier Zorilla, baritone
Antonio Torres Merino, bass
Maria Callas, soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Dennis Helmrich, piano
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Elisabeth Schwarkopf, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Marianne Fiset, soprano
Joan Hammond, soprano


6.   O mio babbino caro - 2:21


La boheme (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Eugene Goossens Orchestra Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg Gaetano Merola Gerhard Steeger Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Victor Trucco Izler Solomon Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Umberto Berrettoni Renato Cellini Fritz Zweig Frieder Weissmann Jacques Lacombe Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Charles Rosekrans Antonino Votto Thomas Beecham Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Constantine Orbelian David Parry Mikko Franck Gerhard Wiesenhutter Eugene Szenkar
Manon Feubel, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Anna-Lisa Bjorling, soprano
Antoine Belanger, tenor
Etienne Dupuis, baritone
Gianna Corbisiero, soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Lisa Otto, soprano
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Tatiana Menotti, mezzo-soprano
Afro Poli, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Aurora Rettore, soprano
Robert Easton, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Carlo Forti, bass
Fabio Previati, baritone
Carmen Gonzales, soprano
Ivan Urbas, bass
Boaz Senator, baritone
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Nicola Moscona, bass
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Giacinto Prandelli, tenor
Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Ildebrando Santafe, bass
Patrice Munsel, soprano
Alan Opie, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Franco Ricciardi,
William Dazeley, baritone
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Dora Labbette,
Stella Andreva,
Robert Alva,
John Reardon, baritone
Giorgio Tozzi,
Lucine Amara,
William Nahr,
Thomas Powell,
George del Monte,
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Jiri Sulzenko, bass
Richard Novak, bass
Ladislav Hallon, tenor
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Marie McLaughlin, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Heddle Nash, tenor
Browning Mummery, tenor
Frederic Collier, bass
Edouard Cotreuil, bass
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Carmen Dragon,
Raffaele Arie, bass
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Cynthia Haymon, soprano
Alastair Miles, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Manuel Spatafora, baritone
Carlo Badioli, bass
Anna Moffo, soprano
Eraldo Coda, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Jonathon Welch, tenor
Agnieszka Piass, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Marianne Fiset, soprano
Recording date: 12 December 1942


7.   Che gelida manina - 4:26


Madama Butterfly (more info)
Performed by: Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Prague Philharmonia Rome Opera Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Stuttgart State Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Felix Prohaska Alberto Erede Steven Mercurio Dino Olivieri Frieder Weissmann Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Gianandrea Gavazzeni Richard Bradshaw Lothar Zagrosek Heribert Beissel Leo Blech Constantine Orbelian Yves Abel Ivan Anguelov Hans Lowlein Charles Rosenkrans
Antonio Scotti, baritone
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Lucia Danieli, mezzo-soprano
Mario Borriello, baritone
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Luisa Villa, mezzo-soprano
Mario Carlin, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Enrico Campi, bass
Norberto Mola, choirmaster
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Mario Basiola, baritone
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Ernesto Dominici, bass-baritone
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Vittoria Palombini, alto
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Vladimir Kubovcik, bass
Guiseppe Campora, tenor
Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Nelly Boschkowa, mezzo-soprano
Robert Szucs, tenor
Jozef Abel, tenor
Ana Tomkovicova, mezzo-soprano
Maria Stahelova, soprano
Helena Hanzelova, soprano
Helena Rott,
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Maria Huder,
Adelio Zagonara, tenor
Gino Conti, bass
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Maria Spacagna,
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Arturo la Porta, bass-baritone
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Hui He, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Bruno Sbalchiero, bass
Diana Soviero, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Helen Jung, mezzo-soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Heinz Sauerbaum, tenor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Georg Tichy, baritone
Agnieszka Piass, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Joan Hammond, soprano
Recording date: July 1939


8.   Un bel di vedremo - 4:37


Tosca (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rome Teatro Reale Opera Orchestra Josef Pasternack Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Victor De Sabata Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Gerhard Lenssen Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Gaetano Merola Markus Lehtinen Gerhard Steeger Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Walter B. Rogers Franco Ghione Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Charles Gerhardt Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Andrew Litton Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Max Rudolf
Ian Caddy, baritone
Nellie Melba, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
David Sellers, boy soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Dora Zschille, soprano
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Armando Borgioli, baritone
Ernesto Dominici, bass-baritone
Silvano Carroli, baritone
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Studio pianist, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Jan Durco, baritone
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Dino Fedri,
Andrew Shore, bass
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Andrea Piccinni, bass
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Franco Calabrese, bass
Alvaro Cordova, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Hui He, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Raimo Sirkia, tenor
Recording date: 31 January 1921


9.   E lucevan le stelle - 3:01


Turandot (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Czech Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg Stanford Robinson Karl Bohm Walter Goehr Fritz Busch Dino Olivieri Mario Bernardi Franco Ghione Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw Antonino Votto Constantine Orbelian David Parry Andrew Litton Ivan Anguelov Mikko Franck Frederic Chaslin Julian Bigg
Manon Feubel, soprano
Frances Ginzer, soprano
Mario Borriello, baritone
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Francesco Merli, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Magda Olivero, soprano
Gina Cigna, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Giovanna Casolla, soprano
Lando Bartolini, tenor
Masako Deguci, soprano
Francisco Heredia, tenor
Felipe Bou, bass
Armando Ariostini, baritone
Javier Mas, tenor
Jose Garcia-Quijada, baritone
Gorka Gerrikabeitia, tenor
Piero De Palma, tenor
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Mary Plazas, soprano
Peter Sidhom, baritone
Mark Le Brocq, tenor
Peter Wedd, tenor
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Giulio Mauri,
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Heinrich Tessmer, tenor
Hui He, soprano
Vicenc Esteve, tenor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eugenio Fernandi, tenor
Elisabetta Fusco, soprano
Pinuccia Perotti, soprano
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Paul Schoffler, baritone
Otto Sigmund, tenor
Anne Roselle, soprano
Simon Bailey, bass
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
John Oakman, tenor
Recording date: 14-15 September, 1938


10.   Nessun dorma - 3:02


Lakme (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Lamoureux Concert Association Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Leo Delibes
Conducted by: Francois Ruhlmann Rosario Bourdon Albert Wolff Mario Bernardi Georges Sebastian Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw Bruno Seidler-Winkler Maurice Frigara David Parry Steven White
Diego Cossu, tenor
John McCormack, tenor
Alison McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Serena Lazzarini, soprano
Thelma Badaro, soprano
Anna Beretta, alto
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Claudine Collart, soprano
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Mado Robin, soprano
Agnes Disney, mezzo-soprano
Simone LeMaitre, mezzo-soprano
Libero de Luca, baritone
Jean Borthayre, bass
Jacques Jansen, baritone
Pierre Germain, tenor
Jane Perriat, soprano
Edmond Chastenet, tenor
Camille Rouqetty, tenor
Leila Ben Sedira, soprano
Miguel Villabella, tenor
Robert Couzinou, baritone
Tito Schipa, tenor
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Bruno Pratico, bass-baritone
Aline Kutan, soprano
Mary Plazas, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Dean Robinson, baritone
Adriana Kohutkova, soprano
Elizabeth Futtal, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Giuseppe Morino, tenor
Carlos Piantini,
Lily Pons, soprano
Barry Banks, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Monica Benvenuti, soprano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Marcel Wittrisch, tenor
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Carmelo Corrado Caruso, baritone
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Denisa Slepkovska, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Recording date: 25 November 1925


11.   Dome epais (Flower Duet) - 5:26


Thais (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Camerata Transsylvanica Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Klaus-Peter Hahn Andras Korodi Raymond Dessaints Frank Shipway
Gyorgy Selmeczi, harmonium
Jeno Jando, piano
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Angele Dubeau, violin
Janos Selmeczi, violin
Laszlo Kote, violin


12.   Meditation - 4:41


Carmen (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Columbia Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Quebec Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Oslo Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Clemens Schmalstich Steven Mercurio Walter B. Rogers Umberto Berrettoni Simon Streatfeild Franco Ghione Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Ivan Marinov Alain Lombard Gilbert Patenaude Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Richard Bradshaw Andre Cluytens Jean Morel Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Oivin Fjeldstad Oyvind Berg
Thierry Tregan, tenor
Manon Feubel, soprano
Franck Leguerinel, baritone
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Graciela Alperyn, mezzo-soprano
Nora Sourouzian, mezzo-soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Maryse Castets, soprano
Christian Papis, narrator
Vincent Le Texier, baritone
Frances Alda, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Charles Kullman, tenor
Doina Palade, soprano
Solange Michel, contralto
Michel Dens, baritone
Martha Angelici, mezzo-soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Martine Olmeda, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Danilo Rigosa, bass
Ann Liebeck, soprano
Dalia Schaechter, soprano
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Viktoria Smirnova, soprano
Gladys Swarthout, contralto
Alan Titus, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Beatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Milen Paounov, tenor
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Marnie Breckenridge, soprano
Anastasia Chikaeva, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Liliana Vassileva, soprano
Stefka Popangelova, vocals
Tsvetanka Arshinkova, vocals
Pavel Gerdjikov, bass
Georgi Genov, baritone
Eva Gustavson, contralto
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano


13.   L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) - 4:52


Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Argeo Quadri Gilles Bellemare Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Johannes Wildner Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Leo Blech Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Rina Gigli, soprano
Phillip Addis, baritone
Igor Morozov, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Bruno Lazzaretti,
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 4 July 1931


14.   Au fond du temple siant (Duet) - 5:52


Pagliacci (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Prussian State Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava John Barbirolli Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Gaetano Merola Otto Dobrindt John Barbirolli Giuseppe Antonicelli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Franco Ghione Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Lothar Zagrosek Bruno Seidler-Winkler Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Nicola Monti, tenor
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Iva Pacetti, soprano
Mario Basiola, baritone
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Leone Paci, baritone
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Boje Skovhus, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Richard Wright, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Paul Franke, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
William Dazeley, baritone
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Nicola Martinucci, tenor
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Edward Johnson, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone


15.   Recitar!... Vesti la guibba - 3:14


Cavalleria rusticana (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Pierre Rameau Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Romanian Opera Orchestra, Bucgarest
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Enrico Caruso Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola Enrico Sivieri Victor Trucco Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Steven Mercurio Klaus-Peter Hahn Lorenzo Molajoli Pierre Rameau Renato Cellini Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Antonio de Almeida Constantine Orbelian Ivan Anguelov Mircea Popa
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Ebe Ticozzi, mezzo-soprano
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Kitty Wilson, harp
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Gino Bechi, baritone
Maria Marcucci, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Stefka Evstatieva, soprano
Francis Lapitino, harp
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Claramae Turner, contralto
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Robert Merrill, baritone
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Maria Arghiracopulos, mezzo-soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Anna di Mauro, mezzo-soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Carol Brice, contralto
Diana Soviero, soprano
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Cornel Stavru, baritone
Recording date: Week ending 5 December 1919


16.   Intermezzo - 3:42


Andrea Chenier (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Umberto Giordano
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Marcello Viotti Eri Klas Carlo Sabajno Lorenzo Molajoli Umberto Berrettoni Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Joseph Rescigno Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Luigi Marini, tenor
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Anna Masetti Bassi, mezzo-soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Pierre Lefebvre,
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Gino Bechi, baritone
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Leone Paci, baritone
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Italo Tajo, bass
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Francesco Merli, tenor
Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone
Vittoria Palombini, alto
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Aureliano Pertile, tenor
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Lila Larinova, soprano
Lilia Grevtzova, soprano
Giacomo Lauri Volpi, tenor
Antonio Cortis, tenor
Cesare Formichi, baritone
Claudia Muzio, soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Hans Helm, baritone
Renato Bruson, baritone
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Gisella Pasino, mezzo-soprano
Franco Bonisolli, tenor
Maria Gulegina, soprano
Evghenia Dundekova, mezzo-soprano
Glenys Linos, mezzo-soprano
Stefano Miliani Rinaldi, bass
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Allan Monk, baritone
Recording date: 16 June 1941


17.   Come un bel idi di maggio - 2:55


Krol Roger (King Roger), Op. 46 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Karol Szymanowski
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Karol Stryja
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano
Krzysztof Szmyt, tenor
Ryszard Wroblewski, tenor
Justyna Kabala, vocals
Maciej Dunin-Borkowski, vocals
Wojtek Drabowicz, baritone
Stefania Toczyska, mezzo-soprano
Romuald Tesarowicz, bass
Henryk Grychnik, tenor
Leonard Andrzej Mroz, bass
Andrzej Hiolski, baritone
Anna Malewicz Madej, alto
Wieslaw Ochman, tenor
Barbara Zagorzanka, soprano
Piotr Beczala, tenor


18.   Roxana's aria - 4:24


Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Conducted by: Otto Dobrindt Leif Segerstam Richard Bradshaw David Parry Ivan Anguelov
Richard Tauber, tenor
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Ulrik Qvale, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Anders Bergstrom, baritone
Ingrid Tobiasson, mezzo-soprano
Per-Arne Wahlgren, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Lars-Erik Jonsson, tenor
Hilde Leidland, soprano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Anna Tomson, mezzo-soprano
Brett Polegato, baritone
Thomas Sunnegardh, tenor
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Recording date: 17 April 1924


19.   Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied) - 5:36

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