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Lucia di Lammermoor (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Vitaphone Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Antonino Fogliani Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Ugo Tansini Bruce Pullan Gustav Kuhn Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Bruno Seidler-Winkler David Parry Herman Heller
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Louise Homer, contralto
Nellie Melba, soprano
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Matteo Barca, tenor
Tiziana Falco, soprano
Peter Rose, bass
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Igor Morozov, baritone
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Enrico Giuseppe Iori,
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Robert Pomakov, bass
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Giovanni Malipiero, tenor
Giuseppe Manacchini, baritone
Luciano Neroni, bass
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Angelo Bada, tenor
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Marcel Journet, bass
Josephine Jacoby, mezzo-soprano
Gino Quilico, baritone
Riccardo Stracciari, baritone
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Charles Hackett, tenor
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Robert Merrill, baritone
Hye Hun Chung Bennett, harp
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Stephen Chaundy, tenor
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Minnie Egener, mezzo-soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Desiree Rancatore, soprano
Luca Grassi, baritone
Roberto de Biasio, tenor
Ezio Pinza, bass
Maria Elena Barrientos, piano
Michael Schade, tenor
Charles K. North, flute
Raffaele Arie, bass
Valiano Natali, tenor
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Gino Sarri, tenor
Andrea Morosini, choirmaster
Luigi Vellucci, tenor
Jose Mardones, bass
George Meader, tenor
Emma Noe, soprano
Vincenzo Maria Sarinelli, tenor
Marco Jentzsch, tenor
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
John Lemmone, flute
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 10 April 1925


1. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Sparsa e di rose… - Ardon gli incensi - 07:44


Mefistofele (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Arrigo Boito
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Julius Rudel Argeo Quadri Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Tullio Serafin Ivan Marinov Richard Bradshaw Jonel Perlea Vincenzo Bellezza Helmut Froschauer David Parry Ivan Anguelov
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, soprano
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Stefka Evstatieva, soprano
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Mafalda Favero, soprano
Samuel Ramey, bass
Emilio Venturini, tenor
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Kaludi Kaludov, tenor
Antonio Melandri, tenor
Rita Monticone, mezzo-soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Carlo Scattola, bass
Gemma Bosini, soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Peter Dicke, organ
Rumiana Bareva, soprano
Mincho Popov, tenor
Richard Margison, tenor
Recording date: 17 October 1918


2. Mefistofele, Act III: The Death of Margherita: L'altra notte in fondo al mare - 04:51


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


3. Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte - 02:50


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


4. Turandot, Act III: Tu, che di gel sei cinta - 02:54


Norma (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Vincenzo Bellini
Conducted by: Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Vittorio Gui Michael Halasz Tullio Serafin Heribert Beissel David Parry Andrew Litton
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Francesco Merli, tenor
Gina Cigna, soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Tancredi Pasero, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Mario Filippeschi, tenor
Paolo Caroli, tenor
Rina Cavallari, soprano
Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, mezzo-soprano
Marion Telva, contralto
Giovanni Breviario, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Hyun-Ju Park, soprano
Ji-Young Michel, mezzo-soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Recording date: 25 August - 7 September 1937


5. Norma, Act I: Casta diva - 11:55


Faust (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Georg Szell Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Danish Radio Sinfonietta Quebec Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Emil Tabakov Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Alfred Newman Charles-Francois Gounod Henri Busser
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Julius Rudel Eri Klas Gilles Bellemare Felix Prohaska Walter B. Rogers Simon Streatfeild Selmar Meyrowitz Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Thomas Beecham Helmut Froschauer Constantine Orbelian David Parry Mikko Franck Eugune Kohn Michail Angelov
Manon Feubel, soprano
Andreas Post, tenor
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Antonio Scotti, baritone
Dorothy Kirsten, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Etienne Dupuis, baritone
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Georges Nore, tenor
Roger Rico, baritone
Roger Bourdin, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Marcel Journet, bass
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Samuel Ramey, bass
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Michael Cozette, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Helen Jepson, soprano
George Szell,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Indra Thomas, soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Earl Covert, vocals
Zaruhi Elmassion, vocals
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Anne Bollinger, soprano
Cesare Siepi, bass
Frank Guarrera, baritone
Lawrence Davidson, baritone
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Garden Farara, soprano
Gabrielle Gilibert, mezzo-soprano
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Recording date: November 1947 - June 1948


6. Faust, Act III: Air de Bijoux - 03:44


Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra Berlin Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Jacques Offenbach
Conducted by: Wilhelm Schuchter
Rita Streich, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Recording date: 19 June 1928


7. Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act I: Phobus stolz im Sonnenwagen (Sung in German) - 05:49


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


8. La traviata, Act I: E strano! E strano! - Act I: Ah, fors' e lui - 09:25


Otello (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden Victor Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini Arrigo Boito James Robertson Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Jacek Kaspszyk Argeo Quadri Mark Elder Alberto Erede Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Oliver Dohnanyi Ettore Panizza Alexander Rahbari Johannes Wildner Uri Mayer Vincenzo Bellezza Constantine Orbelian Ivan Anguelov Mikko Franck
Rina Gigli, soprano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Tino Pattiera, tenor
Igor Morozov, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Nathaniel Sprinzena, tenor
Thomas Motto, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Nicola Moscona, bass
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Charles Craig, tenor
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Leslie Chabay, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Ramon Vinay,
Herva Nelli,
Virginio Assandri,
Arthur Newman,
Ben Grauer,
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor
Antonio Tonini,
Louis Quilico, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Rosanna Carteri, soprano
Leo Slezak, tenor
Nicholas Massue, tenor
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Recording date: 23 January 1924


9. Otello, Act IV: Ave Maria - 04:31


Aida (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra Bruno Seidler-Winkler Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Irish Army No. 1 Band Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Europa Symphony Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi Colin Mawby
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gaetano Merola Clemens Schmalstich Alberto Erede Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Herman Weigert Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Hanspeter Gmur Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ricco Saccani Tullio Serafin Ivan Marinov Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Jonel Perlea Lothar Zagrosek Bruno Seidler-Winkler Constantine Orbelian David Parry Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Marko Munih Bernhard Klee
John McCormack, tenor
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Maria Nemeth, soprano
Mario Carlin, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Peter Rose, bass
Giuseppe Conca, choirmaster
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Bruna Rizzoli, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Frida Leider, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Italo Tajo, bass
Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, bass
Maria Dragoni, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano
Mark Rucker, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Kristjan Johannson, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Alfred Boe, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Franco Ricciardi,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Richard Tucker, tenor
Giuseppe Modesti,
Riccardo Ferrari, bass
Antonio Marceno, tenor
Monica Trini, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Mario Del Monaco, tenor
Aldo Protti, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Elsie Baker,
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Boris Christoff, bass
Emil Schipper, baritone
Hui He, soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Maria Dimchevska, soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Yulia Wiener-Chinesheva, soprano
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Nikolay Smochevsky, baritone
Stefan Tsiganchev, bass
Leo Slezak, tenor
Richard Margison, tenor
Johanna Gadski, soprano
Juan Perez, tenor
Recording date: 12th May, 1928 / 11th May, 1928


10. Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor! - 07:07


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


11. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro - 02:54


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


12. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act III: Recitative and Aria: E Susanna non vien! - Act III: Aria: Dove sono i bei momenti? - 06:21


Alma grande e nobil core, K. 578 (more info)
Performed by: Munich Chamber Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Fritz Lehmann
Maria Stader, soprano
Juliane Banse, soprano
Christoph Poppen, violin


13. Alma grande e nobil core, K. 578 - 04:20

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


1. Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Recitativo: Don Ottavio, son morta! - 06:37


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


2. Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Rezitativ und Arie: O zitt're nicht, mein lieber Sohn! - 05:13
3. Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Arie: Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen - 03:03


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


4. Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Recitative and Aria: Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin? - 07:59


Mignon (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra American Promenade Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Ambroise Thomas
Conducted by: Yan Pascal Tortelier Pietro Cimini Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Richard Bradshaw Wilhelm Schuchter David Parry Lowell Graham
Raphaelle Paquette, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Francis Lapitino, harp
Tito Schipa, tenor
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Elisabeth Grummer, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Recording date: 15 August 1943


5. Mignon: Act I: Connais-tu le pays? (Sung in German) - 04:38


Der Bajazzo (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conducted by: Wilhelm Schuchter
Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano


6. Der Bajazzo: Wie flammte auf sein Auge - 04:58


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


7. Tannhauser, Act II: Dich, teure Halle, gruss' ich wieder - 04:33


Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) (more info)
Performed by: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle RIAS Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola Karl Bohm Fritz Reiner Gerd Albrecht Leif Segerstam Pinchas Steinberg Ferenc Fricsay Leo Blech Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Simone Young
Set Svanholm, tenor
Johan Botha, tenor
Frida Leider, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Hertha Glaz, mezzo-soprano
Ingrid Haubold, soprano
Erich Knodt, bass
Peter Seiffert, tenor
Jorg Hering, tenor
Marga Schiml, contralto
Hans Hotter, bass-baritone
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Thomas Haysward, tenor
Folke Alin, piano
Christina Hornell, choirmaster
Josef Herrmann, baritone
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
Annelies Kupper, soprano
Alfred Muff, baritone
Kurt Bohme, bass
Josef Metternich, baritone
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Goran Eliasson, tenor
Recording date: 9 October 1949


8. Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), Act II: Wie aus der Ferne langst vergang 'ner Zeiten - 05:56


Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss Manfred Gurlitt
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan A. Albergoni Erich Orthmann Karl Bohm Fritz Reiner Mario Bernardi Andrew Davis Artur Bodanzky Manfred Honeck Erich Kleiber Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Leo Blech Richard Lert
Norman Cordon, bass
Stephanie Marshall, mezzo-soprano
Marianne Lambert, soprano
Doris Doe, mezzo-soprano
Arnold Gabor, baritone
Erich Witte, tenor
Irmgard Seefried, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Conchita Supervia, mezzo-soprano
Richard Mayr, bass-baritone
Barbara Kemp, soprano
Ines Maria Ferraris, soprano
Else Ruziczka, soprano
Delia Reinhardt, soprano
Marion Claire, contralto
Hugo von Hofmannsthal,
Ludwig Weber, bass
Lois Hunt, soprano
Erich Majkut, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elisabeth Hongen, contralto
Emanuel List, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Hugh Thompson, baritone
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Peter Klein, tenor
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Peggy Smithers, dancer
Emery Darcy, tenor
Leslie Chabay, soprano
Matthew Vittucci,
Ben Heppner, tenor
Franz Hawlata, bass
Karl Laufkotter, tenor
Dorothee Manski, soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Walter Berry, bass
Maria Reining, soprano
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Judith Hellwig, soprano
Hilde Rossel-Majdan, mezzo-soprano
Harald Proglhof, baritone
August Jaresch, tenor
Franz Bierbach, bass
Berta Seidl, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Regina Klepper, soprano
Pamela Coburn, soprano
Ester Rethy, soprano
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Nicholas Massue, tenor
Martina Borst, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 18 May 1929


9. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227, Act II: Hergott in Himmel - 11:17


Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pasdeloup Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Fritz Reiner Piero Coppola Zdenek Kosler Michael Schonwandt Joseph Keilberth Leo Blech Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Inger Karen, alto
Anders Jakobsson, bass
Robert Hale,
Gota Ljungberg, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Anton Dermota, tenor
Marjorie Lawrence, soprano
Ludwig Weber, bass
Mogens Gert Hansen, tenor
Deon van der Walt, tenor
Per Hoyer, baritone
Emmy Destinn, soprano
Morten Frank Larsen, baritone
Bent Norup, bass
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Michael Kristensen, tenor
Stephen Milling, bass
Marianne Rorholm, mezzo-soprano
Peter Gronlund, tenor
Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor
Else Schurhoff, soprano
Murray Dickie, tenor
Walter Berry, bass
Harald Proglhof, baritone
Franz Bierbach, bass
Christel Goltz, soprano
Margareta Kenney, mezzo-soprano
Hans Braun, baritone
Rudolf Christ, tenor
Hugo Meyer-Welfung, tenor
Kurt Preger, tenor
Herbert Alsen, bass
Ljubomir Pantscheff, bass
Hermann Gallos, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Anja Silja, soprano
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, soprano
Gert Henning-Jensen, tenor
Sten Byriel, baritone
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Recording date: 11 - 12 April and 12 June 1934


10. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Scene 4: Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund gekusst, Jochanaan (Ah! I have kissed thy mouth, Jokanaan) - 16:43

Die Fledermaus (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Herbert von Karajan Frieder Weissmann Jacques Lacombe Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Johannes Wildner Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Otto Ackermann Leo Blech Walter Schultze Constantine Orbelian Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf Heinz Fricke
Manon Feubel, soprano
Rita Streich, soprano
Karl Donch, baritone
Helmut Krebs, tenor
Franz Boheim, narrator
Luise Martini, narrator
Maria Ivogun, soprano
Waldemar Staegemann, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
John Dickie, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Gabriele Fontana, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Josef Hopferwieser, tenor
Brigitte Karwautz, soprano
Rohangiz Yachmi-Caucig, mezzo-soprano
Alfred Werner, baritone
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Erich Majkut, tenor
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elsa Kochhann, soprano
Franz Volker, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Artur Stefanowicz, counter-tenor
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Waldemar Kmentt, tenor
Andrea Martin, baritone
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Vera Schwarz, soprano
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Silvana Dussman, soprano
Ute Gferer, soprano
Marion Rainer, vocals
Paul Armin Edelmann, baritone
Thomas Lind, tenor
Thaddaus Podgorski, vocals
Franz Jirsa, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Rudolf Christ, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Recording date: 1927


1. Die Fledermaus, Act II: Czardas - 04:06
2. Die Fledermaus, Act II: Duet: Dieser Anstand, so manierlich - 05:03


Der Zigeunerbaron (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Anton Paulik Alfred Walter Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Wilhelm Schuchter Walter Weller Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Max Rudolf
Hanns Lange, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano
Erika Koth, soprano
Charles Kullman, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Elena Batoukova, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Helmut Berger-Tuna, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster,
Karel Stepanek,
Lea Seidl,
Martina Serafin, soprano
Monica Sinclair,
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Grete Merrem-Nikisch, soprano
Karin Branzell, mezzo-soprano
Waldemar Stagemann, bass
Peter Edelmann, baritone
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Harrie van der Plas, tenor
Christine Bath, soprano
Sigrid Martikke, soprano
Andreas Schagerl, tenor
Konrad Huber, bass
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Anny Schlemm, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Willy Ferenz, bass
Erich Paulik, bass
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Recording date: 1938


3. Der Zigeunerbaron, Act II: Wer uns getraut - 04:09
4. Der Zigeunerbaron, Act I: O habet acht! - 02:55


Wiener Blut (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra
Composed by: Leon Stein Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Walter Lutze Peter Guth Otto Ackermann Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Renee Schuttengruber, soprano
Daniel Serafin, tenor
Rolf Wollrad, bass
Christian Zenker, voice
Ursula Pfitzner, soprano
Margareta Klobucar, soprano
Alexander Grill, vocals
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor


5. Wiener Blut, Act II: Ich war ein echtes Wiener Blut - 04:28


Der Karneval in Rom (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Franz Marszalek
Liselotte Losch, soprano


6. Der Karneval in Rom: O, wie ist dass Leben schon - 02:53


Der Opernball (The Opera Ball), Op. 40 (more info)
Performed by: MGM Studio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony London Philharmonic Orchestra Schwanen Salon Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Richard Heuberger
Conducted by: Georg Huber Walter Goehr Frieder Weissmann Raffi Armenian Georgie Stoll Walter Weller Jan Schultsz Franz Marszalek
Rita Streich, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Helen Williams, soprano
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Peter Anders, tenor
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Mark DuBois, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 23 June 1947


7. Der Opernball (The Opera Ball), Op. 40, Act III: Im chambre separee - 03:06


Die Kaiserin (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Leo Fall
Conducted by: Franz Marszalek
Anny Schlemm, contralto


8. Die Kaiserin: Du mein Schonbrunn - 02:38


Boccaccio (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Franz von Suppe
Conducted by: Walter Lutze Otto Dobrint
Julius Patzak, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Herbert Ernst Groh, tenor
Sonja Schoner, soprano
Rupert Glawitsch, tenor
Recording date: 1934


9. Boccaccio: Florenz hat schone Frauen - 04:44


Grafin Mariza (Countess Mariza) (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Emmerich Kalman
Conducted by: Anton Paulik Michail Jurowski Laszlo Kovacs Willy Mattes Wilhelm Schuchter Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz
Julia Bauer, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Eva Marton, soprano
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Carlotta Vanconti, soprano
Marko Kathol, tenor
Ursula Pfitzner, soprano
Gerhard Ernst, baritone
Nikolai Schukoff, tenor
Natela Nicoli, mezzo-soprano
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Sari Barabas, soprano
Marcel Wittrisch, tenor
Jyrki Niskanen, tenor
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Recording date: 1932


10. Grafin Mariza (Countess Mariza), Act I: Hore ich Zigeunergeigen - 03:02


Die ungarische Hochzeit (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Nico Dostal
Helmut Zacharias, violin
Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano


11. Die ungarische Hochzeit: Spiel' mir das Lied von Gluck und Treu - 06:26


Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Berlin Babelsberg Film Orchestra Prague Philharmonia London Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Morbisch Festival Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Steven Mercurio Ernst Hauke Richard Hickox Peter Guth Laszlo Kovacs Otto Ackermann Helmut Froschauer Walter Weller David Parry Rudolf Bibl Jan Schultsz Heinz Wallberg Heinz Fricke
Michael Heltau, reader
Alfred Sramek, bass
Birgid Steinberger, soprano
Margarita de Arellano, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Janos Berkes, tenor
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Erich Kunz, baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Janice Watson, soprano
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Peter Morrison, baritone
Bruce Ford, tenor
Helen Williams, soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Nigel Woodhouse,
James Ellis,
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Johann Reinprecht, tenor
Johannes Kalpers, tenor
Alexander Klinger, tenor
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Mirjana Irosch, mezzo-soprano
Mathias Hausmann, baritone
Marwan Shamiyeh, tenor
Peter Branoff, vocals
Bernd Ander, vocals
Daniel Serafin, tenor
Noemi Nadelmann, soprano
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Thomas Dewald, tenor
Daniel Kirch, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano
Anton Niessner, baritone
Joseph Schmidinger, bass
Otakar Kraus, baritone
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Jana Scharkowskaja, soprano
Marcel Wittrisch, tenor
Katharina Richter, soprano
Karl Fath, bass-baritone
Kay Steifermann, vocals
Eva Lind, soprano
Pamela Coburn, soprano
Juan Jose Lopera, tenor
Inga Nielsen, soprano
James Schwabacher, tenor
Recording date: 1938


12. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act II: Es lebt' eine Vilja - 05:20
13. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act I: Damenwahl! - Ballsirenen Walzer - 09:26


Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410 (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Operetta Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs Robert Heger Walter Susskind
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Recording date: 25 May 1949


14. Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410 (bonus track) - 05:47

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