The Very Best of Puccini

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Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Lauretta) (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano


1.   Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Lauretta) - 2:29


Gianni Schicchi: Firenze e come un albero (Rinuccio) (more info)
Performed by: Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Stefano Secco, tenor


2.   Gianni Schicchi: Firenze e come un albero (Rinuccio) - 2:26


Tosca (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Silvano Carroli, baritone
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor


3.   Act I: Santa ampolle...Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi) - 5:30
4.   Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Scarpia) - 4:35
5.   Vissi d'arte (Copycat) - 3:57


Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle (Cavaradossi) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Thomas Harper, tenor


6.   Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle (Cavaradossi) - 2:46


Manon Lescaut, Act I: Donna non vidi mai (Des Grieux) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Thomas Harper, tenor


7.   Manon Lescaut, Act I: Donna non vidi mai (Des Grieux) - 2:28


Manon Lescaut, Act II: In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut) (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano


8.   Manon Lescaut, Act II: In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut) - 2:37


Manon Lescaut, Act III: Intermezzo (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari


9.   Manon Lescaut, Act III: Intermezzo - 5:49


Manon Lescaut, Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut) (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano


10.   Manon Lescaut, Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut) - 4:50


Edgar, Act III: Prelude (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard


11.   Edgar, Act III: Prelude - 3:22


Messa di Gloria: Credo in unum Deum (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Kalman Strausz, choirmaster


12.   Messa di Gloria: Credo in unum Deum - 2:34


Messa di Gloria: Et incarnatus est (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Antonello Palombi, tenor
Kalman Strausz, choirmaster


13.   Messa di Gloria: Et incarnatus est - 2:36


Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica): Senza Mamma (Angelica) (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano


14.   Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica): Senza Mamma (Angelica) - 4:51


La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), Act III: Ch'ella mi creda (Johnson) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Thomas Harper, tenor


15.   La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), Act III: Ch'ella mi creda (Johnson) - 1:57


La Boheme (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg
Fabio Previati, baritone
Jonathan Welch, tenor
Ivan Urbas, bass
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Jiri Sulzenko, bass
Boaz Senator, baritone
Carmen Gonzales, soprano


16.   Act I: Questo Mar Rosso (Marcello, Rodolfo) - 4:13
17.   Che gelida manina - 4:21
18.   Act I: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Mimi) - 4:34
19.   O soave fanciulla from La Boheme - 3:41

Le Villi (The Willis), Act II: La Tregenda (Witches' Dance) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard


1.   Le Villi (The Willis), Act II: La Tregenda (Witches' Dance) - 3:50


Le Villi (The Willis), Act I: Se come voi piccina io fossi (Anna) (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano


2.   Le Villi (The Willis), Act I: Se come voi piccina io fossi (Anna) - 5:33


Madama Butterfly (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor


3.   Act I: Bimba, dagli occhi (Pinkerton, Butterfly) - 11:04
4.   Un bel di vedremo (Peter's Friends) - 4:35
5.   Act II: Humming Chorus - 2:46


La Rondine (The Swallow), Act I: Chi'il bel sogno di Doretta (Magda) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg
Luba Orgonasova, soprano


6.   La Rondine (The Swallow), Act I: Chi'il bel sogno di Doretta (Magda) - 2:53


Crisantemi (version for string orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Pier Giorgio Morandi


7.   Crisantemi (version for string orchestra) - 6:27


Turandot (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Vicenc Esteve, tenor
Giovanna Casolla, soprano
Masako Deguci, soprano
Armando Ariostini, baritone
Javier Mas, tenor
Felipe Bou, bass
Lando Bartolini, tenor


8.   Act I: Gira la cote! Gira! (Chorus and Ensemble) - 2:22
9.   Act I: Perche tarde la luna (Chorus and Ensemble) - 3:40
10.   Act I: La, sui monti dell'est (Chorus) - 1:01
11.   Act I: Signor, ascolta! (Liu) - 2:20
12.   Act I: Non piangere, Liu! (Calaf, Liu, Timur) - 1:56
13.   Act I: Ah! per l'ultima volta (Timur, Liu, Ministers, Calaf, Chorus) - 2:24
14.   Act III Scene 1: L'amore? (Turandot, Liu, Ping, Calaf, Chorus) - 3:13
15.   Act III Scene 1: Tu, che di gel sei cinta (Liu, Chorus, Calaf, Timur, Ping) - 7:29


Turandot, Act III Scene 1: Nessun dorma (Calaf) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Thomas Harper, tenor


16.   Turandot, Act III Scene 1: Nessun dorma (Calaf) - 3:04


La Boheme (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg
Fabio Previati, baritone
Jonathan Welch, tenor
Ivan Urbas, bass
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Jiri Sulzenko, bass
Boaz Senator, baritone
Carmen Gonzales, soprano


17.   Act II: Quando me'n vo' (Musetta, Marcello and Ensemble) - 4:44
18.   Act IV: Sono andati? (Mimi, Rodolfo) - 5:08
19.   Act IV: Che ha detto il medico? (Rodolfo, Marcello, Musetta, Schaunard, Colline) - 2:23

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