Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

The album includes some rarities, among them "Mira, o Norma" from Norma and "Santo di patria" from Attila. It also features excerpts from Sills' complete recording of Massenet's Manon plus excerpts from La Traviata and Il barbiere di Siviglia.

John McCarthy (chorus master), Richard van Allan (bass), Heather Begg (contralto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Paul Plishka (bass), Beverly Sills (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Peter Glossop (baritone), Beverly Wolff (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth McDonald (tenor), Norman Treigle (bass), Patricia...

Release Date: 12th Jul 2004
Catalogue No: 4749472
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Bellini: I Puritani / Act 1

Work length5:54

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Beverly Sills (soprano), Heather Begg (contralto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Paul Plishka (bass (vocal)), Richard van Allan (bass (vocal)), John McCarthy (chorus master)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Julius Rudel
Recorded: 1973-08
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

Son vergin vezzosa

Track length5:54

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Act 1

Work length9:42

$1.10

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
Wiener Volksopernorchester
Jussi Jalas
Recorded: 1968-06
Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)

Eccomi...Oh! quante volte

Track length9:42

$1.10

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Bellini: Norma / Act 2

Work length8:31

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Beverly Sills (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
James Levine
Recorded: 1973-08
Recording Venue: EMI Studios, London

Mira, o Norma

Track length8:31

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Verdi: Attila: Prologue

Work length7:08

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
Members of the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato
Recorded: 1970
Recording Venue: London

"Santo di patria indefinito amor!"

Track length7:08

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 2

Work length7:37

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Beverly Sills (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
James Levine
Recorded: 1975-05
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

No. 11 Aria: "Contro un cor che accende amore"

Track length7:37

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Donizetti: Roberto Devereux - original version / Act 3

Work length9:00

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Beverly Sills (soprano), Beverly Wolff (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth McDonald (tenor), Peter Glossop (baritone), John McCarthy (chorus master)
Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 1969-06
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

Che m'apporti? (Elisabetta, Cecil, Sara, Nottingham, Coro)

Track length3:29

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Quel sangue versato al ciel (Elisabetta, Coro)

Track length5:31

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Mozart: Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K418

Work length7:22

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato
Recorded: 1970-08
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Strauss, R: Brentano Lieder, Op. 68 No. 5: Amor

Work length2:51

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato
Recorded: 1970-08
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 / Act 2

Work length8:10

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato
Recorded: 1970-08
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

"Martern aller Arten"

Track length8:10

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Verdi: La traviata / Act 1

Work length12:31

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Beverly Sills (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato
Recorded: 1971-07
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

È strano! È strano!

Track length1:37

Album only

Ah, fors' è lui

Track length5:50

Album only

Follie! Follie!

Track length1:15

Album only

Sempre libera

Track length3:49

Album only

Massenet: Manon / Act 3

Work length11:22

$2.55

$3.45

Beverly Sills (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), John McCarthy (chorus master)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Julius Rudel
Recorded: 1970-07
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

"Ces murs silencieux...Pardonnez-moi, Dieu de toute puissance"

Track length2:35

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Toi! Vous!...Oui! Je fus cruelle et coupable!

Track length4:13

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N'est-ce plus ma main?

Track length4:34

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Meyerbeer: Robert le diable - opera in 5 acts / Act 4

Work length7:09

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 1969-05
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

Robert, toi que j'aime

Track length7:09

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4

Work length9:05

$1.70

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Norman Treigle (bass (vocal)), Beverly Sills (soprano), Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Julius Rudel
Recorded: 1972-07
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

Tu ne chanteras plus?

Track length4:59

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Chère enfant! que j'appelle

Track length4:06

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Lehár: Giuditta / Act 4

Work length5:19

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel
Recorded: 1971-05
Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon

Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiss

Track length5:19

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Siecynski: Wien, Wien nur du Allein (Vienna, City of My Dreams)

Work length5:07

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel
Recorded: 1971-05
Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon

Moore, Douglas: The Ballad of Baby Doe / Act 2

Work length4:16

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Beverly Sills (soprano)
New York City Opera Orchestra
Emerson Buckley
Recorded: 1959-06
Recording Venue: City Opera, New York

Always through the changing

Track length4:16

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Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

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