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Great Voices of the Century

Cecilia Bartoli, Hermann Prey, Rudolf Schock, Placido Domingo, Fritz Wunderlich Maria Callas, Diana Damrau, Barbara Schlick, Thomas Quasthoff, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anneliese Rothenberger, Richard Tauber & Lucia Aliberti

2 CDs

$31.00

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days

Contents

Excerpt, Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Work length4:13
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Hans Vonk

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture

Track length4:13

Excerpt, Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Work length2:58
  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
  • Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Roberto Paternostro

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I: Non so piu cosa son

Track length2:58

Excerpt, Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620

Work length8:08
  • Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Rudolf Schock (tenor)
  • Bratislava Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsches Staatopera Orchestra
  • Kurt Woss, Wilhelm Schüchter

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Arie: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen wunscht Papageno sich!

Track length4:22

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Arie: Dies Bildnis sind bezaubernd schon

Track length3:46

Excerpt, Bellini: I Puritani

Work length5:31
  • Lucia Aliberti (soprano)
  • Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Roberto Paternostro

I puritani, Act I: Son vergin vezzosa

Track length5:31

Donizetti: Amore e morte

Work length2:29
  • Edelmiro Arnaltes (piano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor)

Andrea Maffei: Macbeth

Work length5:08
  • Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
  • Budapest Symphony Orchestra
  • Lamberto Gardelli

Macbeth, Act IV: Perfidi! All'anglo contra me v'unite!

Track length5:08

Excerpt, Verdi: La forza del destino

Work length5:42
  • Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano)
  • Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rouslan Raichev

La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio!

Track length5:42

Excerpt, Verdi: Luisa Miller

Work length4:52
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Johannes Somary

Luisa Miller, Act II: Quando le sere al placido

Track length4:52

Puccini: La boheme (Sung in German)

Work length4:42
  • Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
  • Staatskapelle Berlin
  • Richard Krauss

La boheme, Act I: In der Mansarde: Wie eiskalt ist dies Handchen (Sung in German)

Track length4:42

Excerpt, Bizet: Carmen

Work length4:49
  • Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
  • Bulgarian Radio Chorus, Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Ivan Marinov

Carmen, Act II: Udvozlom (Votre toast), "Toreador's Song"

Track length4:49

Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (Sung in German)

Work length4:17
  • Rudolf Schock (tenor)
  • Studio orchestra
  • Wilhelm Schüchter

Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann): Es war einmal am Hofe (Sung in German)

Track length4:17

Alice Mattullath: Still wie die Nacht (Calm as the Night), Op. 326, No. 27 (text by A. Mattullath)

Work length2:46
  • Werner Hollweg (tenor)
  • Wiener Symphoniker
  • Helmut Froschauer

Still wie die Nacht (Calm as the Night), Op. 326, No. 27

Track length2:46

Hermann von Glim: 8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141

Work length1:52
  • Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 1. Zueignung

Track length1:52

Excerpt, Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

Work length4:29
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Herta Klusth (piano)

4 Ernste Gesange, Op. 121: No. 2. Ich wandte mich …

Track length4:29

Gounod: Ave Maria

Work length2:44
  • Rudolf Schock (tenor)
  • Studio orchestra
  • Wilhelm Schüchter

Excerpt, Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25

Work length10:19
  • Stephan Matthias Lademann (piano), Diana Damrau (soprano)

No. 1. Widmung

Track length2:11

No.3. Der Nussbaum

Track length2:51

No. 14. Hochlandisches Wiegenlied

Track length2:46

No. 9. Lied der Suleika

Track length2:31

Excerpt, Mozart: Mass in C major, K257 'Credo-Messe'

Work length9:28
  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass), Barbara Schlick (soprano)
  • Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Limburger Cathedral Boys Choir
  • Klaus Knubben

Gloria

Track length3:53

Benedictus

Track length5:35

Excerpt, Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165

Work length16:31
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), George Thalben-Ball (organ)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Walter Susskind

Excerpt, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Work length8:51
  • Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano)
  • Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Wilhelm Schüchter

Pagliacci, Act I: Nedda! … Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza!

Track length8:51

Excerpt, Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527

Work length4:10
  • Richard Tauber (tenor)
  • Studio orchestra
  • Walter Goehr

Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto

Track length4:10

Carl Haffner: Die Fledermaus

Work length4:39
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Otto Ackermann

Die Fledermaus, Act II: Klange der Heimat

Track length4:39

Excerpt, Verdi: Rigoletto

Work length2:00
  • Mario Lanza (tenor)
  • RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Constantine Callinicos

Rigoletto, Act III: La donna e mobile

Track length2:00

Salvadore Cammarano: Lucia di Lammermoor

Work length7:45
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Chorus, Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Orchestra
  • Tullio Serafin

Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Sparsa e di rose… Ardon gli incensi

Track length7:45