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40 Most Beautiful Arias

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor vocals), Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano vocals), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano vocals), Roberto Alagna (tenor vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor vocals), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (soprano vocals), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano vocals),...

  • Release Date: 6th Nov 2008
  • Catalogue No: 2564640926
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: 40 Most Beautiful
  • Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

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Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Work length3:26
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Nello Santi

Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)

Work length4:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • Julia Migenes (soprano)
  • Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France
  • Lorin Maazel

Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Work length4:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • Roberto Alagna (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Marcello Viotti

Bizet: Carmen, Act 3: "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" (Micaëla)

Work length5:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
  • Bayerisches Staatsorchester
  • Giuseppe Sinopoli

Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

Work length3:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
  • Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
  • Jesús López Cobos

Purcell: When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)

Work length3:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Véronique Gens (soprano)
  • Les Arts Florissants
  • William Christie

Mozart: Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro)

Work length2:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Daniel Barenboim

Bizet: Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Work length4:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jerry Hadley (tenor), Thomas Hampson (bass)
  • Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
  • Carlo Rizzi

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, Act 1: "Soave sia il sento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)

Work length3:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Jules Bastin (bass), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Alain Lombard

Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)

Work length3:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • José Cura (tenor), Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis

Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Work length2:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Jerry Hadley (tenor)
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
  • Kent Nagano

Verdi: La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)

Work length2:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Richard Leech (tenor)
  • Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
  • Carlo Rizzi

Dvořák: Rusalka, Act 1: "O silver moon" (Rusalka)

Work length6:00
Album only
Album only
  • Lesley Garrett (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Andrew Greenwood

Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length4:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Munich Radio Orchestra, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano)
  • Maurizio Barbacini

Puccini: Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

Work length2:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • José Cura (tenor)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Plácido Domingo

Flotow: Martha, Act 3: "Ach so fromm" (Lionel)

Work length3:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Work length3:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
  • Kent Nagano

Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1

Work length14:05
$3.90
$5.10
  • Barbara Hendricks (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (bass), Gino Quilico (baritone), Richard Cowan (baritone)
  • Orchestre National de France
  • James Conlon

"Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo)

Track length4:25
$1.30
$1.70

"Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" (Mimì, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Colline, Marcello)

Track length5:32
$1.30
$1.70

"O soave fanciulla" (Rodolfo, Mimì)

Track length4:08
$1.30
$1.70

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Work length2:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Munich Radio Orchestra, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano)
  • Maurizio Barbacini

Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Work length3:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Munich Radio Orchestra, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano)
  • Maurizio Barbacini

Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann )

Work length2:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano)
  • Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Jesús López Cobos

Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)

Work length4:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orchestre National de France
  • Lorin Maazel

Puccini: Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)

Work length2:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
  • Kent Nagano

Verdi: La traviata, Act 1: "Un dì felice" (Alfredo, Violetta, Gastone)

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Edita Gruberova (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Carlo Rizzi

Delibes: Sous le dôme épais (from Lakmé)

Work length4:38
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano)
  • Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Jesús López Cobos

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Act 2: "Porgi amor qualche ristoro" (La Contessa)

Work length4:03
$1.30
$1.70
  • Lella Cuberli (soprano)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Daniel Barenboim

Mozart: Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni)

Work length4:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Rossini: Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Work length5:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
  • Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
  • Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)

Work length4:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
  • I Solisti Veneti
  • Claudio Scimone

Gluck: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice)

Work length4:22
$1.30
$1.70
  • Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Harry Bicket

Verdi: Celeste Aida (from Aida)

Work length4:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
  • Nello Santi

Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act 2: "Deh vieni alla fenestra" (Don Giovanni)

Work length2:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bryn Terfel (baritone)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti

Puccini: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
  • Kent Nagano

Giordano, U: Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Work length2:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Nello Santi

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe: Viljalied

Work length4:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • Karita Mattila (soprano)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Yutaka Sado

Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Work length2:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
  • Zubin Mehta

Verdi: Otello, Act 4: "Ave Maria" (Desdemona)

Work length4:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Munich Radio Orchestra, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano)
  • Maurizio Barbacini

Wagner: Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde)

Work length6:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Waltraud Meier (soprano)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Daniel Barenboim

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