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40 Most Beautiful Arias

Plácido Domingo (tenor), Julia Migenes (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Jules Bastin (bass), Frederica von...

  • Release Date: 19th Jan 2009
  • Catalogue No: 2564696896
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

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Contents

Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Work length3:26
  • 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
  • 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
  • Roberto Alagna (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Marcello Viotti

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

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

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

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

Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

Work length3:35
  • 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
  • Véronique Gens (soprano)
  • Les Arts Florissants
  • William Christie

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

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

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

Work length3:04
  • 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
  • José Cura (tenor), Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis

Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Work length2:23
  • 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
  • Richard Leech (tenor)
  • Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
  • Carlo Rizzi

Dvořák: Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka)

Work length6:25
  • Eva Urbanová (soprano)
  • Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Ondrej Lenárd

Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

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

Puccini: Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

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

Verdi: La traviata : Act 1 "Libiamo, ne'lieti calici" [Violetta, Alfredo, Choir]

Work length2:53
  • Edita Gruberova (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Carlo Rizzi

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

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

Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1

Work length14:05
  • 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

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

Track length5:32

"O soave fanciulla" (Rodolfo, Mimì)

Track length4:08

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

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

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

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

Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann )

Work length2:31
  • 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
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orchestre National de France
  • Lorin Maazel

Puccini: Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)

Work length2:42
  • 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
  • Edita Gruberova (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Carlo Rizzi

Delibes: Sous le dôme épais (from Lakmé)

Work length4:38
  • 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
  • Lella Cuberli (soprano)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Daniel Barenboim

Mozart: Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni)

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

Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)

Work length6:52
  • Maria Callas (soprano)
  • Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino
  • Arturo Basile

Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)

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

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

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

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte : Act 1 "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" [Pamina, Papageno]

Work length2:55
  • Anton Scharinger (baritone), Rosa Mannion (soprano)
  • Les Arts Florissants
  • William Christie

Verdi: Celeste Aida (from Aida)

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

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

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

Giordano, U: Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

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

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe: Viljalied

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

Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

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

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

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

Rossini: La Cenerentola : Act 2 "Non più mesta accanto al fuoco" [Cenerentola, Clorinda, Tisbe, Dandini, Magnifico, Chorus]

Work length3:11
  • Adelina Scarabelli (soprano), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Gino Quilico (baritone), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Laura Polverelli (mezzo-soprano)
  • Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Carlo Rizzi

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