A new collection of Cecilia Bartoli’s finest recordings, including two unreleased arias from Handel’s Alcina. Featuring beloved arias and duets stretching from Handel and Porpora, through Gluck and Mozart, to the Three Kings of 19th-century Italian song: Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Featuring guest appearances from Sir Bryn Terfel, Alessandro Corbelli, Sumi Jo, Juan Diego Florez and Luciano Pavarotti.

Artists

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Maria Goldschmidt (flute), Una Prelle (harp), Daniel Pezzotti (cello), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), James Levine (piano), Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist), Bernhard Forck (concertmaster), International Chamber Vocalists, Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Teatro alla Scala, International Chamber Soloists, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Il Giardino Armonico, Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Giovanni Antonini, Riccardo Chailly, Ádám Fischer, Alessandro De Marchi, Claudio Abbado, Myung-Whun Chung, Gianluca Capuano