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The 50 Greatest Opera Pieces

The 50 Greatest Opera Pieces

Various Artists
2024
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
La donna e mobile
Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Ferraris, Franco Corelli
2:30
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC91
Nessun dorma
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard, José Carreras, Chœurs de l'Opéra du Rhin, Mirella Freni
3:07
Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi, SC88
O mio babbino caro
Montserrat Caballé, Sir Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra
2:45
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC67
Che gelida manina (Rodolfo)
Plácido Domingo, José Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra
4:46
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.  30 · “Orpheus and Eurydice”
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Leslie Pearson
2:15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, KV492 · “The Marriage of Figaro”
Voi che sapete (Cherubino)
Riccardo Muti, Ann Murray, Vienna Philharmonic, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
2:56
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 · “Xerxes”
Ombra mai fù
Hallé, Richard Lewis, John Barbirolli
3:17
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia, “The Barber of Seville”
Largo al factotum (Figaro)
James Levine, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra
4:33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, KV620 · “The Magic Flute”
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Brendel, Bernard Haitink
2:48
George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo, HWV 7a
Lascia ch'io pianga
Kirk Trevor, Jane Gilchrist, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
4:23
Jacques Offenbach
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Op. 67 · “The Tales of Hoffmann”
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)
André Cluytens, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Jeannine Collard, Chœurs René Duclos, Jean-Pierre Laffage
3:52
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, SC74 · “Madame Butterfly”
Coro a bocca chiusa (Chorus)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lamberto Gardelli, Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
3:09
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC67
7:41
Quando m'en vo' soletta
Ghena Dimitrova, Anton Guadagno, Philharmonia Orchestra
2:32
Sì. Mi chiamano Mimi (Mimi, Rodolfo)
Sir Thomas Beecham, Jussi Björling, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Victoria de los Ángeles, William Nahr, Lucine Amara, John Reardon, Robert Merrill, RCA Victor Chorus, Herbert Huffmann, Thomas Martini, The Columbus Boychoir, George del Monte
5:08
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Triumphal Chorus - Grand March "Gloria all'Egitto"
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
4:35
Giacomo Puccini
La rondine, SC83
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Montserrat Caballé, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
3:10
Giacomo Puccini
La fanciulla del West, SC78
Ch'ella mi creda
Michael Collins, Charles Craig, Orchestra
2:18
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, KV620 · “The Magic Flute”
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)
Wolfgang Brendel, Bernard Haitink, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tölzer Knabenchor
4:13
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, SC64
Donna non vidi mai
Nicolai Gedda, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Giuseppe Patanè
2:21
Alfredo Catalani
La Wally
Ebben? ne andrò lontana
Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
4:50
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, K. 527, KV527
11:44
Overture
Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
6:31
Finch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni)
Sir Thomas Allen, Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra
1:20
Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Zerlina)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Gale, Bernard Haitink
3:52
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
I. O Fortuna
Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norbert Balatsch, Jonathan Summers, Arleen Auger
2:42
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre, WWV86B · “The Valkyrie”
Ride of the Valkyries
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
4:45
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier
La Mamma Morta
Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
4:54
Eduardo Di Capua
O sole mio
'O sole mio
Dino Olivieri, Giuseppe di Stefano, Orchestra
3:40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, KV620 · “The Magic Flute”
5:25
Pa-pa-gena! ... Pa-pa-geno! (Papageno, Papagena)
Brigitte Lindner, Bernard Haitink, Wolfgang Brendel, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
2:36
Der Hölle Rache (Königin)
Edita Gruberová, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Mitglieder Des Tölzer Knabenchors, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Ortrun Wenkel, Marilyn Richardson, Doris Soffel, Wolfgang Brendel, Lucia Popp, Gustaf Sjökvist, András Adorján, Brigitte Lindner, Heinz Zednik
2:49
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Requiem
V. Pie Jesu
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eric Ericson, Barbara Hendricks, Ola Samnegard, Orphei Drängar
3:12
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, K. 588, KV588
Un'aura amorosa (Ferrando)
Karl Böhm, Alfredo Kraus, Philharmonia Orchestra
4:45
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
II. En Aranjuez con tu amor
José Carreras, Michael Reed, The Angel Orchestra of London
4:01
Agustín Lara
Granada
Granada
José Carreras, Marcello Viotti, London Studio Orchestra
4:40
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, SC74 · “Madame Butterfly”
Un bel di (Butterfly)
Orchestre National de Lyon, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Kent Nagano
4:11
César Franck
Messe solennelle in A Major, FWV 61, Op.  12, M 61
V. Panis angelicus
José Carreras, English Consort Singers, David Firman, The Angel Orchestra of London
4:13
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore, “The Troubadour”
Di quella pira
Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Franco Corelli, Thomas Schippers
2:02
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, SC69, S. 69
9:16
E lucevan le stelle
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre, Carlo Bergonzi
2:59
Vissi d'arte
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Montserrat Caballé
3:33
Dammi i colori... Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi)
Orchestra Sinfonica, Zubin Mehta, Plácido Domingo, Coro di Roma della RAI
2:42
Franz Schubert
Ellens Gesang, III in B‑Flat Major, D 839, Op.  52/6 · “Ellen's Song, III”
Ave Maria, D. 839
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks, Eric Ericson, Orphei Drängar
6:23
Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
4:48
"De' miei bollenti spiriti"
Carlo Del Monte, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Tullio Serafin, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Mario Sereni, Silvio Maionica, Renato Ercolani, Vico Polotto, Silvia Bertona, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Santa Chissari, Sergio Tedesco, Victoria de los Ángeles
1:53
Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta)
Alfredo Kraus, The Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Renata Scotto, John McCarthy
2:54
Norma, Act I
Casta Diva
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin
5:36
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC67
O soave fanciulla (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)
Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine, Paul Crook, Sherrill Milnes
4:36
Léo Delibes
Lakmé
No. 2, Flower Duet
Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Alain Lombard, Orchestre du Theatre National de l'opera-comique
3:31
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, KV492 · “The Marriage of Figaro”
Non più andrai farfallone amoroso (Figaro)
Giuseppe Taddei, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Diana Gillingham, Renato Ercolani, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Piero Cappuccilli, Elisabetta Fusco, Anna Moffo, Dora Gatta, Eberhard Wächter, Gillian Spencer, Fiorenza Cossotto
3:49
Georges Bizet
Carmen, WD 31, GB9
9:16
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
Georges Prêtre, Paris Opera Orchestra, Chœurs René Duclos, Robert Massard
4:52
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen, Chorus)
Jennifer Larmore, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
4:23
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia, “The Barber of Seville”
La ran la le ra la ran la la ... Largo al factotum (Figaro)
Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
4:41
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, Op.  72
O welche Lust
Bavarian State Orchestra, Robert Heger
7:47

31 August 2024 50 Tracks, 3 Hours 9 minutes ℗ 2024 Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group

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