| Description |
2 audio discs : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Consists of reissued material. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Norma. Casta diva / Bellini (London Philharmonic Chorus; Renée Fleming; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Barcarolle / Offenbach (Claudia Eder, Edita Gruberova; Seiji Ozawa, conductor) -- La Wally. Ebben? ne andrò lontana / Catalani (National Philharmonic Orchestra; Maria Chiara; Kurt Adler, conductor) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Mascagni (Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Letter duet / Mozart (Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz) -- Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice / Gluck (Grace Bumbry; Janos Kulka, conductor) -- Nabucco. Va pensiero / Verdi (Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima / Donizetti (Gösta Winbergh; Gabriele Ferro, conductor) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Porgi amor / Mozart (Gundula Janowitz) -- Madama Butterfly. Humming chorus / Puccini (Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Così fan tutte. Soave sia il vento / Mozart (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Ann Murray, Ferruccio Furlanetto; James Levine, conductor) -- La forza del destino. Overture (excerpt) / Verdi (Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Così fan tutte. Un'aura amorosa / Mozart (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; James Levine, conductor) -- Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì / Puccini (Mirella Freni; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Louise. Depuis le jour / Charpentier (Philharmonia Orchestra; Montserrat Caballe) -- Don Giovanni. Là ci darem la mano / Mozart (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Reri Grist) -- Luisa Miller. Quando le sere al placido / Verdi (Lorin Maazel, conductor) -- Fidelio. Mir ist so wunderbar / Beethoven (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Adolf Dallapozza, Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Manfred Jungwirth; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) -- |
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disc 2. Lakmé. Flower duet / Delibes (Jane Berbie; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Les pècheurs de perles. Au fond du temple saint / Bizet (Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna; James Levine, conductor) -- Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga / Handel (Christopher Hogwood, conductor) -- La traviata. Prelude / Verdi (Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor) -- Rusalka. O silver moon / Dvořák (Renée Fleming; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / Purcell (Tatiana Troyanos; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Il trovatore. Miserre / Verdi (Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome; Rosalind Plowright; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (Mirella Freni; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Notre Dame. Intermezzo / Schmidt (Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Samson et Dalila. Mon coeur s'oeuvre à ta voix / Saint-Saëns (Grace Bumbry) -- Serse. Ombra mai fu (Largo) / Handel (Bryn Terfel; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Tannhũser. Pilgrim's chorus / Wagner (Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester; Wilhelm Pitz, conductor) -- Zaide. Ruhe sanft / Mozart (Colin Davis, conductor) -- Madama Butterfly. Flower duet / Puccini (Mirella Freni, Teresa Berganza; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Carmen. Entr'acte / Bizet (Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Norma. Mira o Norma / Bellini (Marilyn Horne) -- Parsifal. Höch'sten heiles Wunder / Wagner (Herbert von Karajan, conductor). |
| Language |
Sung in Italian, French, German, English, and Czech. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Fleming, Renée.
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Eder, Claudia.
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Chiara, Maria.
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Berbié, Jane.
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Terfel, Bryn.
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| Added Title |
Opera's most heavenly moments |
| Standard No. |
028947171720 |
| Music No. |
289 471 717-2 Decca |
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