Opera Collection (V)

Massenet: Manon (1884)

Quelqu'un... J'ai marqué l'heure... Et je sais votre nom (7:55)

Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda

Nous vivrons à Paris tous les deux!... Plus un sous! (5:58)

Beverly Sills,  Nicolai Gedda, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Gérard Souzay, Helia T'Hezan, Michel Trempont, Michele Raynaud, Nico Castel, Patricia Kern

Allons, il le faut... Adieu, notre petite table (4:43)

Beverly Sills

C'est lui... Instant charmant... En fermant les yeux (6:40)

Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills

Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (3:58)

Beverly Sills, Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Je suis seul... Ah, fuyez, douce image (5:47)

Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills

Philharmonia Orchestra

Rudel

rec 1970

 

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (1886)

Gljan'-ko! Vezut, vezut kak est'! (3:51)

Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

Abbado

rec 1989

 

Verdi: Otello (1887)

Già nella notte densa (2:48)

Quando narravi (3:11)

Venga la morte (4:04)

Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa

Ah mille vite gli donasse (0:40)

Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro (2:18)

Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus

Dio mi potevi (3:31)

Plácido Domingo

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Solti

rec 1992

 

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

Intermezzo Sinfonico (3:55)

Mamma, quel vino è generoso (5:23)

Plácido Domingo, Fedora Barbieri, Elena Obraztsova

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Prêtre

rec 1983

 

Borodin: Prince Igor (1890)

Polovtsian Dances (11:14)

Netherlands Radio ChorusBorodin

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Markevitch

rec 1964

 

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (1890)

Radostno, veselo v den sei (4:07)

Choeur Tchaikovsky, Galina Gregorieva

Orchestre National de France

Rostropovich

rec 1977

 

Catalani: La Wally (1892)

Ebben? ne andrò lontana (4:53)

Maria Callas

Philharmonia Orchestra

Serafin

rec 1954

 

Massenet: Werther (1892)

Alors, c'est bien ici! (2:39)

O Nature, pleine de grâce (3:02)

Alfredo Kraus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Plasson

rec 1979

J'aurais sur ma poitrine (1:44)

Oui, ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant revient d'un voyage avant l'heure (3:48)

Toute mon âme est là! Pourquoi me réveiller (2:59)

Rolando Villazón

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Pappano

 rec 2011

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (1893)

Oh, sarò la più bella! (8:04)

Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo

Philharmonia Orchestra

Bartoletti

rec 1972

 

Verdi: Falstaff (1893)

Alfin t'ho colto, raggiante fior... (3:58)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ilva Ligabue

Quand'ero paggio del Duca di Norfolk (0:56)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ilva Ligabue, Regina Resnik

Wiener Philharmoniker

Bernstein

rec 1966

 

Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (1893)

Abends, will ich schlafen gehn 3:39

Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Philharmonia Orchestra

Karajan

rec 1953

 

Massenet: Thaïs (1894)

Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin! (2:25)

Dis-moi que je suis belle (4:11)

Beverly Sills

Meditation religieuse (5:00)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Maazel

rec 1976

 

Puccini: La bohème (1896)

Che gelida manina (4:59)

Jussi Björling

RCA Victor Orchestra

Beecham

rec 1956

Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (4:40)

Montserrat Caballé

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Solti

rec 1973

Quando me'n vo' (4:20)

Lucia Popp, Piero Cappuccilli, Alfredo Giacomotti, Ileana Cotrubas, Luciano Pavarotti, Giorgio Giorgetti, Evgeny Nesterenko

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Kleiber, C.

rec 1979

Addio, senza rancor! (4:07)

Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo

Che facevi, che dicevi (3:45)

Sherrill Milnes, Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Solti

rec 1973

 

Giordano: Andrea Chénier (1896)

Un dì all'azzurro spazio (4:59)

Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Jean Kraft

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Levine

rec 1976

La mamma morta (4:35)

Maria Callas

Philharmonia Orchestra

Serafin

rec 1954

 

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (1898)

Oj ty, t'omnaja dubravushka! (4:32)

Nicolai Gedda

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

Zdravkovitch

rec 1969

 

Giordano: Fedora (1898)

Amor ti vieta(1:50)

Rolando Villazón

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Plasson

rec 2005

 

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar’s Bride (1899)

Ivan Sergeich, khochesh (5:29)

Anna Netrebko

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

Gergiev

rec 2006

 

Puccini: Tosca (1900)

Tre sbirri... Una carrozza (5:06)

Giuseppe Taddei, Piero de Palma, Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

Karajan

rec 1962

Floria! - Amore (1:24)

Plácido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, John Gibbs

Vittoria! Vittoria! (2:41)

Plácido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes

Philharmonia Orchestra

Mehta

rec 1973

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore (3:33)

Montserrat Caballé

E lucevan le stelle (3:17)

José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Davis

rec 1976

 

Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan (1900)

Flight of the bumblebee (1:24)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Marriner

rec 1987

 

Charpentier: Louise (1900)

Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée (6:20)

Montserrat Caballé

Philharmonia Orchestra

Giovanetti

rec 1971

 

Dvorak: Rusalka (1901)

Mesicku na nebi hlubokém (6:30)

Renée Fleming

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Mackerras

rec 1998

 

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (1902)

Mes longs cheveux descendent (5:17)

Oh! Oh! Mes cheveux descendent de la tour! (2:54)

Frederica von Stade, Richard Stilwell

Berliner Philharmoniker 

Karajan 

rec1978

 

Janacek: Jenufa (1904)

Co ty, Jenufo (2:22)

Marie Mrazova, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Peter Dvorsky, Vaclav Zitek

Wiener Philharmoniker

Mackerras

rec 1982

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1904)

Dovunque al mondo (4:08)

Carlo Bergonzi, Rolando Panerai, Piero de Palma

Quale smania vi prende! (4:12)

Rolando Panerai, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero De Palma, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Barbirolli

rec 1966

Viene la sera (7:34)

Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig

Vogliatemi bene (7:54)

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti

Wiener Philharmoniker

Karajan

rec 1974

Un bel dì vedremo (5:26)

Montserrat Caballé

London Symphony Orchestra

Mackerras

rec 1969

Non ve l'avebo detto? (1:55)

Robert Kerns, Luciano Pavarotti

Addio, fiorito asil (3:11)

Luciano Pavarotti, Robert Kerns, Elke Schary, Christa Ludwig

Con onor muore (5:34)

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti

Wiener Philharmoniker

Karajan

rec 1974

 

Strauss, R: Salome (1905)

Es ist kein laut zu vernehmen (17:15)

Montserrat Caballé

Orchestre National de France

Bernstein

rec 1977

 

Strauss, R: Elektra (1909)

Schweig, und tanze (3:52)

Birgit Nilsson, Marie Collier

Wiener Philharmoniker

Solti

rec 1967

 

Puccini: La fanciulla del West (1910)

Ch'ella mi creda (2:29)

Jussi Björling

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Erede

rec 1959

 

Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (1911)

Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (7:18)

Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry

Marie Theres'! - Hab mir's gelobt, Ihn lieb zu haben (6:28)

Agnes Baltsa, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Janet Perry

Wiener Philharmoniker

Karajan

rec 1984

 

Ravel: L'Heure espagnole (1911)

Un financier...Et un poète! (3:07)

Michel Sénéchal, José van Dam, Jane Berbié, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier

Orchestre National de la RTF

Maazel

rec 1965

 

Busoni: Die Brautwahl (1911)

Ein Flustern, rauschen, singen (5:32)

Carola Höhn, Vinson Cole

Staatskapelle Berlin

Barenboim

rec 1993

 

Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos (1916)

Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist (6:02)

Deborah Voigt

Staatskapelle Dresden

Sinopoli

rec 2000

 

Falla: La vida breve (1913)

Danza (3:19)

London Symphony

García Navarro

rec1978

 

Granados: Goyescas (1916)

Intermedio (5:20)

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Ros Marbá

rec 1996

 

Puccini: Gianni Schichi (1918)

Avete torto!... Firenze e come un albero fiorito (3:21)

Juan Diego Flórez

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Rizzi

rec 2003

O mio babbino caro (2:21)

Pilar Lorengar

Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia

Patané

rec 1966

 

Korngold: Die tote Stadt (1920)

Glück das mir verblieb (5:46)

Pilar Lorengar

Wiener Opernorchester

Weller

rec 1970

 

Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges (1925)

Arrière! Je rechauffe les bons (2:52)

Natalie Dessay

Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo

Fournillier

rec 1996

 

Berg: Wozzeck (1925)

Guten Tag, Franz (3:01)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Böhm

rec 1965

 

Puccini: Turandot (1926)

Signore, ascolta! (2:40)

Montserrat Caballé

Non piangere, Liù!... Ah! Per l'ultima volta! (5:17)

Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tom Krause, Piero Francesco Poli, Piero de Palma, John Alldis Choir

In questa reggia (6:34)

Joan Sutherland, John Alldis Choir, Luciano Pavarotti

Gloria, gloria! (4:07)

John Alldis Choir, Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears, Luciano Pavarotti

Nessun dorma (3:03)

Luciano Pavarotti

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mehta

rec 1972

 

Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (1928)

Pollys Lied (1:39)

Ute Lemper

RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta

Mauceri

rec 1988

 

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1934)

Sergey, Seryozha! (1:58)

Katya, prikhodit konyets lyubvi nashey (2:09)

Nye pechal'sa, Sergey (1:47)

Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicolai Gedda

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rostropovich

rec 1979

 

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (1935)

Summertime (3:28)

Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rattle

rec 1988

 

Prokofiev: War and Peace (1942)

Chuda, kak harasha ana (8:10)

Anna Netrebko, Zlata Bulycheva, Dmitry Voropaev, Alexander Morozov

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

Gergiev

rec 2006

 

Britten: Peter Grimes (1945)

Interlude IV: Passacaglia (5:25)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Davis

rec 1978

 

Schönberg: Moses und Aron (1951)

Moses steigt vom Berg herab! (1:10)

Herbert Wittges, Franz Mazura, Chicago Symphony Chorus

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Solti

rec 1984

 

Britten: Billy Budd (1951)

And farewell to ye, old rights o' man! (4:35)

Peter Glossop

London Symphony Orchestra

Britten

rec 1967

 

Bernstein: West Side Story (1957)

Somewhere (2:37)

Marilyn Horne

Orchestra

Bernstein

rec 1985

 

Barber: Vanessa (1958)

He has come! (1:34)

Leontyne Price

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Molinari-Pradelli

rec 1965