|
No. |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint" (Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux, Leopold Simoneau, Jean Fournet, René Bianco / Rene Bianco) |
5:19 |
| 2. |
Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: "Je crois entendre encore" [Romance] (Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic) |
3:46 |
| 3. |
Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Wiener Opernorchester, Argeo Quadri, Felicia Weathers) |
2:09 |
| 4. |
Turandot, Act 1: "Signore, ascolta" (Nello Santi, Maria Chiara, Wiener Volksopernorchester) |
2:33 |
| 5. |
Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (Sándor Kónya / Sandor Konya, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonino Votto, Chorus Of The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) |
3:05 |
| 6. |
Lakmé, Act 1: "Viens, Mallika... Dôme épais le jasmine" (The Flower Duet) (Georges Sebastian, Mado Robin, Agnes Disney) |
4:39 |
| 7. |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture (Concerto Köln / Concerto Koln, Anton Steck) |
6:18 |
| 8. |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" [Birdcatcher's Aria] (Wiener Philharmoniker, Hermann Prey, Georg Solti) |
2:58 |
| 9. |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" [Queen of the Night's Aria] (Berliner Philharmoniker, Roberta Peters, Karl Böhm / Karl Bohm) |
2:56 |
| 10. |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: "Pa-pa-pa-papagena!" (Wiener Philharmoniker, Emmy Loose, Walter Berry, Karl Böhm / Karl Bohm) |
2:33 |
| 11. |
Rusalka, Op. 114: Mesicku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon) (Pilar Lorengar, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Patanè / Giuseppe Patane) |
6:15 |
| 12. |
Pagliacci, Act 1: "Recitar!... Vesti la giubba" (Mario Del Monaco, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
3:33 |
| 13. |
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido's lament) (Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Christophers) |
4:49 |
| 14. |
Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude to Act 1 (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein) |
14:13 |
| 15. |
Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act 2: "Einsam wachend in der Nacht" (Wiener Philharmoniker, Regina Resnik, Georg Solti) |
2:39 |
| 16. |
Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3: "Mild und Leise" (Isoldes Liebestod) (Hildegard Behrens, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein) |
8:33 |
| 17. |
William Tell: Overture (Charles Dutoit, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal) |
11:18 |
| 18. |
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic) |
4:40 |
| 19. |
La Bohème, Act 1: "O soave fanciulla" (Tito Gobbi, Renata Scotto, Gianni Poggi, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonino Votto) |
4:00 |
| 20. |
La bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Gianni Poggi, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonino Votto) |
4:33 |
| 21. |
La bohème, Act 2: "Quando m'en vo" (Musetta's Waltz) (Giuseppe Modesti, Tito Gobbi, Renata Scotto, Gianni Poggi, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Giorgio Giorgetti, Virgilio Carbonari, Antonino Votto, Jolanda Meneguzzer) |
4:55 |
| 22. |
La bohème, Act 4: "Sono andati?" (Death of Mimì) (Renata Scotto, Gianni Poggi, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Giorgio Giorgetti, Antonino Votto) |
5:32 |
| 23. |
Zaide, K. 344, Act 1: "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood) |
5:32 |
| 24. |
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Overture (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti) |
9:34 |
| 25. |
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 2: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National De France, Edita Gruberova, Claudia Eder, Jacques Jouineau, Chœurs De Radio France / Choeurs De Radio France) |
3:45 |
| 26. |
La Gioconda, Act 3: Danza delle ore (Dance of the Hours) (Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso) |
9:34 |
| 27. |
La Gioconda, Act 2: "Cielo e mar" (Luciano Pavarotti, Leone Magiera) |
5:16 |
| 28. |
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Harry Christophers) |
5:19 |
| 29. |
Madame Butterfly, Act 2: "Coro a bocca chiusa" (Humming Chorus) (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra) |
3:04 |
| 30. |
Madama Butterfly, Act 2: Un bel dì vedremo (London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Lamberto Gardelli, Sylvia Sass) |
4:35 |
| 31. |
Madama Butterfly, Act 3: "Addio fiorito asil" (Alberto Erede, Mario Del Monaco, Symphony Orchestra) |
1:51 |
| 32. |
Madama Butterfly, Act 3: "Tu, tu piccolo Iddio" (Death of Butterfly) (The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Pilar Lorengar) |
2:12 |
| 33. |
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 2: "Chi mi frena in tal momento" (Sextet) (Jennifer Larmore, Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Fernando De La Mora, Ion Marin, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Juan Pons) |
3:43 |
| 34. |
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" (Mad Scene) (Montserrat Caballé / Montserrat Caballe, New Philharmonia Orchestra) |
6:49 |
| 35. |
The Bartered Bride: Overture (The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph Von Dohnanyi) |
6:31 |
| 36. |
La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta) |
3:21 |
| 37. |
La traviata, Act 1: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Leone Magiera) |
3:28 |
| 38. |
La traviata, Act 2: "Pura siccome un angelo" (Renata Scotto, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Antonino Votto) |
1:51 |
| 39. |
La traviata, Act 3: "Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo" (Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Leone Magiera) |
4:48 |
| 40. |
Les Troyens (The Trojans), Act 4: "Nuit d'ivresse et d'extase" (Love Duet) (Jon Vickers, Josephine Veasey, Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) |
10:04 |
| 41. |
Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2: "Entweihte Götter! Helft jetzt meiner Rache!" (Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Astrid Varnay, Orchester Der Bayreuther Festspiele) |
3:59 |
| 42. |
Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3: Bridal Chorus, "Treulich geführt" (Wolfgang Sawallisch, Orchester Der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor Der Bayreuther Festspiele) |
4:38 |
| 43. |
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" (Olga Borodina, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi) |
5:58 |
| 44. |
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 3: Bacchanale (Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray) |
7:38 |
| 45. |
Rigoletto, Act 1: "Questa o quella" (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Neil Shicoff, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
1:50 |
| 46. |
Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Robert Lloyd, Renato Bruson, Neil Shicoff, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
3:04 |
| 47. |
Parsifal, WWV 111, Act 2: "Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutters Brust" (James Levine, Waltraud Meier, Orchester Der Bayreuther Festspiele) |
6:32 |
| 48. |
La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny), Act 2: "Il santo nome... Il santo speco" - "La vergine degli angeli" [Hymn] (Renata Tebaldi, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
10:56 |
| 49. |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger / Karl Munchinger) |
6:37 |
| 50. |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3: "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Raymond Leppard, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra) |
3:49 |
| 51. |
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Philharmonia Orchestra) |
4:16 |
| 52. |
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act 2: Vilja Song (Herbert Von Karajan, Renata Tebaldi) |
5:03 |
| 53. |
Carmen, Act 1: "Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) (The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos, The John Alldis Choir, Georg Solti) |
5:34 |
| 54. |
Carmen, Act 1: "Près des remparts de Séville" (Seguidilla) (Regina Resnik, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Sir Edward Downes) |
2:02 |
| 55. |
Carmen, Act 2: "Les tringles des sistres" (Gypsy Song) (The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norma Burrowes, Jane Berbie, Tatiana Troyanos, Georg Solti) |
4:56 |
| 56. |
Carmen, Act 2: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" - "Toréador, en garde" (Toreador's Song) (London Symphony Chorus, Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Sir Edward Downes) |
4:56 |
| 57. |
Carmen, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Flower Song) (Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic) |
3:59 |
| 58. |
Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh (Nuns' Chorus) (Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Robert Stolz, Hilde Gueden) |
4:40 |
| 59. |
Die tote Stadt, Act 1: Glück das mir verblieb (Marietta's Song) (Pilar Lorengar, Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller) |
5:42 |
| 60. |
Tosca, Act 1: "Recondita armonia" (Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
2:48 |
| 61. |
Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" (Carol Vaness, Philadelphia Orchestra, The, Riccardo Muti) |
3:29 |
| 62. |
Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" (Franco Corelli, Lorin Maazel, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
3:20 |
| 63. |
Xerxes, HWV 40, Act 1: "Frondi tenere e belle... Ombra mai fù" (Raymond Leppard, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra) |
4:00 |
| 64. |
La Wally, Act 1: "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" (Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Maria Chiara) |
4:14 |
| 65. |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis) |
4:06 |
| 66. |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: "Voi che sapete" (Elly Ameling, English Chamber Orchestra, Edo De Waart) |
3:02 |
| 67. |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: "Porgi, amor" (Jessye Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis) |
3:57 |
| 68. |
Nabucco, Act 3: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Silvio Varviso) |
4:07 |
| 69. |
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86b, Act 3: "Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind" (Wiener Philharmoniker, George London, Hans Knappertsbusch) |
17:39 |
| 70. |
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86b, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries (Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) |
4:49 |
| 71. |
Aida, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal March) (Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Silvio Varviso) |
7:22 |
| 72. |
Aida, Act 1: "Se quel guerrier io fossi!" - "Celeste Aida" (Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic) |
5:01 |
| 73. |
I puritani (The Puritans), Act 2: "Qui la voce sua soave" (Nello Santi, Maria Chiara, Wiener Volksopernorchester) |
5:53 |
| 74. |
Faust, Act 3: "Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre? - Salut! demeure chaste et pure" (James McCracken, Wiener Opernorchester, Dietfried Bernet) |
5:39 |
| 75. |
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture (Silvio Varviso, Orchestra Del Teatro Di San Carlo Di Napoli) |
6:53 |
| 76. |
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: "Largo al factotum" (Ion Marin, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra) |
4:56 |
| 77. |
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" [Rosina's Cavatina] (Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Alexander Gibson) |
6:09 |
| 78. |
L'Arianna, SV 191: "Lasciatemi Morire" (Lamento d'Arianna) (Anne Sofie Von Otter, Jakob Lindberg) |
11:07 |
| 79. |
Don Pasquale, Act 1: "Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch'io la virtù magica" (Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Graziella Sciutti, István Kertész / Istvan Kertesz) |
6:07 |
| 80. |
Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti) |
6:54 |
| 81. |
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Mir ist so wunderbar" (Quartet) (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hildegard Behrens, Hans Sotin, Georg Solti, Sona Ghazarian, David Kuebler) |
5:44 |
| 82. |
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben" (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hildegard Behrens, Hans Sotin, Georg Solti, Sona Ghazarian) |
4:21 |
| 83. |
Die fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, Act 2: Senta's Ballad, "Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere An" (Gwyneth Jones, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Opernorchester, Argeo Quadri) |
8:55 |
| 84. |
L'Africaine, Act 4: "Mi batte il cor… O paradiso!" (Luciano Pavarotti, Leone Magiera) |
3:52 |
| 85. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture (Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) |
6:05 |
| 86. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Madamina! Il catalogo è questo" (Catalogue Aria) (Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) |
5:20 |
| 87. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano" - "Fermati, scellerato!" (Ingvar Wixell, Mirella Freni, Kiri Te Kanawa, Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) |
3:40 |
| 88. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Deh, vieni alla finestra" (Serenade) (Wiener Philharmoniker, Cesare Siepi, Erich Leinsdorf) |
1:52 |
| 89. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Vedrai, carino" (Mirella Freni, Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) |
3:28 |
| 90. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Don Giovanni, A cenar teco m'invitasti" (Ingvar Wixell, Luigi Roni, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus Of The Royal Opera House) |
7:06 |
| 91. |
Thaïs: Meditation (Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy) |
5:44 |
| 92. |
Porgy and Bess:, Act 1: "Summertime" (Leontyne Price, The Orchestra) |
3:09 |
| 93. |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384: Overture (The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Colin Davis) |
4:13 |
| 94. |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384, Act 3: "Ha! Wie will ich triumphieren" (Robert Lloyd, The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Colin Davis) |
3:27 |
| 95. |
La italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algier), Act 1: "Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!" (Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Alexander Gibson) |
4:21 |
| 96. |
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: "Where'er You Walk" (Harry Christophers) |
5:12 |
| 97. |
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture (Charles Dutoit, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal) |
9:56 |
| 98. |
Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il vento" - "Non son cattivo" - "Che vita maledetta" - "Madame, ecco la vostra colazione" (Attacca) (José Van Dam / Jose Van Dam, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Elzbieta Szmytka, Karita MAttila, Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner) |
5:35 |
| 99. |
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), WWV 86a, Scene 4: Entry of the gods into Valhalla (London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Leopold Stokowski) |
7:39 |
| 100. |
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), WWV 86a, Scene 4: "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" (René Pape / Rene Pape, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Weigle) |
3:55 |
