|
No. |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture (Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Kleiber) |
4:08 |
| 2. |
Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (Sándor Kónya / Sandor Konya, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonino Votto, Chorus Of The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) |
3:05 |
| 3. |
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 |
| 4. |
Madame Butterfly, Act 2: "Coro a bocca chiusa" (Humming Chorus) (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra) |
3:04 |
| 5. |
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" (Regina Resnik, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Sir Edward Downes) |
5:38 |
| 6. |
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86b, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries (London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Leopold Stokowski) |
5:09 |
| 7. |
La bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Gianni Poggi, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonino Votto) |
4:33 |
| 8. |
Zaide, K. 344, Act 1: "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (Edith Mathis, Staatskapelle Berlin, Bernhard Klee) |
5:51 |
| 9. |
Tosca, Act 1: "Recondita armonia" (Giuseppe Giacomini, Philadelphia Orchestra, The, Riccardo Muti, Alfredo Mariotti) |
3:36 |
| 10. |
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 |
| 11. |
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Gabriele Ferro, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gösta Winbergh / Gosta Winbergh) |
4:26 |
| 12. |
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Rita Streich, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Reinhard Peters) |
2:04 |
| 13. |
Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Un'aura amorosa" (Nicolai Gedda, Colin Davis, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House) |
4:45 |
| 14. |
William Tell: Overture (Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner) |
11:06 |
| 15. |
Carmen, Act 2: "Les tringles des sistres" (Gypsy Song) (Regina Resnik, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Sir Edward Downes) |
4:33 |
| 16. |
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act 2: Vilja Song (Herbert Von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Renata Tebaldi) |
5:03 |
| 17. |
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 |
| 18. |
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina's Cavatina) (Olga Borodina, English Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Summers) |
5:58 |
| 19. |
Die tote Stadt, Act 1: Glück das mir verblieb (Marietta's Song) (Pilar Lorengar, Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller) |
5:42 |
| 20. |
Carmen, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Flower Song) (Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Patané / Franco Patane, Tonhalle - Orchester Zürich / Tonhalle - Orchester Zurich) |
4:18 |
| 21. |
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Raymond Leppard, The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Bernadette Greevy) |
4:44 |
| 22. |
L'Arianna, SV 191: "Lasciatemi Morire" (Lamento d'Arianna) (Anne Sofie Von Otter, Jakob Lindberg) |
11:07 |
| 23. |
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti" (Wiener Philharmoniker, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Arnold Van Mill, Erich Leinsdorf) |
6:36 |
| 24. |
Lakmé, Act 1: "Viens, Mallika... Dôme épais le jasmine" (The Flower Duet) (Georges Sebastian, Mado Robin, Agnes Disney) |
4:39 |
| 25. |
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico (Orchestra Di Roma, Silvio Varviso) |
3:41 |
| 26. |
Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh (Nuns' Chorus) (Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Robert Stolz, Hilde Gueden) |
4:40 |
| 27. |
Aida, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal March) (Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Silvio Varviso) |
7:16 |
| 28. |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: "Voi che sapete" (John Pritchard, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus) |
2:45 |
| 29. |
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture (Sinfonia) (Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner) |
7:05 |
| 30. |
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 3: Bacchanale (Charles Dutoit, L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal) |
7:06 |
| 31. |
La traviata, Act 1: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (Giacomo Aragall, Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Pilar Lorengar, Lorin Maazel, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin) |
2:54 |
| 32. |
Carmen, Act 1: Chanson et Duo - "Près des remparts de Séville" (Seguidilla) (Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus) |
4:34 |
| 33. |
The Bartered Bride: Overture (Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati) |
6:55 |
| 34. |
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 |
| 35. |
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: "Largo al factotum" (Manuel Ausensi, Silvio Varviso) |
4:39 |
| 36. |
Carmen, Act 1: "Quand je vous aimerai? ... L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) (Alain Lombard, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Regine Crespin, Choeur Du Grand Theatre De Geneve) |
5:26 |
| 37. |
La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 (Lorin Maazel, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin) |
3:39 |
| 38. |
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido's lament) (John Eliot Gardiner, Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists) |
4:05 |
| 39. |
Pagliacci, Act 1: "Recitar! - Vesti la giubba" (James McCracken, Wiener Opernorchester, Dietfried Bernet) |
3:40 |
| 40. |
Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3: Bridal Chorus, "Treulich geführt" (Wolfgang Sawallisch, Orchester Der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor Der Bayreuther Festspiele) |
4:38 |
| 41. |
Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Robert Lloyd, Renato Bruson, Neil Shicoff, Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia) |
3:04 |
| 42. |
Xerxes, HWV 40, Act 1: "Frondi tenere e belle" - "Ombra mai fù" (Olga Borodina, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi) |
5:45 |
| 43. |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger / Karl Munchinger) |
6:37 |
| 44. |
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" (Mad Scene) (Montserrat Caballé / Montserrat Caballe, New Philharmonia Orchestra) |
6:49 |
| 45. |
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 |
| 46. |
Nabucco, Act 3: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin) |
5:06 |
| 47. |
Thaïs: Méditation religieuse (The London Festival Orchestra, Sidney Sax) |
4:45 |
| 48. |
Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Regine Crespin, Covent Garden Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Sir Edward Downes) |
4:20 |
| 49. |
La Gioconda, Act 3: Danza delle ore (Dance of the Hours) (Stanley Black, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) |
9:59 |
| 50. |
Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3: Isoldes Liebestod, "Mild und Leise wie er lächelt" (Giuseppe Sinopoli, Cheryl Studer, Staatskapelle Dresden) |
7:01 |
