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The Very Best of Placido Domingo

Plácido Domingo (tenor), Susan Graham (Zerlina), Violeta Urmana (Isolde), David Cangelosi (Mime)

Mozart to zarzuela, Handel to Wagner - this generous collection confirms that our greatest tenor is also our most versatile and musically rewarding whatever style. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, 5 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 17th Jan 2011
  • Catalogue No: 6486762
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: The Very Best of...
  • Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

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Contents

Mozart: Don Giovanni: Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto (Act 2)

Work length4:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1991-01-09
  • Recording Venue: 6-9 January 1991/Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich

Mozart: Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte)

Work length4:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1991-01-09
  • Recording Venue: 6-9 January 1991/Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Bavaria

Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte)

Work length3:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1991-01-09
  • Recording Venue: 6-9 January 1991/Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich

Mozart: La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

Work length3:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Asher Fisch
  • Recorded: 1996-12-12
  • Recording Venue: 12 December 1996, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (live)

Handel: Giulio Cesare: Vani sono i lamenti ... Svegliatevi nel core (Act 1)

Work length4:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1989-05-24
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 21-24 May 1989/CTS Studios, Wembley

Meyerbeer: Ô Paradis (from L'Africaine)

Work length3:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • John Barker
  • Recorded: 1988-07-06
  • Recording Venue: 28 June & 6 July 1988/Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 'live'

Gounod: Faust (1985 Digital Remaster), TROISIÈME ACTE: Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre! ... Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (Faust)

Work length5:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre, Orchestre Et Choeurs Du Theatre National (performed by), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1978-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 19-29 June 1978/Salle Wagram, Paris

Massenet: Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid)

Work length4:51
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Asher Fisch
  • Recorded: 1996-12-12
  • Recording Venue: 12 December 1996, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (live)

Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Work length3:18
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ofra Harnoy (cello)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Randall Behr
  • Recorded: 1993-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 25/26/28 June 1993, All Saints Church, Tooting

Tchaikovsky: Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin)

Work length6:18
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Randall Behr
  • Recorded: 1993-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 25/26/28 June 1993, All Saints Church, Tooting

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (1985 Digital Remaster), ATTO PRIMO / ACT 1 / ERSTER AKT / PREMIER ACTE: Donna non vidi mai

Work length2:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Bruno Bartoletti
  • Recorded: 1971-12-29
  • Recording Venue: 6-9, 11-15 July & 29 December 1971/Walthamstow Town Hall (July) & No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (December)

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (1985 Digital Remaster), ATTO SECONDO / ACT 2 / ZWEITER AKT / DEUXIÈME ACTE: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce (Des Grieux / Manon)

Work length2:41
$1.30
$1.70
  • Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Bruno Bartoletti
  • Recorded: 1971-12-29
  • Recording Venue: 6-9, 11-15 July & 29 December 1971/Walthamstow Town Hall (July) & No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (December)

Puccini: Tosca (Act I) (1985 Digital Remaster): Dammi i colori....Recondita armonia

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renato Capecchi (baritone)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1980-08-11
  • Recording Venue: 29 - 31 July & 1 - 2 & 11 August 1980 / Kingsway Hall, London

Puccini: Tosca, Act 3 (1985 Digital Remaster): E lucevan le stelle

Work length3:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1980-08-11
  • Recording Venue: 29th - 31st July & 1st - 2nd & 11th August 1980, Kingsway Hall, London

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, ATTO TERZO: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano

Work length2:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • John Barker
  • Recorded: 1988-07-06
  • Recording Venue: 28 June & 6 July 1988/Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 'live'

Boito: Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)

Work length2:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Julius Rudel
  • Recorded: 1973-07-25
  • Recording Venue: 16 & 17, 19-21 and 23-25 July 1973/Kingway Hall, London

Mascagni: Nerone: Vergini Muse ... Quando al soave anelito (Act 3)

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1989-05-24
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 21-24 May 1989/CTS Studios, Wembley

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: O sink hernieder, nacht der Liebe

Work length5:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Deborah Voigt (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Violeta Urmana (lead vocals), Violetta Urmana (vocals)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Orch.Of Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Antonio Pappano
  • Recorded: 2000-01-18
  • Recording Venue: 15,17,18 January 2000, Abbey Road Studio No.1

Wagner: Siegfried: Was am besten er kann.....Ho-ho! Ho-hei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert! (Act I / Scene 3)

Work length6:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), David Cangelosi (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Antonio Pappano
  • Recorded: 2001-07-24
  • Recording Venue: 3,4,23,24 July 2001. The Colosseum, Watford.

Verdi: Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida)

Work length4:25
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1974-07-11
  • Recording Venue: 2-9 & 11 July 1974/Walthamstow Town Hall

Excerpt, Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Work length9:25
$2.60
$3.40
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Reri Grist (soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), Richard van Allan (bass)
  • Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1975-07-10
  • Recording Venue: 28-30 June & 2-5, 8, 10 July 1975/Watford Town Hall

Su, profetessa ... Di' tu se fedele (Act I)

Track length4:08
$1.30
$1.70

Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m' è forza perderti

Track length5:17
$1.30
$1.70

Verdi: La Forza del Destino: O tu che in seno agli angeli (Act 4)

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Teatro alla Scala
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1986-07-15
  • Recording Venue: 6-15 July 1986/Teatro all Scala Milan

Verdi: Su, cacciator...Fontainebleau!...Io la vidi (Don Carlo: Act I)

Work length5:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Maria-Rosa del Campo (lead vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Orch.Of Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Carlo Maria Giulini
  • Recorded: 1970-08-31
  • Recording Venue: 18-31 August 1970, Walthamstow Town Hall

Verdi: Niun mi tema (from Otello)

Work length5:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • John Barker
  • Recorded: 1988-07-06
  • Recording Venue: 28 June & 6 July 1988/Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 'live'

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus, Act II: Lagunen-Walzer: Ach, wie so herrlich zu schau'n

Work length3:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Agnes Baltsa (narrator), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Plácido Domingo
  • Recorded: 1986-04-25
  • Recording Venue: 19-25 April 1986, Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich

Zeller: Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol (from Der Vogelhändler)

Work length3:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Julius Rudel, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Julius Rudel
  • Recorded: 1985-05-07
  • Recording Venue: 1-3 & 7 May 1985/No.1 Studio, Abbye Road

Lehár: Paganini - Gern hab' ich die Frauen geküsst

Work length3:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Julius Rudel, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Julius Rudel
  • Recorded: 1985-05-07
  • Recording Venue: 1-3 & 7 May 1985/No.1 Studio, Abbye Road

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe - Da geh ich zu Maxim

Work length2:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Julius Rudel, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Julius Rudel
  • Recorded: 1985-05-07
  • Recording Venue: 1-3 & 7 May 1985/No.1 Studio, Abbye Road

Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns (2002 Digital Remaster), Act Two: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz! (Sou-Chong)

Work length3:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Julius Rudel, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Julius Rudel
  • Recorded: 1985-05-07
  • Recording Venue: 1-3 & 7 May 1985/No.1 Studio, Abbye Road

Guerrero, J: Los Gavilanes: Mi aldea

Work length3:49
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Orquesta Sinfónico de Madrid/Manuel Moreno-Buendia, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid
  • Manuel Moreno-Buendía
  • Recorded: 1987-07-18
  • Recording Venue: 15-18 July 1987/Teatro Lírico Nacional 'La Zarzuela', Madrid

Guerrero, J: La Rosa del azafrán: Cancion del Sembrador

Work length4:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Coro Titular del Teatro Lírico Nacional 'La Zarzuela'/Orquesta Sinfónico de Madrid/Manuel Moreno-Buendia, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Chorus of Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid
  • Manuel Moreno-Buendía
  • Recorded: 1987-07-18
  • Recording Venue: 15-18 July 1987/Teatro Lírico Nacional 'La Zarzuela', Madrid

Sorozábal: La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’

Work length2:49
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Orquesta Sinfónico de Madrid/Manuel Moreno-Buendia, Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid
  • Manuel Moreno-Buendía
  • Recorded: 1987-07-18
  • Recording Venue: 15-18 July 1987/Teatro Lírico Nacional 'La Zarzuela', Madrid

Alonso, F: Coplas de Ronda: Serenata 'Bella ninña de ojos negros'

Work length3:32
$1.30
$1.70
  • Placido Domingo/Coro Titular del Teatro Lírico Nacional 'La Zarzuela'/Rondalla Lírica de Madrid/Orquesta Sinfónico de Madrid/Manuel Moreno-Buendia, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Rondalla Lírica De Madrid (vocal ensemble)
  • Chorus of Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid
  • Manuel Moreno-Buendía
  • Recorded: 1987-07-18
  • Recording Venue: 15-18 July 1987/Teatro Lírico Nacional 'La Zarzuela', Madrid

Rodrigo: Copillas De Belen: (from Villancicos)

Work length1:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Recorded: 1997-03-22
  • Recording Venue: 22nd March, The Hit Factory, New York

Rodrigo: Coplas del pastor enamorado

Work length3:51
$1.30
$1.70
  • Manuel Barrueco (guitar), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Recorded: 1997-03-22
  • Recording Venue: 22nd March 1997 - The Hit Factory, New York

Alfredo García Segura, Joaquin Rodrigo: En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor

Work length2:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Chorus & Orchestra, Peter Horton (guitar), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1989-01-31
  • Recording Venue: 1989 , Arco Studio, Munich, Germany

G. Dasca, Jacob Gade: Jealousy Tango

Work length2:51
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Chorus & Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1990-01-31
  • Recording Venue: 1989 , Arco Studio, Munich, Germany

trad.: La Golondrina

Work length3:07
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor)
  • Chorus & Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn
  • Recorded: 1989-01-31
  • Recording Venue: 1989 , Arco Studio, Munich, Germany

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