Joan Sutherland: The Voice of the Century

Bellini:

Casta Diva (from Norma)

Recorded 1960

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)

Recorded 1960

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (from La Sonnambula)

Recorded 1962

Orchestra del maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Richard Bonynge

Eccomi pronta...Deh, se un'urna (from Beatrice di Tenda)

Recorded 1962

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Bizet:

Vasco da Gama: La marguerite a fermé sa corolle … Ouvre ton coeur

Recorded 1969

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Coward, N:

This is a changing world (from Pacific 1860)

Recorded 1966

Richard Bonynge

Delibes:

Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé)

Recorded 1960

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Donizetti:

Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Recorded 1962

Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Robert Merrill (Enrico)

Orchestra dell’Accademia de Santa Cecilia, Rome, John Pritchard

Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment)

Recorded 1967

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge

Una parola…Chiedi all'aura (from L'elisir d'amore)

Recorded 1970

Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino)

English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Da tutti abbandonata (from Maria Stuarda)

Recorded 1975

Luciano Pavarotti (Leicester)

Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge

Figlio, e spento...Era desso il figlio mio (from Lucrezia Borgia)

Recorded 1978

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Ancor non giunse...Torna, torna, o caro oggetto (from Rosmonda d’Inghilterra)

Recorded 1961; bonus track

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, John Pritchard

Gounod:

Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)

Recorded 1960

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust)

Recorded 1960

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Heuberger:

Gehen wir ins Chambre séparée) from The Opera Ball

Recorded 1966

New Philharmonia, Richard Bonynge

Lehár:

Wär' es auch nichts als ein Augenblick (Eva)

Recorded 1966

New Philharmonia, Richard Bonynge

Massenet:

De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)

Recorded 1962

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Offenbach:

Les oiseaux dans la charmille (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Recorded 1969

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Puccini:

In questa reggia (from Turandot)

Recorded 1972

Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Rossini:

Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)

Recorded 1966

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Strauss, J, II:

Nun's Chorus from Casanova

Recorded 1966

New Philharmonia, Richard Bonynge

Verdi:

È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata)

Sempre libera (from La Traviata)

Recorded 1960

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Che! e segnar questa mano potrebbe l’onta mia (from Luisa Miller)

Tu puniscimi, o Signore … A brani, a brani, o perfido (from Luisa Miller)

Recorded 1963

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto)

Recorded 1971

Luciano Pavarotti (Duca)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Caro nome (from Rigoletto)

Recorded 1971

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge