When Joan Sutherland died, many music critics commented on the quality of her voice in her early performances. The concert performances recorded here gave her the opportunity to deliver glorious singing without too many distractions. She was also able to collaborate with artists who she would not encounter in the opera house, such as Dennis Brain, heard here.
Spohr: Rose softly blooming (from Zemira and Aphor)
Rossini: La fioraia Fiorentina
Donizetti: Confusa è l'alma mia (from Emilia di Liverpool)
Donizetti: Non intende il mio contento (from Emilia di Liverpool)
Mozart: O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte)
Mozart: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte)
not sure
not sure
not sure
Handel: Ah! Ruggiero (from Alcina)
Bellini: Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani)
Verdi: È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata)
Donizetti: Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Donizetti: Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Mozart: Martern aller Arten
Bellini: Casta diva . . . Ah, bello a me ritorna
Haydn: Pietà di me, benigni dei!
Haydn: Se ti perdo
Handel: Di', cor mio, quanto io t'amai
Handel: Tornami a vagheggiar
Donizetti: Regnava nel silenzio . . . Quando, rapito in estasi
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Spohr: Rose softly blooming (from Zemira and Aphor)