Crescenzo: Rondine al nido

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A Napoli: Italian Popular Songs

A Napoli: Italian Popular Songs


Barberis:

Munasterio ‘e Santa-Chiara

Bixio:

Parlami d'amore Mariù

Mamma

Cannio:

O surdato 'nnamurato

Capua:

I' te vurria vasà!

Cardillo:

Core 'ngrato

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

Falvo:

Dicitencello vuie

Gambardella:

O Marenariello

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Mario:

Santa Lucia luntana

Rossini:

Soirées musicales: La Danza

Tosti:

Ideale

Aprile


Marc Hervieux (tenor), Louise-Andree Baril (piano)

Marc Hervieux has dedicated his third ATMA CD to Neapolitan songs. He delivers superb renditions of these favourite songs assisted by some superb musicians such as pianist and arranger Louise-André Baril, violinist François Pilon, guitarist Daniel Bolshoy and flautist Marie-André.

Atma - ACD22620

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A Passion for Pavarotti: The Neapolitan Songbook

A Passion for Pavarotti: The Neapolitan Songbook


Bellini:

Vaga luna che inargenti

Bixio:

Mamma

La mia canzone al vento

Buzzi-Peccia:

Lolita

Capua:

O sole mio

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

Torna a Surriento

Donizetti:

Me voglio fa'na casa

Lazzaro, E:

Chitarra romana

Mascagni:

Serenata

Pergolesi:

Tre giorni son che Nina

Rossini:

La promessa

Sibella:

La Girometta

Tosti:

Non t'amo più!

L'ultima canzone

Marechiare

Luna d'estate

Malià

Ideale

Chanson de l’Adieu

Aprile


This 2-CD set features 22 groundbreaking performances by the legendary Luciano Pavarotti. The recordings include Neapolitan songs by Tosti, Bixio, De Curtis and many more by Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini, Mascagni and other composers. The set is one of five new releases featuring the great tenor to be issued by the American label Opera d’Oro during the early summer.

Opera dOro A Passion for Pavarotti - OPD6005

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O Sole mio - Neapolitan Canzone Volume 1

O Sole mio - Neapolitan Canzone Volume 1


Arona:

La campana di San Giusto

Aureliano Pertile

Brogi:

Visione Veneziana

Titta Ruffo

Buzzi-Peccia:

Mal d'amore

Joseph Schmidt

Capua:

O sole mio

Enrico Caruso

Costa, P M:

Era de Maggio

Fernando de Lucia and Salvatore di Giacomo

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Beniamino Gigli

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

Richard Tucker

Denza:

Vieni

Giovanni Zenatello

Funiculì-Funiculà

Alessandro Ziliani

Gambardella:

O Marenariello

Tito Schipa

Lama, G:

Reginella

Giuseppe Di Stefano

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Dmitri Smirnov

Luca, G:

Pizziche e vase

Ferruccio Tagliavini

Mascagni:

Serenata

Alessandro Valente

Ruccione:

Famme sunn’a cu’tte

Tito Gobbi

Tagliaferri:

Piscatore 'e pusilleco

Licia Albanese

Napule Canta

Giuseppe Taddei

Tirindelli:

Primavera

Hina Spani

Tosti:

Il pescatore canta

Lucien Muratore

Luna d'estate

Rosa Ponselle

Pour un baiser

Louis Cazette

L'ultima canzone

Conchita Supervia

L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra

Jussi Björling

Malià

Cesare Siepi

Ancora

Giuseppe Valdengo


Embodying sunny climates, this collection of 24 Neapolitan canzone is perfect for this time of year!

“Caruso sings the ‘title track’, very aptly. Don’t, however, overlook Lucien Muratore’s head voice in his 1915 Il pescatore pensa nor on any account the luminously fluid legato of Schipa’s O Marenariello.” MusicWeb International, March 2010

Preiser - PR90766

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Luciano Pavarotti  - Mamma

Luciano Pavarotti - Mamma

Mamma, recorded in 1984, one of Pavarotti’s twelve original studio albums made during the course of his unparalleled career.


Anzi:

Voglio vivere così

Arona:

La campana di San Giusto

Bixio:

Mamma

Vivere

Parlami d'amore Mariù

La mia canzone al vento

Buzzi-Peccia:

Lolita

Califano:

Vieni sul mar

Cesarini:

Firenze Sogna

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

Gastaldon:

Musica proibita

Innocenzi:

Addio, sogni di gloria!

Mancini, H:

In un palco della Scala

(with apologies to Pink Panther)

trad.:

La Ghirlandeina


Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) & Andrea Griminelli (solo flute)

Henry Mancini

all pieces arranged by Mancini

Decca - E4758387

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The Gigli Edition 15

The Gigli Edition 15

The 1955 Carnegie Hall Farewell Recitals


Bixio:

Mamma

Caccini, G:

Amarilli mia bella

Capua:

O sole mio

Carnevali:

Come, love with me

Chopin:

Reviens, mon amour (from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3)

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curran:

Life

Curtis, E:

Addio bel sogno

Donaudy:

O del mio amato ben

Galli-Curci:

Notte a Venezia

Gomes:

Lo Schiavo

All’istante partir ..

Quando nascesti tu

Grieg:

Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum'

Handel:

Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse)

Massenet:

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

sung in Italian as O dolce incanto …Chiudi gli occhi

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

sung in Italian as Ah! Non mi ridestar

Meyerbeer:

Mi batte il cor … O paradiso (from L'Africana)

Mozart:

Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni)

Puccini:

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West)

Veroli:

Ritorna amore

Wagner:

Mein lieber Schwan (from Lohengrin)

sung in Italian as Mercè, mercè, cigno gentil

Weckerlin:

Bergère légère


By and large Gigli kept faith with those pieces he most enjoyed singing and that his public adored. ‘It was only through my audiences that this exercise of lungs, diaphragm and vocal cords became transmuted for me into a profound spiritual experience. Like a squirrel counting his hoard of nuts in the winter, I treasure their applause in my memory.’

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Naxos Historical Great Singers - 8111104

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Pavarotti in Central Park

Pavarotti in Central Park


Bizet:

Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen

arr. Borne

Capua:

O sole mio

Cilea:

È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana)

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

Denza:

Occhi di fata

Donizetti:

Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Ellington:

It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)

Lazzaro, E:

Chitarra romana

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Mascagni:

Serenata

Massenet:

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Mercadante:

Rondò russo

Puccini:

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Sibella:

La Girometta

Strayhorn:

Take the A Train

trad.:

I can go to God in prayer

Verdi:

Luisa Miller Overture

I vespri siciliani Overture

La traviata: Prelude to Act 3


The DVD release will also be available in a special-price `Pavarotti: The DVD Collection' 3 DVD box set (0743072), accompanied by `Pavarotti and Levine in Recital' and `Pavarotti: 30th Anniversary Gala Concert'

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Decca - E711809

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Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert (1990)

Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert (1990)


Annibale:

O Paese d' 'o sole

Bernstein:

Maria (from West Side Story)

Tonight (from West Side Story)

Capua:

O sole mio

Cardillo:

Core 'ngrato

Cilea:

È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana)

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Torna a Surriento

Filiberto:

Caminito

Giordano, U:

Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier)

Guglielmi:

La vie en rose

LaCalle:

Amapola

Lara, Augustin:

Granada

Lehár:

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Lloyd Webber, A:

Memory (from Cats)

Mendoza y Cortés:

Cielito Lindo

Meyerbeer:

O Paradiso! (from L'Africana)

Puccini:

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Siecynski:

Wien, Wien nur du Allein (Vienna, City of My Dreams)

Sorozábal:

La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’

trad.:

Ochi tchorniye


On the evening of July 7, 1990, an `impossible dream' came true: the three greatest tenors of the day joined forces with an orchestra of 200 musicians against a backdrop of the majestic scenery of ancient Rome.

In the famous Baths of Caracalla in Rome, on a brilliant starlit night with a full moon rising, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, and Luciano Pavarotti, together with Maestro Zubin Mehta, presented an evening of arias, songs and medleys which was unique in musical history.

For the 6,000 fortunate people who crowded into Caracalla that evening, it was an experience never to be forgotten. This recording is a document of that special performance, recorded live on the occasion, as a souvenir for music-lovers everywhere.

The original 1990 digital multi-track recording has been newly re-mastered, maintaining the recorded sound in the digital domain throughout the mixing, editing and CD transfer stages, giving an increased fidelity and presence to this unique recording.

Decca - 4304332

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Pavarotti, 1937 - 2007: A World Icon

Pavarotti, 1937 - 2007: A World Icon

2 CDs and 2 DVDs


Includes

Bellini:

Dolente immagine di Fille mia

Vanne, o rosa fortunata

Bella Nice che d'amore

Ma rendi pur contento

E serbato a questo acciaro (from I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

La mia canzon d'amor...Elvira, Elvira! (from I Puritani)

Capua:

O sole mio

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Torna a Surriento

Non ti scordar di me

Denza:

Zocchi da fata

Donizetti:

Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore)

Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Flotow:

M'appari (from Martha)

Giordano, U:

Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Lazzaro, E:

Chitarra romana

Leoncavallo:

Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)

Massenet:

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Mozart:

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

Non ho colpa (from Idomeneo)

Ah, qual gelido orror...Il padre adorato (from Idomeneo)

Puccini:

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Respighi:

Nevicata, P. 65

Pioggia

Nebbie

Rossini:

La promessa

Soirées musicales: La Danza

Schubert:

Ave Maria, D839

Tosti:

Marechiare

A vucchella

Verdi:

La mia letizia infondere (from I Lombardi)

Questa o quella (from Rigoletto)

Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller)

Oh! fede negar potessi (from Luisa Miller)

Ella mi fu rapita! (from Rigoletto)

Parmi veder le lagrime (from Rigoletto)

La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)


Luciano Pavarotti was born the 10th of December 1935 in Modena Italy, and his debut came on April 29, 1961 as Rodolfo in La boheme, at the opera house in Reggio Emilia. His American debut came in February 1965, in a Miami production of Lucia di Lammermoor. It wasn’t until February 17, 1972, that the Pavarotti phenomenon was born, in a production of La Fille du Regiment at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.

One of classical music’s most bankable names, selling more than 100 million recordings world-wide on Thursday, September 6, 2007, Pavarotti passed away at his home in Modena, Italy.

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T2 Entertainment - 74386

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The Pavarotti Collection Vol. 2

The Pavarotti Collection Vol. 2


Adam:

O Holy Night

Barber, S:

Agnus Dei

Beethoven:

In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133

Bellini:

E serbato a questo acciaro (from I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

Ola ! Chi sei? (from I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

Cavaliere

Vaga luna che inargenti

Dolente immagine di Fille mia

Vieni, fra queste braccia! (from I Puritani)

Son salvo, alfin son salvo...A una fonte afflitto (from I Puritani)

Malinconia, ninfa gentile

Son salvo, alfin son salvo...A una fonte afflitto (from I Puritani)

Credeasi misera, da me tradita (from I Puritani)

Bella Nice che d'amore

Ma rendi pur contento

Dolente immagine di Fille mia

Vanne, o rosa fortunata

Bella Nice che d'amore

Berchem:

O Jesu Christe

Bixio:

La mia canzone al vento

Mamma

Bizet:

Agnus Dei

Buzzi-Peccia:

Lolita

Capua:

O sole mio

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Curtis, E:

Torna a Surriento

Non ti scordar di me

Denza:

Occhi di fata

Donizetti:

Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! (from La Fille du Régiment)

Pour me rapprocher de Marie (from La Fille du régiment)

Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

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

Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore)

Qui di sposa eterna...Ah! Verrano a te sull'aure (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Che voi m'amate (from La Figlia del Reggimento)

Me voglio fa'na casa

Il barcaiolo 'Voga, voga, il vento tace'

Sulla tomba che rinserra (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Flotow:

Ach, so fromm (from Martha)

Franck, C:

Panis Angelicus

Giordani, G:

Caro mio ben

Giordano, U:

Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Gluck:

Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice)

Gruber, F:

Stille Nacht

Handel:

Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

Lazzaro, E:

Chitarra romana

Legrenzi:

Che fiero costume

Leoncavallo:

Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)

Liszt:

Sonetto 104 del Petrarca 'Pace non trovo', S270 No. 1

Mascagni:

Serenata

Massenet:

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

A Parigi n'andrem (Manon)

Mozart:

No, la morte io non pavento (from Idomeneo)

Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni)

Padre, mio caro padre (from Idomeneo)

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

Spiegarti non poss'io, K489

Non ho colpa (from Idomeneo)

Ah, qual gelido orror...Il padre adorato (from Idomeneo)

Pergolesi:

Tre giorni son che Nina

Puccini:

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

O Mimi, tu piu non torni (from La Bohème)

Dunque è proprio finita! (from La Bohème)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Non sono in vena (from La Bohème)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

Respighi:

Nevicata, P. 65

Nebbie

Pioggia

Rossini:

Soirées musicales: La Danza

La promessa

Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem

Schubert:

Ave Maria, D839

Mille Cherubini in coro

Sibella:

La Girometta

Stradella:

Pieta, Signore

Tosti:

Luna d'estate

Ideale

A vucchella

L'ultima canzone

Non t'amo più!

Aprile

Marechiare

Malià

Chanson de l’Adieu

Verdi:

De' miei bollenti spiriti (from La traviata)

Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto)

Un dì felice, eterea (from La traviata)

Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata)

Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata)

Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera)

Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore)

La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)

Ah! L'Ultima Preghiera (from Luisa Miller)

Ah Inseperabile

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto)

O madra mia ... Come poteva un angelo (from I Lombardi)

Un dì felice, eterea (from La traviata)

Partite? Crudele!

Questa o quella (from Rigoletto)

Amelia a d'ess'ancor (from Luisa Miller)

La mia letizia infondere (from I Lombardi)

Ella mi fu rapita! (from Rigoletto)

Oh! fede negar potessi (from Luisa Miller)

Kyrie eleison (from Requiem)

O mio rimorso (from La Traviata)

Wade:

O come, all ye faithful

Yon:

Gesu bambino


Featuring 100 historic recordings on 12 CDs (including beloved arias such as Nessun Dorma), the set also includes excerpts from oratorios and art songs.

As a bonus, Pavarotti’s magnificent 1989 live performance in Barcelona is captured on DVD with terrific sound and picture.

Bravissimo - BRV9913

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$33.50

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The Decca Sound

The Decca Sound


Annibale:

O Paese d' 'o sole

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Bach, J S:

Magnificat in D major, BWV243

Hanneke van Bork, Elly Ameling (sopranos), Helen Watts (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger

Cantata BWV10 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren'

Elly Ameling (soprano), Werner Krenn (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger

Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'

Gabriele Fontana (soprano), Gösta Wimbergh (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Wiener Akademie-Chor Hymnuschor Stuttgart, Karl Münchinger

Goldberg Variations, BWV988

András Schiff (piano)

Barber, S:

Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Recorded in 1996

Joshua Bell (violin)

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman

Bartók:

Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Julius Katchen (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Beethoven:

Ecco quel fiero istante! (La partenza WoO.124)

Che fa il mio ben? (L'amante impaziente, Op. 82 No. 3)

Che fa il mio ben? (L'amante impaziente, Op. 82 No. 4)

T'intendo, si, mio cor (Liebes Klage, Op. 82 No. 2)

Dimmi, ben mio (Hoffnung, Op. 82 No. 1)

In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133

Recorded in 1992

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Andras Schiff (piano)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Recorded in 2009

Janine Jansen (violin)

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Paavo Järvi

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

Recorded in 1972

Radu Lupu (piano)

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

Recorded in 1972

Radu Lupu (piano)

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

Recorded in 1972

Radu Lupu (piano)

Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

Recorded in 1970

Radu Lupu (piano)

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'

Recorded 2003/2004

Takács Quartet

String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

Recorded 2003/2004

Takács Quartet

Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133

Recorded 2003/2004

Takács Quartet

Septet in E flat major, Op. 20

Recorded in 1959

Members of the Wiener Oktett

Bellini:

Adalgisa! … Oh! Rimembranza! (from Norma)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Ma di’ … Oh non tremare (from Norma)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Angiol di pace (from Beatrice di Tenda)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Berg:

Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra

Recorded in 1973

Anja Silja (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnányi

Bernstein:

Maria (from West Side Story)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Tonight (from West Side Story)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Bizet:

Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite), Op. 22

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon

Bloch, E:

Nigun (Baal Shem No. 2)

Recorded in 1996

Joshua Bell (violin)

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman

Borodin:

Symphony No. 2 in B minor

London Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon

Prince Igor Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Brahms:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Recorded in 2006

Nelson Freire (piano)

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly

Britten:

War Requiem, Op. 66

Recorded in 1963

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Simon Preston (organ)

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, The Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir, Melos Ensemble, Benjamin Britten

Embroidery in childhood (from Peter Grimes)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15

Recorded in 2009

Janine Jansen (violin)

London Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

Bruch:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Recorded in 1972

Kyung Wha Chung (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

Recorded in 1972

Kyung Wha Chung (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe

Bruckner:

Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'

Recorded in 1973

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Capua:

O sole mio

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Cardillo:

Core 'ngrato

Recorded on 7th July 1990

José Carreras (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Chabrier:

España

Recorded 1957

London Symphony Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta

Cilea:

È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

José Carreras (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Crescenzo:

Rondine al nido

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Curtis, E:

Torna a Surriento

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Debussy:

Images for orchestra

Recorded 1961

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

Dvorak:

Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Recorded in 1961

Wiener Philharmoniker, István Kertész

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Recorded in 1963

London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Elgar:

Enigma Variations, Op. 36

London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

Falla:

El sombrero de tres picos

Recorded 1961

Teresa Berganza (mezzo)

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

Noches en los jardines de Espana

Recorded in 1983

Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Giordano, U:

Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

José Carreras (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Glinka:

Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Goldschmidt, B:

Der Verflossene

Granados:

Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza'

Recorded 1957

London Symphony Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta

Goyescas (opera)

Recorded in 1976

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

El Pelele

Recorded in 1976

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Grieg:

Holberg Suite, Op. 40

Recorded in 1970

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Guglielmi:

La vie en rose

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Haydn:

Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb/2

Recorded in 1992

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Andras Schiff (piano)

Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'

Recorded in 1962

Sylvia Stahlman (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Simon Preston (organ)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

Mass, Hob. XXII: 9 in C major 'Paukenmesse'

Recorded in 1969

April Cantelo (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Barry McDaniel (baritone), Stephen Cleobury (organ)

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, George Guest

Holländer:

Ich tanze um die Welt mit Dir

Zieh Dich aus, Petronella!

Raus mit den Männern!

Es kommt jeder dran

Stürme der Liedenschaft

Phaea

Wir wollen alle wieder Kinder sein!!

Münchhausen

Holst:

The Planets, Op. 32

Recorded in 1961

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herbert von Karajan

The Perfect Fool, Op. 39/H 150: Ballet Music

Recorded in 1961

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Egdon Heath, a homage to Thomas Hardy, Op.47

Recorded in 1961

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Ibert:

Divertissement

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon

Ives, C:

Symphony No. 2

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Janacek:

Sinfonietta

Recorded in 1980

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras

The Cunning Little Vixen - Suite

Recorded in 1979

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras

Taras Bulba

Recorded in 1980

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras

LaCalle:

Amapola

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Lara, Augustin:

Granada

Recorded on 7th July 1990

José Carreras (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Lehár:

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita'

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Lloyd Webber, A:

Memory (from Cats)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Mahler:

Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand'

Recorded in 1971

Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger (sopranos), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Helen Watts (contralto), Rene Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Sir Georg Solti

Mendelssohn:

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Recorded in 1981

Kyung Wha Chung (violin)

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Recorded in 1960

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag

A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61

Recorded in 1957

Jennifer Vyvyan, Marion Lowe (sopranos)

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag

Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

Recorded in 1972

Members of the Wiener Oktett

Mendoza y Cortés:

Cielito Lindo

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Messiaen:

Turangalîla Symphony

Recorded in 1992

Takashi Harada (ondes martenot), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Meyerbeer:

Ô Paradis (from L'Africaine)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Moszkowski:

Danse espagnoles, Op. 12

Recorded 1957

London Symphony Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta

Mozart:

Ridente la calma, K152

Recorded in 1992

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Andras Schiff (piano)

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466

Recorded in 1970

Clifford Curzon (piano)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595

Recorded in 1970

Clifford Curzon (piano)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

Recorded 1982; orch. Vladimir Ashkenazy

Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Khovanshchina: Prelude

Compl. & orch. Rimsky-Korsakov

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

A Night on the Bare Mountain

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Nelson, Rudolf:

Das spricht Bände

Mir ist so nach Tamerlan!

Parry:

I was glad

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, David Hill

Blest Pair of Sirens

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, David Hill

Jerusalem

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, David Hill

Pergolesi:

Stabat Mater

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Salve Regina in F minor

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Salve Regina in A minor

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Ponchielli:

Ecco la barca … addio (from La Gioconda)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Prokofiev:

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Julius Katchen (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Puccini:

Turandot (highlights)

Recorded in 1972

Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Timur),

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

La fanciulla del West (excerpts)

Recorded in 1958

Renata Tebaldi (Minnie), Mario del Monaco (Dick Johnson), Cornell MacNeil (Jack Rance), Giorgio Tozzi (Jake Wallace)

Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia Roma, Franco Capuana

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Purcell:

Dido and Aeneas

Recorded in 1992

Catherine Bott (Dido), Emma Kirkby (Belinda), John Mark Ainsley (Aeneas), David Thomas (Sorceress), Elizabeth Priday (First Witch), Sara Stowe (Second Witch), Julianne Baird (Second Woman), Daniel Lochmann (First Sailor), Michael Chance (Spirit)

Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Rachmaninov:

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Recorded 1963

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

Recorded 1977

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Ravel:

Ma Mère l'Oye

Recorded in 1983

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Recorded in 1983

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Recorded in 1983

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Valses nobles et sentimentales

Recorded in 1983

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Boléro

Recorded in 1981

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Piano Concerto in G major

Julius Katchen (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Daphnis et Chloé

London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

Respighi:

Roman Festivals

Recorded in 1976

The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Pines of Rome

Recorded in 1976

The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Rimsky Korsakov:

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Recorded 1957

London Symphony Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta

Le Coq d'Or Suite

Recorded in 1979

The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Rossini:

Mura felici (from La donna del lago)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Saint-Saëns:

Danse macabre, Op. 40

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon

Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Pascal Rogé (piano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit

Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

Pascal Rogé (piano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit

Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 'Egyptian'

Pascal Rogé (piano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit

Schoenberg:

Erwartung, Op. 17

Recorded in 1979

Anja Silja (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnányi

Schubert:

Vedi quanto adoro ancora ingrato!, D510

Im Haine, D738

Sung in Italian

Io vuo'cantar di Cadmo (Alla cetra, D737)

La pastorella, D528

Non t'accostar all'urna, D688 No. 1

Guarda, che bianca luna, D688 No. 2

Da quel sembiante appresi, D688 No. 3

Mio ben ricordati D688 No. 4

Pensa, che questo istante, D76

Willkommen und Abschied, D767

Sung in Italian; recorded in 1992

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Andras Schiff (piano)

Schumann:

Carnaval, Op. 9

Recorded in 2002

Nelson Freire (piano)

Shostakovich:

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Recorded in 1983

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70

Recorded in 1980

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Sibelius:

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

Recorded 1984

Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Siecynski:

Wien, Wien nur du Allein (Vienna, City of My Dreams)

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Sorozábal:

La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Spoliansky:

Alles Schwindel

Das Gesellschaftslied

Meine beste Freundin

100 meter Glück

L'heure bleue

Das Lila Lied

Maskulinum-Femininum

Recorded in 1966

Ute Lemper

Matrix Ensemble, Robert Ziegler

Strauss, E:

Ohne Bremse Op. 238 Polka schnell

Strauss, J, I:

Loreley-Rhein-Klänge, Walzer, Op. 154

Radetsky March, Op. 228

New Year’s Concert, 1979

Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky

Strauss, J, II:

Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333

Bitte Schon, Polka, Op. 372

Bei uns z´Haus Waltz, Op. 361

Tik-Tak Polka, Op. 365

Pizzicato Polka

Auf der Jagd, Op. 373

Leichtes Blut, polka schnell, Op. 319

An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

Strauss, Josef:

Die Emanzipierte

Moulinet-Polka

Rudolfsheimer-polka

Strauss, R:

Don Juan, Op. 20

Recorded in 1989

San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt

Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Recorded in 1989

San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt

Ich komme, grünen Brüder (from Daphne)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Stravinsky:

The Firebird

Recorded in 1981

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

The Rite of Spring

Recorded in 1982

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Suppe:

Die schöne Galathée Overture

Leichte Kavallerie Overture

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Dichter und Bauer Overture

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien Overture

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Pique Dame Overture

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Susato:

Danserye

New London Consort, Philip Pickett

Tchaikovsky:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Recorded 1956

Alfredo Campoli (violin)

London Symphony Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta

Puskay pogibnu ya 'Tatiana's Letter Scene' (from Eugene Onegin)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

Recorded in 1968

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Recorded in 1968

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

trad.:

Ochi tchorniye

Recorded on 7th July 1990

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenors)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Varèse:

Arcana

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Intégrales

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Ionisation

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Verdi:

Era più calmo? (from Otello)

Renée Fleming (soprano)

Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria (from Otello)

Recorded in 1996

Renée Fleming (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Solingo, errante e misero (from Ernani)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Tu del mio Carlo (from I masnadieri)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Giá nella notte densa (from Otello)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Madre, non dormi? (from Il trovatore)

Recorded at the Lincoln Centre in 1981

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Wagner:

Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts)

Recorded 1958 - 1960

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Gerhard Stolze (Mime)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Walton:

Violin Concerto

Recorded in 1996

Joshua Bell (violin)

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman

Belshazzar's Feast

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, David Hill

Coronation Te Deum

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, David Hill

Webern:

Im sommerwind (Idyl for large orchestra) (1904)

Recorded in 1991

Anja Silja (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnányi

Ziehrer:

Herreinspaziert, Op. 518


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