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The Essential Masterpieces
Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), James King (tenor), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Victor Braun (baritone), Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Teresa Berganza...
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- Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Lamberto Gardelli
- Recorded: 1962-07
- Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence
"Oh! mio babbino caro"
Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3
- Wiener Staatsoper
- Lamberto Gardelli
- Recorded: 1965-09
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1
- Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
- Vienna Cantata Orchestra
- Henry Lewis
- Recorded: 1967-10-13
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Dove sei, amato bene?"
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2
- Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
- Recorded: 1955-09
- Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Florence
"Una furtiva lagrima"
Delibes: Lakmé / Act 2
- Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
- Recorded: 1960-08-18
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Où va la jeune Indoue" (Bell song)
Puccini: Tosca / Act 3
- Franco Corelli (tenor)
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Lorin Maazel
- Recorded: 1966-06-30
- Recording Venue: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
"E lucevan le stelle"
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- Julia Varady (soprano)
- The London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Recorded: 1976-06-16
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Regina coeli laetare"
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act 3
- James King (tenor)
- Wiener Opernorchester
- Dietfried Bernet
- Recorded: 1967-03-30
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Morgenlich leuchtend"
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 - Paris version / Act 3
- Helga Dernesch (soprano), Victor Braun (baritone)
- Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1970-10-22
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat" (Pilgrims Chorus)
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1
- Pilar Lorengar (soprano)
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Giuseppe Patanè
- Recorded: 1966-07-10
- Recording Venue: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
"Mesicku na nebi hlubokém"