CD 1: HANDEL & MOZART ARIAS

HANDEL
Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
John Aler tenor
Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis

Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Fritz Wunderlich tenor
Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Hans Müller-Kray

Where’er you walk (Semele)
John Mark Ainsley tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis

Love sounds th’alarm (Acis and Galatea)
Ian Bostridge tenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket

Vani sono i lamenti...Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Placido Domingo tenor
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn

MOZART
Fuor del mar (Idomeneo)
Placido Domingo tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn

Hier soll ich dich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Leopold Simoneau tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham

Konstanze! Konstanze!...O wie ängstlich
(Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Fritz Wunderlich tenor
Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar

Frisch zum Kampfe! (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Placido Domingo tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn

Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Leopold Simoneau tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham

Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni)
Luigi Alva tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini

Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni)
Luigi Alva tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini

Un’ aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)

In qual fiero contrasto…Tradito, schernito (Così fan tutte)
Alfredo Kraus tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl Böhm

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte)
Fritz Wunderlich tenor
Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar

Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (La clemenza di Tito)
Placido Domingo tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn

CD 2: VERDI ARIAS

VERDI
O figli, o figli miei!...Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth)
José Carreras tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

Oh, tutto di navicelle...Ella in poter del barbero...Cara patria (Attila)
Placido Domingo tenor
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn

Oh! fede negar potessi ...Quando le sere (Luisa Miller)
Franco Corelli tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris

Questa o quella (Rigoletto)

Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)

La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Alfredo Kraus tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel

Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore)

Di quella pira (Il trovatore)
Franco Corelli tenor
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Thomas Schippers

Lunge da lei...De’ miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso (La traviata)
Rolando Villazón tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti

Di’ tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Giuseppe Patané

Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m’è forza perderti
(Un ballo in maschera)
Placido Domingo tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli
(La forza del destino)
Carlo Bergonzi tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli

Io l’ho perduta...Io la vidi (Don Carlo)
José Carreras tenor
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida)
Placido Domingo tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

Ingemisco (Requiem)
Luciano Pavarotti tenor
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti

Niun mi tema (Otello)
Placido Domingo tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
John Barker

CD 3: PUCCINI AND THE VERISMO SCHOOL

PUCCINI
Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)
Charles Craig tenor
Orchestra / Michael Collins

Che gelida manina (La bohème)
Roberto Alagna tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano

Recondita armonia (Tosca)
Placido Domingo tenor
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn

E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Franco Corelli tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris

Addio, fiorito asil (Madama Butterfly)
Jussi Björling tenor • Mario Sereni baritone
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini

Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Gianni Schicchi)
Roberto Alagna tenor
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano

Una parola sola...Or son sei mesi (La fanciulla del West)

Ch’ella mi creda libero (La fanciulla del West)
Giuseppe di Stefano tenor
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Antonino Votto

Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras tenor
Rhine Opera Chorus · Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Alain Lombard

GIORDANO
Colpito...Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier)

Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato (Andrea Chénier)

Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier)
Franco Corelli tenor • Antonietta Stella soprano (11)
Mario Sereni & Paolo Pedani baritones (11)
Giuseppi Modesti bass (11)
Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini

Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
Beniamino Gigli tenor
Orchestra / Umberto Berretoni

CILEA
È la solita storia (L’Arlesiana)
Rolando Villazón tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti

MASCAGNI
Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria rusticana)

Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana)
Adriana Lazzarini mezzo-soprano (15)
Corinna Vozza mezzo-soprano (16)
Franco Corelli tenor
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gabriele Santini

O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Gianandrea Gavazzeni

LEONCAVALLO
Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
José Carreras tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

CD 4: ITALIAN AND SPANISH ARIAS

VIVALDI
All’armi, o guerrieri! (Il giustino)
Leonardo de Lisi tenor
Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis

BELLINI
A te, o cara (I puritani)
Franco Corelli tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris

Meco all’altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende (Norma)
Franco Corelli & Piero de Palma tenors
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano /
Tullio Serafin

ROSSINI
Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Luigi Alva tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vittorio Gui

Cujus animam (Stabat Mater)
Robert Gambill tenor
Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Riccardo Muti

Domine Deus (Petite Messe solennelle) arr. Mingardo
Franco Corelli tenor
Orchestra / Raffaele Mingardo

DONIZETTI
Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil (La favorita)
Franco Corelli tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris

Com’è gentil (Don Pasquale)
Alfredo Kraus tenor
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Caldwell

Quanto è bella (L’elisir d’amore)

Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Francesco Molinari Pradelli

Tombe degli avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor)

Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Alfredo Kraus tenor
Robert Lloyd bass (12) • Ambrosian Opera Chorus (12)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno

BOITO
Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)
Peter Seiffert tenor
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg

PONCHIELLI
Cielo e mar (La Gioconda)
Franco Corelli tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris

GUERRERO
Mi aldea (Los gavilanes)
Placido Domingo tenor
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Manuel Moreno-Buendía

SOROZÁBAL
No puede ser (La taberna del puerto)
Rolando Villazón tenor
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid / Placido Domingo

CD 5: FRENCH ARIAS

MEYERBEER
Pays merveilleux...O paradis (L’Africaine)
José Carreras tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Jacques Delacôte

DONIZETTI
Ah ! mes amis, quel jour de fête...Pour mon âme
(La Fille du régiment)
Rockwell Blake tenor
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier

HALÉVY
Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive)
José Carreras tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Jacques Delacôte

ROSSINI
Asile héréditaire (Guillaume Tell)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli

Que les destins prospères (Le Comte Ory)
Rockwell Blake tenor
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier

ADAM
Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire (Le Postillon de Lonjumeau)
John Aler tenor
Chorale Jean Laforge
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo / Thomas Fulton

MASSENET
Je suis seul...Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon)
Alfredo Kraus tenor
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson

Ah ! tout est bien fini !... souverain, ô juge, ô père (Le Cid)
José Carreras tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Jacques Delacôte

Traduire...Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)
Roberto Alagna tenor
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano

GOUNOD
L’amour ! L’amour...Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo et Juliette)
Roberto Alagna tenor
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

Quel trouble inconnu...Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust)
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano, Roger Vignoles piano

LALO
Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien aimée (Le Roi d’Ys)
Beniamino Gigli tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Rainaldo Zamboni

THOMAS
Adieu, Mignon, courage (Mignon)

Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Français /
Georges Prêtre

BIZET
La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen)
Jon Vickers tenor
Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
Alain Vanzo tenor
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris
Georges Prêtre

OFFENBACH
Va, pour Kleinzach (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Nicolai Gedda & Andre Mallabrera tenors
Chœurs René Duclos
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
André Cluytens

Au Mont Ida (La Belle Hélène)
Roberto Alagna tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Richard Armstrong

CD 6: RUSSIAN AND GERMAN ARIAS

TCHAIKOVSKY
Chto nasha zhizhn? Igra! (The Queen of Spades)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch

Kuda, kuda (Eugene Onegin)
Rolando Villazón tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Michel Plasson

BEETHOVEN
Gott! Welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio)
Jon Vickers tenor
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

FLOTOW
Ach, so fromm (Martha)
Fritz Wunderlich tenor
Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar

WEBER
Nein, länger reag’ ich nicht...Durch die Wälder (Der Freischütz)
Rudolf Schock tenor
Berliner Philharmoniker / Joseph Keilberth

LORTZING
Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder (Undine)
Peter Schreier tenor
Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Robert Heger

GOLDMARK
Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München /
Heinrich Bender

LEHÁR
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns)
Fritz Wunderlich tenor
Orchestra / Carl Michalski

Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt (Paganini)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester / Willy Boskovsky

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’ (Der Zigeunerbaron)
Peter Seiffert tenor
Wiener Opernball-Orchester (Mitgleider der Wiener Volksoper)
Peter Falk

WAGNER
Dir töne Lob! (Tannhäuser)
Klaus König tenor
Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink

In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender

Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)
Rudolf Schock tenor
Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg /
Wilhelm Schüchter

Morgenlicht leuchtend im rosigem Schein
(Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Ben Heppner tenor
Bernd Weikl baritone • Kurt Moll bass • Cheryl Studer soprano
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper • Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Winterstürme, wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walküre)
Peter Seiffert tenor
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Heinz Wallberg

Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung! (Siegfried)
Siegfried Jerusalem & Peter Haage tenors
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink