Artist: VA | Album: 40 Most Beautiful Arias | Released: 2009 | Label: Warner Classics | Catalog #: WMTV 032 | Genre: Classical, Opera | Country: EU | Total Time: 02:09:54

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for vocals with orchestral accompaniment and this collection gathers together arias that will touch your heart and relax your soul as you are lifted by their beautiful melodies. 40 tracks including solos from Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Jennifer Lamore, William Christie, Marcello Viotti and many others.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1

01. Plácido Domingo – Turandot, Opera (Act 3 ”Nessun Dorma!” [Calaf]) – Giacomo Puccini
02. Julia Migenes – Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts (Act 1 Habanera – ”L’amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle” [Carmen]) – Georges Bizet
03. Roberto Alagna – L’elisir D’amore, Opera (Act 2 ”Una Furtiva Lagrima” [Nemorino]) – Gaetano Donizetti
04. Angela Gheorghiu – Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts (Act 3 ”Je Dis Que Rien Ne M’epouvante” [Micaela]) – Georges Bizet
05. Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson – Serse (Xerxes), Opera, HWV 40 (Act 1 ”Ombra Mai Fu” [Serse]) – George Frideric Handel
06. Jennifer Larmore – Dido And Aeneas, Opera, Z. 626 (Act 3 ”When I Am Laid In Earth” [Dido]) – Henry Purcell
07. Véronique Gens – Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro), Opera, K. 492 (Act 2 ”Voi, Che Sapete Che Cosa E Amor”) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
08. Cecilia Bartoli – Les Pecheurs De Perles, Opera In 3 Acts (Act 1 ”Au Fond Du Temple Saint” [Nadir, Zurga] – Excerpt) – Georges Bizet
09. Kiri Te Kanawa & Frederica von Stade – Cosi Fan Tutte, Opera, K. 588 (Act 1 ”Soave Sia Il Sento” [Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso]) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. Olga Borodina & Jose Cura – Samson Et Dalila, Opera In 3 Acts, Op. 47 (Act 2 ”Mon Coeur S’ouvre A Ta Voix” [Dalila, Samson]) – Camille Saint-Saens
11. Jerry Hadley & Anne Sofie von Otter – Werther, Lyric Drama In 4 Acts (Act 3 ”Pourquoi Me Reveiller” [Werther, Charlotte]) – Jules Massenet
12. Richard Leech – Rigoletto, Opera (Act 3 ”La Donna E Mobile” [Duca]) – Giuseppe Verdi
13. Eva Urbanova – Rusalka, Opera, B. 203 (Op. 114) (Act 1 ”O Silver Moon” [Rusalka]) – Antonin Dvorak
14. Cristina Gallardo-Domas – Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Opera (Act 2 ”Un Bel Di Vedremo” [Butterfly]) – Giacomo Puccini
15. José Cura – Manon Lescaut, Opera (Act 1 ”Donna Non Vidi Mai” [Des Grieux]) – Giacomo Puccini
16. Neil Schicoff & Edita Gruberova – Martha, Opera (Act 3 ”Ach So Fromm” [Lionel] – Sung In Italian) – Friedrich Von Flotow
17. Kiri Te Kanawa – Tosca, Opera (Act 2 ”Vissi D’arte” [Tosca]) – Giacomo Puccini
18. José Carreras – La Boheme, Opera (Act 1 ”Che Gelida Manina” [Rodolfo]) – Giacomo Puccini
19. Barbara Hendricks – La Boheme, Opera (Act 1 ”Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi” [Mimi]) – Giacomo Puccini
20. Carreras & Hendricks – La Boheme, Opera (Act 1 ”O Soave Fanciulla” [Rodolfo, Mimi]) – Giacomo Puccini

Duration: 01:03:57

Disc 2

01. Cristina Gallardo-Domas – Gianni Schicchi, Opera (Act 1 ”O Mio Babbino Caro” [Lauretta]) – Giacomo Puccini
02. Cristina Gallardo-Domas – La Wally, Opera (Dramma Musicale) In 4 Acts (Act 1 ”Ebben, Ne Andro Lontana” [Wally]) – Alfredo Catalani
03. Jennifer Larmore & Hei-Kyung Hong – Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Opera In 4 Acts (Act 4 Barcarolle – ”Belle Nuit, O Nuit D’amour” [Giulietta, Niklausse]) – Jacques Offenbach
04. Plácido Domingo – Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts (Act 2 Flower Song – ”La Fleur Que Tu M’avais Jetee” [Don Jose]) – Georges Bizet
05. Kiri Te Kanawa – Turandot, Opera (Act 1 ”Signore Ascolta!” [Liu]) – Giacomo Puccini
06. Neil Shicoff & Edith Gruberova – La Traviata, Opera (Act 1 ”Un Di Felice” [Alfredo, Violetta, Gastone]) – Giuseppe Verdi
07. Jennifer Larmore & Hei-Kyung Hong – Lakme, Opera (Act 1 Flower Duet – ”Dome Epais Le Jasmin” [Lakme, Mallika]) – Leo Delibes
08. Lella Cuberli – Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro), Opera, K. 492 (Act 2 ”Porgi Amor Qualche Ristoro” [La Contessa]) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
09. Hans-Peter Blochwitz – Don Giovanni, Opera, K. 527 (Act 1 ”Dalla Sua Pace” [Don Ottavio]) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. Maria Callas – Norma – ”Casta Diva” [Norma & Priestesses] – Giacomo Puccini
11. Marilyn Horne – Rinaldo, Opera, HWV 7 (Act 2 ”Lascia Ch’io Pianga” [Almirena]) – George Frideric Handel
12. Susan Graham – Orphee Et Eurydice (French Version), Opera In 3 Acts, Wq. 41 (Act 3 ”J’ai Perdu Mon Eurydice” [Orphee]) – Christoph Willibald Gluck
13. Rosa Mannion, Anton Scharinger – Die Zauberflote – ”Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen” [Pamina, Papageno] – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. Plácido Domingo – Aida, Opera (Act 1 ”Celeste Aida” [Radames]) – Giuseppe Verdi
15. Kiri Te Kanawa – La Rondine (The Swallow), Opera (Act 1 ”Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta” [Magda]) – Giacomo Puccini
16. Plácido Domingo – Fedora, Opera (Act 2 ”Amor Ti Vieta” [Count Ipanov]) – Umberto Giordano
17. Karita Mattila – Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Operetta (Act 2 Vilja-Lied [Hanna]) – Franz Lehar
18. Placido Domingo – Tosca, Opera (Act 3 ”E Lucevan Le Stelle” [Cavaradossi]) – Giacomo Puccini
19. Cristina Gallardo-Domas – Otello, Opera (Act 4 ”Ave Maria” [Desdemona]) – Giuseppe Verdi
20. Jennifer Larmore – La Cenerentola – ”Non Piu Mesta” [Angiolina] – Giuseppe Verdi

Duration: 01:05:57

Single download
VA – Plácido Domingo – Turandot, Opera Act 3 ”Nessun Dorma!” Calaf
VA – Julia Migenes – Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts Act 1 Habanera – ”L’amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle” Carmen
VA – Roberto Alagna – L’elisir D’amore, Opera Act 2 ”Una Furtiva Lagrima” Nemorino
VA – Angela Gheorghiu – Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts Act 3 ”Je Dis Que Rien Ne M’epouvante” Micaela
VA – Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson – Serse Xerxes
VA – Jennifer Larmore – Dido And Aeneas, Opera, Z. 626 Act 3 ”When I Am Laid In Earth” Dido
VA – Véronique Gens – Le Nozze Di Figaro The Marriage Of Figaro
VA – Cecilia Bartoli – Les Pecheurs De Perles, Opera In 3 Acts Act 1 ”Au Fond Du Temple Saint” Nadir, Zurga
VA – Kiri Te Kanawa & Frederica von Stade – Cosi Fan Tutte, Opera, K. 588 Act 1 ”Soave Sia Il Sento” Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso
VA – Olga Borodina & Jose Cura – Samson Et Dalila, Opera In 3 Acts, Op. 47 Act 2 ”Mon Coeur S’ouvre A Ta Voix” Dalila, Samson
VA – Jerry Hadley & Anne Sofie von Otter – Werther, Lyric Drama In 4 Acts Act 3 ”Pourquoi Me Reveiller” Werther, Charlotte
VA – Richard Leech – Rigoletto, Opera Act 3 ”La Donna E Mobile” Duca
VA – Eva Urbanova – Rusalka, Opera, B. 203 Op. 114
VA – Cristina Gallardo-Domas – Madama Butterfly Madame Butterfly
VA – José Cura – Manon Lescaut, Opera Act 1 ”Donna Non Vidi Mai” Des Grieux
VA – Neil Schicoff & Edita Gruberova – Martha, Opera Act 3 ”Ach So Fromm” Lionel
VA – Kiri Te Kanawa – Tosca, Opera Act 2 ”Vissi D’arte” Tosca
VA – José Carreras – La Boheme, Opera Act 1 ”Che Gelida Manina” Rodolfo
VA – Barbara Hendricks – La Boheme, Opera Act 1 ”Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi” Mimi
VA – Carreras & Hendricks – La Boheme, Opera Act 1 ”O Soave Fanciulla” Rodolfo, Mimi
VA – Cristina Gallardo-Domas – Gianni Schicchi, Opera Act 1 ”O Mio Babbino Caro” Lauretta
VA – Cristina Gallardo-Domas – La Wally, Opera Dramma Musicale
VA – Jennifer Larmore & Hei-Kyung Hong – Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Opera In 4 Acts Act 4 Barcarolle – ”Belle Nuit, O Nuit D’amour” Giulietta, Niklausse
VA – Plácido Domingo – Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts Act 2 Flower Song – ”La Fleur Que Tu M’avais Jetee” Don Jose
VA – Kiri Te Kanawa – Turandot, Opera Act 1 ”Signore Ascolta!” Liu
VA – Neil Shicoff & Edith Gruberova – La Traviata, Opera Act 1 ”Un Di Felice” Alfredo, Violetta, Gastone
VA – Jennifer Larmore & Hei-Kyung Hong – Lakme, Opera Act 1 Flower Duet – ”Dome Epais Le Jasmin” Lakme, Mallika
VA – Lella Cuberli – Le Nozze Di Figaro The Marriage Of Figaro
VA – Hans-Peter Blochwitz – Don Giovanni, Opera, K. 527 Act 1 ”Dalla Sua Pace” Don Ottavio
VA – Maria Callas – Norma – ”Casta Diva” Norma & Priestesses
VA – Marilyn Horne – Rinaldo, Opera, HWV 7 Act 2 ”Lascia Ch’io Pianga” Almirena
VA – Susan Graham – Orphee Et Eurydice French Version
VA – Rosa Mannion, Anton Scharinger – Die Zauberflote – ”Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen” Pamina, Papageno
VA – Plácido Domingo – Aida, Opera Act 1 ”Celeste Aida” Radames
VA – Kiri Te Kanawa – La Rondine The Swallow
VA – Plácido Domingo – Fedora, Opera Act 2 ”Amor Ti Vieta” Count Ipanov
VA – Karita Mattila – Die Lustige Witwe The Merry Widow
VA – Placido Domingo – Tosca, Opera Act 3 ”E Lucevan Le Stelle” Cavaradossi
VA – Cristina Gallardo-Domas – Otello, Opera Act 4 ”Ave Maria” Desdemona
VA – Jennifer Larmore – La Cenerentola – ”Non Piu Mesta” Angiolina

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