VA — 40 Most Beautiful Arias (2009) MP3 320 Kbps

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TRACKLIST

CD1:

01. Placido Domingo — Turandot, Opera (Act 3 \’Nessun Dorma!\’ [Calaf]) [03:25] 02. Julia Migenes — Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts (Act 1 Habanera — \’L\’amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle\’ [Carmen]) [04:17] 03. Roberto Alagna — L\’elisir D\’amore, Opera (Act 2 \’Una Furtiva Lagrima\’ [Nemorino]) [04:19] 04. Angela Gheorghiu — Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts (Act 3 \’Je Dis Que Rien Ne M\’epouvante\’ [Micaela]) [05:05] 05. Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson — Les Pecheurs De Perles, Opera In 3 Acts (Act 1 \’Au Fond Du Temple Saint\’ [Nadir, Zurga]) [04:09] 06. Jennifer Larmore — Serse (Xerxes), Opera, HWV 40 (Act 1 \’Ombra Mai Fu\’ [Serse]) [03:36] 07. Veronique Gens — Dido And Aeneas, Opera, Z. 626 (Act 3 \’When I Am Laid In Earth\’ [Dido]) [03:55] 08. Cecilia Bartoli — Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro), Opera, K. 492 (Act 2 \’Voi Che Sapete [Cherubino]) [02:56] 09. Kiri Te Kanawa & Frederica von Stade — Cosi Fan Tutte, Opera, K. 588 (Act 1 \’Soave Sia Il Sento\’ [Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso]) [03:09] 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]) [03:19] 11. Jerry Hadley & Anne Sofie von Otter — Werther, Lyric Drama In 4 Acts (Act 3 \’Pourquoi Me Reveiller\’ [Werther, Charlotte]) [02:24] 12. Richard Leech — Rigoletto, Opera (Act 3 \’La Donna E Mobile\’ [Duca]) [02:20] 13. Eva Urbanova — Rusalka, Opera, B. 203 (Op. 114) (Act 1 \’O Silver Moon\’ [Rusalka]) [06:05] 14. Cristina Gallardo-Domas — Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Opera (Act 2 \’Un Bel Di Vedremo\’ [Butterfly]) [04:29] 15. Jose Cura — Manon Lescaut, Opera (Act 1 \’Donna Non Vidi Mai\’ [Des Grieux]) [02:34] 16. Neil Schicoff & Edita Gruberova — La Traviata, Opera (Act 1- Brindisi- Libiamo, Libiamo Ne\’Lieti Calici [Alfredo, Violetta]) [02:58] 17. Kiri Te Kanawa — Tosca, Opera (Act 2 \’Vissi D\’arte\’ [Tosca]) [03:06] 18. Jose Carreras — La Boheme, Opera (Act 1 \’Che Gelida Manina\’ [Rodolfo]) [04:21] 19. Barbara Hendricks — La Boheme, Opera (Act 1 \’Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi\’ [Mimi]) [05:32] 20. Carreras & Hendricks — La Boheme, Opera (Act 1 \’O Soave Fanciulla\’ [Rodolfo, Mimi]) [04:06]

CD2:

01. Cristina Gallardo-Domas — Gianni Schicchi, Opera (Act 1 \’O Mio Babbino Caro\’ [Lauretta]) [02:31] 02. Cristina Gallardo-Domas — La Wally, Opera (Dramma Musicale) In 4 Acts (Act 1 \’Ebben, Ne Andro Lontana\’ [Wally]) [03:42] 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]) [02:31] 04. Placido Domingo — Carmen, Opera-Comique In 4 Acts (Act 2 Flower Song — \’La Fleur Que Tu M\’avais Jetee\’ [Don Jose]) [04:04] 05. Kiri Te Kanawa — Turandot, Opera (Act 1 \’Signore Ascolta!\’ [Liu]) [02:41] 06. Neil Shicoff & Edith Gruberova — La Traviata, Opera (Act 1 \’Un Di Felice\’ [Alfredo, Violetta]) [03:09] 07. Jennifer Larmore & Hei-Kyung Hong — Lakme, Opera (Act 1 Flower Duet — \’Dome Epais Le Jasmin\’ [Lakme, Mallika]) [04:38] 08. Lella Cuberli — Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro), Opera, K. 492 (Act 2 \’Porgi Amor Qualche Ristoro\’ [La Contessa]) [04:08] 09. Hans-Peter Blochwitz — Don Giovanni, Opera, K. 527 (Act 1 \’Dalla Sua Pace\’ [Don Ottavio]) [04:40] 10. Maria Callas — Norma — \’Casta Diva\’ [Norma & Priestesses] [06:53] 11. Marilyn Horne — Rinaldo, Opera, HWV 7 (Act 2 \’Lascia Ch\’io Pianga\’ [Almirena]) [04:35] 12. Susan Graham — Orphee Et Eurydice (French Version), Opera In 3 Acts, Wq. 41 (Act 3 \’J\’ai Perdu Mon Eurydice\’ [Orphee]) [04:24] 13. Rosa Mannion & Anton Scharinger — Die Zauberflote — \’Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen\’ [Pamina, Papageo] [02:57] 14. Placido Domingo — Aida, Opera (Act 1 \’Celeste Aida\’ [Radames]) [04:43] 15. Kiri Te Kanawa — La Rondine (The Swallow), Opera (Act 1 \’Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta\’ [Magda]) [02:56] 16. Placido Domingo — Fedora, Opera (Act 2 \’Amor Ti Vieta\’ [Count Ipanov]) [02:11] 17. Karita Mattila — Die Lus Witwe (The Merry Widow), Operetta (Act 2 Vilja-Lied [Hanna]) [04:53] 18. Placido Domingo — Tosca, Opera (Act 3 \’E Lucevan Le Stelle\’ [Cavaradossi]) [02:53] 19. Cristina Gallardo-Domas — Otello, Opera (Act 4 \’Ave Maria\’ [Desdemona]) [04:46] 20. Jennifer Larmore — La Cenerentola — \’Non Piu Mesta\’ [Angiolina] [03:10]

Performers
1. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma! (3:25)
Common Name Nessun Dorma, Turandot Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Nello Santi
Performer Placido Domingo
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1926
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1926. Composition revised: Italy.

2. Carmen, opera: L\’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (4:17)
Common Name L\’amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle Habanera, Carmen Opera
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 — 1875)
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Performer Julia Migenes
Genre Op‚ra-comique / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1873-1874
Period Romantic
Country France

3. L\’ elisir d\’amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima (excerpt) (4:19)
Common Name Una Furtiva Lagrima, L\’ Elisir D\’amore Opera
Composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797 — 1848)
Conductor Marcello Viotti
Performer Roberto Alagna
Genre Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa / Romantic Period
Date Written 1832
Period Romantic
Country Italy

4. Carmen, opera: Je dis que rien ne m\’?pouvante (5:05)
Common Name Je Dis Que Rien Ne M\’epouvante, Carmen Opera
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 — 1875)
Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
Performer Angela Gheorghiu
Genre Op‚ra-comique / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1873-1874
Period Romantic
Country France

5. Les P?cheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Au fond du temple saint (excerpt) (4:09)
Common Name Au Fond Du Temple Saint, Les Pecheurs De Perles Opera In 3 Acts
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 — 1875)
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Performer Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1863
Period Romantic
Country France

6. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu (3:36)
Common Name Ombra Mai Fu, Serse Xerxes
Catalog No. HWV 40
Composer George Frederick Handel (1685 — 1759)
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Performer Jennifer Larmore
Genre Baroque Period / Comic Opera / Opera
Date Written 1738
Period Baroque

7. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Whan I am laid in earth (Dido\’s Lament) (3:55)
Common Name Dido And Aeneas Opera
Catalog No. Z 626
Composer Henry Purcell (1659 — 1695)
Conductor William Christie
Performer Veronique Gens
Genre Baroque Period / Opera
Date Written 1689
Period Baroque
Country United Kingdom

8. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete (2:56)
Common Name Voi Che Sapete, Le Nozze Di Figaro The Marriage Of Figaro
Catalog No. K 492
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 — 1791)
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Performer Cecilia Bartoli
Genre Classical Period / Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa
Date Written 1786
Period Classical
Country Austria

9. Cos? fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento (3:09)
Common Name Soave Sia Il Vento, Cosi Fan Tutte Opera
Catalog No. K 588
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 — 1791)
Conductor Alain Lombard
Performer Jules Bastin, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica Von Stade
Genre Classical Period / Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa
Date Written 1790
Period Classical
Country Austria

10. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Mon cour s\’ouvre ? ta voix (excerpt) (3:19)
Common Name Mon Cour S\’ouvre A Ta Voix, Samson Et Dalila Opera In 3 Acts
Composer Camille Saint-Saлns (1835 — 1921)
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performer Jose Cura, Olga Borodina
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1859-1877
Period Romantic
Country France

11. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Pourquoi me r?veiller (2:24)
Common Name Pourquoi Me Reveiller, Werther Lyric Drama In 4 Acts
Composer Jules Massenet (1842 — 1912)
Conductor Kent Nagano
Performer Jerry Hadley, Anne Sofie von Otter
Genre Opera
Period Post-Romantic
Country France

12. Rigoletto, opera: La donna ? mobile (2:20)
Common Name La Donna E Mobile, Rigoletto Opera
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 — 1901)
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Performer Richard Leech
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1851
Period Romantic
Country Italy

13. Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114): O silver moon (6:05)
Common Name O Silver Moon, Rusalka Opera
Catalog No. B 203
Composer Antonin Dvorбk (1841 — 1904)
Conductor Ondrej Lenard
Performer Eva Urbanova
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Period Romantic
Country Czechoslovakia

14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel di vedremo (4:29)
Common Name Un Bel Di Vedremo, Madama Butterfly Madame Butterfly
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Performer Cristina Gallardo-Domas
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1904
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1904. Composition revised: United States of America.

15. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai (2:34)
Common Name Donna Vidi Mai, Manon Lescaut Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Placido Domingo
Performer Jose Cura
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1893
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1893. Composition revised: Italy.

16. La Traviata, opera: Brindisi: Libiamo ne\’ lieti calici (2:58)
Common Name Brindisi Libiamo Ne\’ Lieti Calici, La Traviata Opera
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 — 1901)
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Performer Neil Shicoff [Tenor vocals] Edita Gruberova
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1853
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1853. Composition revised: Italy.

17. Tosca, opera: Vissi d\’arte (3:06)
Common Name Vissi D\’arte, Tosca Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Kent Nagano
Performer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1900
Period Romantic
Country Italy

18. La boh?me, opera: Che gelida manina (4:21)
Common Name Che Gelida Manina, La Boheme Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor James Conlon
Performer Jose Carreras
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1896
Period Romantic
Country Italy

19. La boh?me, opera: S?. Mi chiamano Mimi (5:32)
Common Name Si Mi Chiamano Mimi, La Boheme Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor James Conlon
Performer Barbara Hendricks
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1896
Period Romantic
Country Italy

20. La boh?me, opera: O soave fanciulla (4:06)
Common Name O Soave Fanciulla, La Boheme Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor James Conlon
Performer Jose Carreras, Barbara Hendricks
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1896
Period Romantic
Country Italy

21. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro (2:31)
Common Name O Mio Babbino Caro, Gianni Schicchi Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Performer Cristina Gallardo-Domas
Genre Comic Opera / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1918
Period Romantic
Country Italy

22. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben? Ne andr? lontana (3:42)
Common Name Ebben Ne Andro Lontana, La Wally Opera Dramma Musicale In 4 Acts
Composer Alfredo Catalani (1854 — 1893)
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Performer Cristina Gallardo-Domas
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1892
Period Romantic
Country Italy

23. Les contes d\’Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Belle nuit, ? nuit d\’amour (Barcarolle, excerpt) (2:31)
Common Name Belle Nuit O Nuit D\’amour Barcarolle, Les Contes D\’hoffmann Opera In 4 Acts
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1819 — 1880)
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Performer Hei-Kyung Hong, Jennifer Larmore
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Period Romantic
Country France

24. Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu m\’avais jet?e (Flower Song) (4:04)
Common Name La Fleur Que Tu M\’avais Jetee Flower Song, Carmen Opera
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 — 1875)
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Performer Placido Domingo
Genre Op‚ra-comique / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1873-1874
Period Romantic
Country France

25. Turandot, opera: Signore, ascolta! (2:41)
Common Name Signore Ascolta, Turandot Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Kent Nagano
Performer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1926
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1926. Composition revised: Italy.

26. La Traviata, opera: Un di felice (3:09)
Common Name Un Di Felice, La Traviata Opera
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 — 1901)
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Performer Neil Shicoff [Tenor vocals] Edita Gruberova
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1853
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1853. Composition revised: Italy.

27. Lakm?, opera: D?me ?pais le jasmin (Flower Duet) (4:38)
Common Name Dome Epais Le Jasmin Flower Duet, Lakme Opera
Composer Lйo Delibes (1836 — 1891)
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Performer Hei-Kyung Hong, Jennifer Larmore
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1883
Period Romantic
Country France

28. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Pongi amor (4:08)
Common Name Le Nozze Di Figaro The Marriage Of Figaro
Catalog No. K 492
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 — 1791)
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Performer Lella Cuberli
Genre Classical Period / Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa
Date Written 1786
Period Classical
Country Austria

29. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Dalla sua pace (4:40)
Common Name Dalla Sua Pace, Don Giovanni Opera
Catalog No. K 527
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 — 1791)
Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Performer Hans-Peter Blochwitz
Genre Classical Period / Opera
Date Written 1787
Period Classical
Country Austria

30. Norma, opera: Casta diva (6:53)
Common Name Casta Diva, Norma Opera
Composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801 — 1835)
Conductor Arturo Basile
Performer Maria Callas
Genre Grand Opera / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1831
Period Romantic
Country Italy

31. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Lascia ch\’io pianga (excerpt) (4:35)
Common Name Lascia Ch\’io Pianga, Rinaldo Opera
Catalog No. HWV 7
Composer George Frederick Handel (1685 — 1759)
Conductor Claudio Scimone
Performer Marilyn Horne
Genre Baroque Period / Opera / Opera Seria
Date Written 1711
Ensemble I Solisti Veneti
Period Baroque

32. Orph?e et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: J\’ai perdu mon Eurydice (Che far? senz (4:24)
Common Name Orphee Et Eurydice French Version
Catalog No. WQ 41
Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 — 1787)
Conductor Harry Bicket
Performer Susan Graham [Mezzo-sorpano Vocal] Genre Classical Period / Opera
Period Classical
Notes Composition written: Italy.

33. Die Zauberfl?te (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Bei M?nnern, weiche Liebe f?hlen (2:57)
Common Name Die Zauberflote The Magic Flute
Catalog No. K 620
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 — 1791)
Conductor William Christie
Performer Rosa Mannion, Anton Scharinger
Genre Classical Period / Opera / Singspiel
Date Written 1791
Period Classical
Country Austria

34. Aida, opera: Celesta Aida (4:43)
Common Name Aida Opera
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 — 1901)
Conductor Nello Santi
Performer Placido Domingo
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1871
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1871. Composition revised: Italy.

35. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (2:56)
Common Name Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta, La Rondine The Swallow
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Kent Nagano
Performer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1917
Period Romantic
Country Italy

36. Fedora, opera: Amor ti vieta (2:11)
Common Name Amor Ti Vieta, Fedora Opera
Composer Umberto Giordano (1867 — 1948)
Conductor Nello Santi
Performer Placido Domingo
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1898
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1898. Composition revised: Switzerland.

37. Die lus Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Vilja-Lied (4:53)
Common Name Vilja Lied, Die Lus Witwe The Merry Widow
Composer Franz Lehбr (1870 — 1948)
Conductor Yutaka Sado
Performer Karita Mattila
Genre Operetta
Period Post-Romantic
Country Austria

38. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle (2:53)
Common Name E Lucevan Le Stelle, Tosca Opera
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Performer Placido Domingo
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1900
Period Romantic
Country Italy

39. Otello, opera: Ave Maria (4:46)
Common Name Ave Maria, Otello Opera
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 — 1901)
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Performer Cristina Gallardo-Domas
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1887
Period Romantic
Country Italy

40. La cenerentola (Cinderella), opera: Non pi? mesta (3:10)
Common Name Piu Mesta, La Cenerentola Cinderella
Composer Gioachino Rossini (1792 — 1868)
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Performer Jennifer Larmore
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1817
Period Romantic
Country Italy