Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Ultimate Opera: The Essential Masterpieces
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical, Opera
Quality: WEB FLAC (*tracks, log, covers)
Time: 5 CDs, 06:06:12 min
Full Size: 1,75 Gb

Decca has pulled together a blockbuster collection of many of opera's greatest hits from the standard repertoire. The selection is heavily weighted to the nineteenth century, and to Italian operas, but it does indeed offer a generous sampling of what the general public understands as the staples of the repertoire. It includes one Baroque aria, from Handel's Rodelinda, and several from the Classical era - two arias from Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice, and seven from Mozart's operas - and the rest range from the bel canto of Rossini to the verismo of Cilea and Puccini. The selection is primarily made up of arias, but includes ensembles, choruses, and orchestral excerpts. The majority of the pieces comes from Decca's catalog of complete studio opera recordings, most of them made in the '50s and '60s. Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances - the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn Horne, Jussi Björling, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. The performances are clearly labeled, identifying the singers, the conductor, and orchestra, making it easy for anyone wanting to seek out the complete recording from which an excerpt was taken to do so. Decca's sound during its golden age was state of the art, so the quality is good. This collection offers just what it claims to, and makes a generous introduction to the highlights of the standard repertoire.

Tracklist:

CD1
01. Renata Tebaldi - Puccini- Gianni Schicchi - Oh! mio babbino caro
02. Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor - Verdi- Nabucco - Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
03. Marilyn Horne - Handel- Rodelinda (Act 1) - Dove sei, amato bene?
04. Giuseppe di Stefano - Donizetti- L'elisir d'amore (Act 2) - Una furtiva lagrima
05. Dame Joan Sutherland - Delibes- Lakme (Act 2) - Ou va la jeune Indoue (Bell song)
06. Franco Corelli - Puccini- Tosca (Act 3) - E lucevan le stelle
07. Julia Varady, London Opera Chorus - Mascagni- Cavalleria rusticana - Regina coeli laetare
08. James King, Wiener Opernorchester - Wagner- Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act 3) - Morgenlich leuchtend
09. Helga Dernesch, Victor Braun - Wagner- Tannhauser - Begluckt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Pilgrims Chorus)
10. Pilar Lorengar - Dvorak- Rusalka, Op.114 (Act 1) - Mesicku na nebi hlubokem
11. Orchestra di Santa Cecilia - Mascagni- Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico
12. Luciano Pavarotti - Donizetti- La Favorita (Italian version) (Act 4) - Spirto gentil
13. Teresa Berganza - Gluck- Orfeo ed Euridice (Act 3) - Aria- Che faro senza Euridice?
14. Franco Corelli, Alfredo Mariotti - Puccini- Tosca (Act 1) - Recondita armonia
15. Sutherland, Pavarotti, etc - Verdi- Rigoletto (Act 3) - Bella figlia dell'amore

CD2
01. Luciano Pavarotti - Puccini- La Boheme (Act 1) - Che gelida manina
02. Joan Sutherland - Delibes- Lakme - Viens, Mallika, … Dome epais (Flower Duet)
03. Tom Krause - Mozart- Le nozze di Figaro (Act 1) - Non piu andrai
04. Popp, Fassbaender - Mozart- Cosi fan tutte (Act 1) - Soave sia il vento
05. Dame Joan Sutherland - Gounod- Faust - No.14b Air des bijoux- Ah! Je ris de me voir
06. Libero De Luca - Bizet- Les pecheurs de perles - Au fond du temple saint
07. Renata Tebaldi - Catalani- La Wally - Ebben? Ne andro lontana
08. Carlo Bergonzi - Verdi- Luisa Miller - Oh! fede negar potessi - Quando le sere al placido
09. James McCracken - Leoncavallo- Pagliacci - I zampognari!…Don din don
10. Giuseppe di Stefano - Massenet- Werther - Pourquoi me reveiller, o souffle du printemps?
11. Dame Joan Sutherland - Bellini- I Puritani (Act 1) - Son vergin vezzosa
12. Ingvar Wixell - Leoncavallo- Pagliacci (Prologue) - Prelude…Si puo? Signore! Signori!
13. Kiri Te Kanawa - Puccini- Tosca (Act 2) - Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
14. Pavarotti - Verdi- La traviata (Act 1) - Un dЁ¬ felice, eterea
15. Jussi Bjorling - Ponchielli- La Gioconda (Act 2) - Cielo e mar
16. Giuseppe Taddei - Puccini- Tosca - Tre sbirri… Una carozza… Presto - Te Deum

CD3
01. Berit Lindholm - Wagner- Die Walkure (Dritter Aufzug) - Ride of the Valkyries
02. Tom Krause - Wagner- Tannhauser (Act 3) - O du, mein holder Abendstern
03. Teresa Berganza - Gluck- Orfeo ed Euridice (Act 2) - Arioso- Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol
04. Lucia Popp - Mozart- Don Giovanni K.527 (Act 1) - La ci darem la mano
05. Carlo Bergonzi - Verdi- Il Trovatore (Act 3) - Ah si ben mio
06. Leontyne Price - Verdi- Aida (Act 1) - Ritorna vincitor!
07. Placido Domingo - Bizet- Carmen (Act 2) - La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
08. Wiener Staatsopernchor - Puccini- Madama Butterfly (Act 2) - Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
09. Marilyn Horne - Saint-Saens- Samson et Dalila (Act 2) - Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix
10. Nicolai Ghiaurov - Gounod- Faust (Act 4) - Vous qui faites l'endormie
11. Grace Bumbry - Verdi- Don Carlo (Act 4) - O don fatale
12. Maria Chiara - Puccini- Turandot (Act 1) - Signore, ascolta
13. Renata Tebaldi - Cilea- Adriana Lecouvreur (Act 1) - La dolcissima effigie sorridente
14. Sutherland - Offenbach- Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Act 2) - Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour
15. Renata Tebaldi - Verdi- Un ballo in maschera (Act 3) - Morro, ma prima in grazia
16. Jose van Dam - Bizet- Carmen (Act 2) - Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Toreador Song- Votre toast

CD4
01. Pavarotti - Verdi- Rigoletto (Act 3) - La donna e mobile
02. Berganza - Rossini- Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1) - Una voce poco fa
03. Gabriel Bacquier - Mozart- Don Giovanni (Act 2) - Deh! vieni alla finestra
04. Burrowes, Ghiaurov, Pavarotti - Verdi- Il Trovatore (Act 2) - Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus)
05. Harwood, Freni - Puccini- La Boheme (Act 2) - Quando m'en vo (Musetta's Waltz)
06. Kanawa - Mozart- Le nozze di Figaro (Act 3) - Dove sono i bei momenti
07. Tom Krause - Mozart- Die Zauberflote (Act 1) - Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
08. Sutherland - Bellini- Norma (Act 1) - Casta Diva
09. Giulietta Simionato - Verdi- Il Trovatore (Act 2) - Stride la vampa!
10. Mario del Monaco - Leoncavallo- Pagliacci (Act 1) - Recitar! - Vesti la giubba
11. Tom Krause - Mozart- Don Giovanni (Act 1) - Fin ch'han dal vino
12. Sutherland, Pavarotti - Puccini- Turandot (Act 2) - In questa reggia
13. Regina Resnik, Mario del Monaco - Bizet- Carmen (Act 1) - Pres des remparts de Seville - Tais-toi
14. Carlo Bergonzi - Meyerbeer- L'Africaine (Act 4) - Mi batte il cor…O Paradiso!
15. Elena Suliotis - Ponchiell- La Gioconda (Act 4) - Suicidio!
16. Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini - Verdi- La forza del destino (Act 3) - Solenne in quest'ora
17. Birgit Nillson - Wagner- Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) - Mild und leise wie er lachelt
18. Hans Hotter - Wagner- Die Walkure - Loge hor! (Magic Fire Music)

CD5
01. Mirella Freni - Puccini- Madama Butterfly (Act 2) - Un bel dЁ¬ vedremo
02. Pavarotti - Verdi- Aida (Act 1) - Se quel guerrier io fossi! - Celeste Aida
03. Pritchard - Verdi- La traviata (Act 1) - Prelude
04. Sutherland, Bergonzi - Verdi- La traviata (Act 1) - Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)
05. Pavarotti - Verdi- Rigoletto (Act 1) - Questa o quella (Ballata)
06. Tebaldi - Puccini- La Rondine (Act 1) - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
07. Fiorenza Cossotto - Donizetti- La Favorita (Act 3) - O mio Fernando, della terra il trono
08. Jussi Bjorling - Puccini- La Fanciulla del West (Act 3) - Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano
09. Felicia Weathers - Puccini- Turandot (Act 3) - Tu che di gel sei cinta
10. Ghiaurov - Verdi- Il Trovatore (Act 3) - Squilli, echeggi la tromba
11. Carlo Bergonzi - Puccini- Manon Lescaut (Act 1) - Donna non vidi mai
12. Maria Chiara - Verdi- I vespri siciliani (Act 5) - Merce, dilette amiche
13. Nicolai Ghiaurov - Gounod- Faust (Act 2) - Le veau d'or
14. Mario del Monaco - Giordano- Andrea Chenier - Colpito qui m'avete … Un dЁ¬ all'azzura spazio
15. Chorus of Accademia of Santa Cecilia - Verdi- Otello (Act 1) - Fuoco di gioia!
16. Jussi Bjorling - Cilea- L'Arlesiana (Act 2) - E la solita storia
17. Anita Cerquetti - Verdi- Aida (Act 3) - Qui Radames verra!…O Patria mia
18. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Verdi- La traviata (Act 2) - Di Provenza il mar, il suo
19. Renata Tebaldi - Mascagni- Cavalleria rusticana - Voi lo sapete, o mama (Romanza)
20. Mario del Monaco, Tebaldi - Verdi- Il Trovatore (Act 3) - Di quella pira

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