Opera excerpts. A collection of more than 85 great arias sung by 47 legendary singers from historic recordings. Originally recorded between 1906 and 1942 and released on 78 rpm discs. "All the tracks have been arranged in alphabetical order according to opera title, hence this second volume takes the listener from Auber's Manon Lescaut through to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. A previously released Volume 1 contains operas from Adriana Lecouvreur through to Manon."--Booklet. "Great arias in historic recordings."--Insert. Amelita Galli-Curci, Beniamino Gigli, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Boris Slovtsov, Claudia Muzio, Lauritz Melchior, Conchita Supervia, Luisa Tetrazzini, Ezio Pinza, Frieda Hempel, Giuseppe de Luca, Elisabeth Schumann, Herbert Ernst Groh, Enrico Caruso, Lawrence Tibbett, Eidé Norena, Maggie Teyte, Helen Jepson, Helge Roswaenge, Feodor Chaliapin, Nina Koshetz, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, John McCormack, Grace Anthony, Jussi Björling, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Mary Garden, Yevgeniya Bronskaya, Dmitri Smirnov, Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz, Marian Anderson, Alexander Kipnis, Boris Slovtsov, Kirsten Flagstad, Marcel Journet, Giovanni Martinelli, Geraldine Farrar, Richard Tauber, Lotte Lehmann, Frida Leider, Heinrich Schlusnus, Alma Gluck, Lotte Schöne, Ninon Vallin, Gerhard Hüsch ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor ; Odeon-Künstler Orchester ; O. Dobrindt, conductor ; Orchestra of La Scala, Milan ; Franco Ghione, conductor ; London Symphony Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor ; Staatskapelle Berlin ; Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Clemens Krauss, Johannes Schüler, Fritz Zweig, Thomas Beecham, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Chorus ; Giulio Setti, conductor ; Grande Orchestra ; Mario Cordone, conductor ; Orchestra of L'Opera Comique ; Gustave Cloëz, conductor ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra ; Karl Alwin, conductor ; Josef Pasternack, Romano Romani, Lorenzo Molajoli, Rosario Bourdon, A. Albergoni, Wilfred Pelletier, Alexander Smallens, Nils Grevillius, Hans Lange, Georg Szell, Walter B. Rogers, conductors. Recorded between Jan. 17, 1906 and May 15, 1942. Compact discs. Booklet includes a short synopsis for each extract, details of each opera and biographies of each singer in English (47 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
disc 1. Manon Lescaut. C'est l'histoire amoureuse / Auber -- Manon Lescaut. Donna non vidi mai ; In quelle trine morbide / Puccini -- Martha. M'appari tutto amor / Flotow -- May night. How quiet here ... Sleep my beauty / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Mefistofele. L'altra notte in fondo al mare Giunto sul passo estremo / Boito -- Die Meistersinger. Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein / Wagner -- Mignon. Connais-tu le pays? ; Addio, Mignon ; Io son Titania ; De son coeur j'ai calmé / Thomas -- Mireille. O légère hirondelle / Gounod -- Norma. Sediziose voci ... Casta diva / Bellini -- Le nozze di Figaro. Se vuol ballare Non so più ; Voi che sapete? / Mozart -- disc 2. Der Opernball. Im chambre séparée / Heuberger -- Otello. Ora e per sempre addio ; E qual certezza sognate ... Era la notte ; Ave Maria / Verdi -- Pagliacci. Si puo? ; Recitar ... Vesti la giubba ; Serenata d'Arlecchino / Leoncavallo -- I pescatori di perle. Del tempio al limitar ; Mi par d'udir ancora / Bizet -- La perichole. Tu n'es pas beau / Offenbach -- La perle du Brésil. Charmant oiseau /David -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime ; Where is my Bess? / Gershwin -- Le postillon de Lonjumeau. Mes amis, écoutez / Adam -- Prince Igor. Galitzky's song Jaroslavna's aria / Borodin -- disc 3. I puritani. A te o cara Qui la voce sua soave / Bellini -- Rienzi. Allmächt'ger Vater, blick' herab / Wagner -- Rigoletto. Questa o quella ; Caro nome ; Ella mi fu rapita ... Parmi veder le lagrime ; Povero Rigoletto ... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata ; La donna è mobile / Verdi -- Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga / Handel -- Risurrezione. Dieu de grâce / Alfano -- Le roi d'Ys. Vainement ma bien aimée / Lalo -- Romeo et Juliette. Je veux vivre dans ce rêve ; Ah! lève-toi soleil / Gounod -- Der Rosenkavalier. Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein / Richard Strauss -- disc 4. Sadko. Chanson Hindoue ; Berceuse / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Samson et Dalila. Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix / Saint-Saens -- Lo schiavo. Quando nascesti tu / Gomes -- Semele. O sleep, why dost thou leave me? / Handel -- Simon Boccanegra. A te l'estremo addio ... Il lacerato spirito / Verdi -- The snow maiden. Full of wonders / Rimsky-Korsakov -- La sonnambula. Ah, non credea mirarti ; Ah! non giunge / Bellini -- Tannhauser. Dir töne Lob ; Dich teure Halle ; Allmächt'ge Jungfrau ; O du mein holder Abendstern / Wagner -- Tosca. Recondita armonia ; Vissi d'arte ; E lucevan le stelle / Puccini -- disc 5. Die Tote Stadt. Glück, das mir verblieb / Korngold -- La traviata. Ah! fors è lui ... Sempre libera ; De' miei bollenti spiriti ; Addio del passato ; Parigi o cara / Verdi -- Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod / Wagner -- Il trovatore. Tacea la notte placida ; Il balen del suo sorriso ; Di quella pira / Verdi -- The tsar's bride. Liuba's air / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Turandot. Signore, ascolta ; Nessun dorma / Puccini -- La vestale. O nume tutelar / Spontini -- Die Walküre. Du bist der Lenz ; Winterstürme wichen dem Wonne mond / Wagner -- Werther. Va! laisse couler mes larmes ; Ah! non mi ridestar / Massenet -- Die Zauberflöte. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja ; Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön ; Der Hölle Rache ; Ach, ich fühl's / Mozart.
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