Great Voices of the Opera [10 CD] (2005)

CD 1:


Maria Callas (1923-1977), Soprano

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Norma
Casta Diva … Ah! Bello a me ritorna 9:05
recorded in 1949

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): I Puritani
Ah, rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce 4:41
Vien diletto, è in ciel la luna 2:29
recorded 1949

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tristan und Isolde
Mild und leise (Liebestod) (sung in Italian) 7:42
recorded in 1949

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Parsifal
Ich sah das Kind (sung in Italian) 4:51
Grausamer! Fühlst du im Herzen (sung in Italian) 10:47
recorded in 1950

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Nabucco
Donna chi sei 3:39
Oh, di qual onta aggravasi 3:41
Ah, qual son! 3:15
recorded in 1949

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Il Trovatore
Tacea la notte placida 3:50
Di tale amor 1:45
recorded in 1950

Total Time: 55:49


CD 2:

Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981), soprano

Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
Goodbye 4:08
recorded in 1918

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Tosca
Vissi d’arte 3:15
recorded in 1919

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Madame Butterfly
Un bel di vedremo 4:34
recorded in 1919

Giusepe Verdi (1813-1901): Aida
O terra addio (with Charless Hackett (tenor)) 4:16
recorded in 1920

Giusepe Verdi (1813-1901): La Forza del Destino
Pace, pace mio Dio 4:26
recorded in 1920

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): Sadko
Song of India 4:08
recorded in 1920

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Elégie 3:54
recorded in 1926

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ave Maria 4:45
recorded in 1926

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Norma
Sediziose voci…Casta Diva
recorded in 1928

Gasparo Spontini (1774-1851): La Vestale
O nume tutelar 3:34
recorded in 1926

Giusepe Verdi (1813-1901): Otello
Ave Maria 4:27
recorded in 1924

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
The Nightingale and the Rose 3:49
recorded in 1939

Total Time: 53:28


CD 3:

Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), soprano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Fidelio
Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin 7:36
recorded in 1941

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Oberon
Ozean, du Ungeheuer 8:17
recorded in 1937

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Ah! Perfido 13:12
recorded in 1937

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Lohengrin
Einsam in trüben Tagen 4:56
recorded in 1935

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tannhäuser
Allmächt’ge Jungfrau 7:24
recorded in 1935

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Im Kahne 3:19
Ich liebe dich 3:21
Ein Traum 2:46
recorded in 1936

Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
Songs my mother taught me 2:48
recorded in 1936

Total Time: 53:42



CD 4:

Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), soprano

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
O Sachs, mein Freund 2:26
recorded in 1921
Gut’n Abend Meister! ... Doch starb eure Frau 8:52
recorded in 1916

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Tannhäuser
Dich teure Halle 3:43
recorded in 1916

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Eugen Onegin
Letter scene 3:36
recorded in 1917

Otto Nicolai (1810-1849):
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Nun eilt herbei ... Ha, ha, er wird mir glauben 6:50
recorded in 1919

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Der Freischütz
Wie nahte mir der Schlummer ... Leise, fromme Weise 8:41
recorded in 1916/1917

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Oberon
Ozean, du Ungeheuer 7:59
recorded in 1919

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Lohengrin
Einsam in trüben Tagen 3:32
Euch Lüften, die mein klagen 3:37
recorded in 1914

Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896):
Mignon
Elle est là, près de lui (sung in German) 3:59
Connais-tu le pays (sung in German) 3:41
recorded in 1917

Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Faust
Il était un roi de Thule (sung in German) 3 :58
Il m’aime (sung in German) 2:29
recorded in 1916

Total Time: 63:29



CD 5:

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), tenor

Jules Massenet (1842-1912):
Manon Il Sogno 2:41 recorded in 1904
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945):
Cavalleria rusticana Viva il vino 2:34 recorded in 1905
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
La Forza del Destino Solenne in ques’ ora
(with Antonio Scotti) 4:24 recorded in 1906
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
La Bohème Che gelida manina 4:11
recorded in 1906
5. O soave fanciulla 3:27
recorded in 1907

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919):
I Pagliacci
Recitar…Vesti la giubba 3:16
recorded in 1907

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1881-1950):
L’ Africana
Mi batti il cor…O Paradiso 3:42
recorded in 1908

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Rigoletto
Questa o quella 2:07
La donna è mobile 2:23
Bella figlia dell’ amore
(with Marcella Sembrich, Antonio Scotti, Gina Severina) 4:05
recorded in 1908

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
La Bohème
Addio dolce svegliare
(with Geraldine Farrar, Antonio Scotti, Gina Viafrora) 3:40
recorded in 1908

Gaetano Donizette (1797-1848):
Don Sebastiano
Deserto in terra sol 4:25
recorded in 1908

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Tosca
Recondita armonia 2:31
E lucevan le stelle 3:05
recorded in 1909

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
La Forza del Destino
Della natal sua terra 4:13
recorded 1909

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1881-1950):
Les Huguenots
Bianca al par 4:10
recorded 1909

Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
Carmen
La fleur que tu m’ avais jetée 3 :51
recorded in 1909

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Aida
La fatal patria…O terra addio (with Johana Gadski) 8:28
recorded 1909

Total Time: 67:22



CD 6:

Giuseppe di Stefano (*1921), tenor

Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
Les pêcheurs de perles
Mi par d’ udire ancora 4:07
Del tempo al limitar 5:02
recorded in 1944

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
La Traviata
De miei bollenti spiriti 3:57
recorded in 1947

Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896):
Mignon
Addio, Mignon, fa`core 3:14
Ah! Non credevi tu! 4:23
recorded in 1947

Jules Massenet (1842-1912):
Manon
Ah! Dispar vision 4:47
recorded in 1947
O dolce incanto 3:55
recorded in 1944

Jules Massenet (1842-1912):
Werther
Pourquoi me reveiller 2 :46
Élégie 2:53
recorded in 1944

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Tosca
E lucevan le stelle 2:52
recorded in 1944

Cesare Andrea Bixio (1898-1978)
Mamma 2:59
Se vuoi goder la vita 2:56
recorded in 1944
Il valzer del quatro di luna 2:51
Maria Christina 3:48
Vola, vola, vola 2:47
Canto, ma sotto voce 3:02
recorded in 1946

Franz Lehár (1870-1948):
Paganini
Laissez-moi dire 2 :25
Bella Italia 2:04
recorded in 1944

Traditional
A la Barcillunisa 2:28
Cantua a Timoni 2:16
recorded in 1947
Total Time: 65:37


CD 7:

Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957), tenor

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945):
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mama, quel vino è generoso 4:05
recorded in 1919

Umberto Giordano (1867-1948):
Fedora
Amor ti vieta 2:07
recorded in 1919

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
La Favorita
Spirto gentil 4:05
recorded in 1921

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945):
Iris
Apri la tua finestra 2:36
recorded in 1921

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Le Rois d’Ys
Vainement ma bien aimée 3:38
recorded in 1922

Umberto Giordano (1867-1948):
Andrea Chénier
Come un bel di 3:13
recorded in 1922

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Il canto del cigno 2:41
recorded in 1923

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
L’ Elisir d’Amore
Quanto è bella, quanto è cara 3:06
recorded in 1925

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
Lucia di Lammermoor
Tombe degl’ avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero 5:13
recorded in 1927

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
La Traviata
Lunge da lei…De’ miei bollenti spiriti 4:27
recorded in 1927

Amilchare Ponchielli (1834-1886):
La Gioconda
Cielo e mar 4:50
recorded in 1929

Jules Massenet (1842-1912):
Manon
O dolce incanto 3:43
recorded in 1931

Charles Gounod (1813-1893):
Faust
Salve, dimora casta e pura 4:54
recorded in 1931

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Tosca
E lucevan le stelle 3:11
recorded in 1934

Francesco Cilèa (1866-1950):
L’ Arlesiana
E la solita storia 4:23
recorded in 1936

Total Time: 56:18



CD 8:

Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), tenor

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Rienzi
Allmächt’ger Vater, blick herab 4:33
recorded in 1923

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Die Walküre
Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater 5:02
recorded in 1923

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Aida
Già i Sacerdoti adunasi (with Margarethe Arndt-Ober (soprano),
sung in German) 6:55

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Tannhäuser
Inbrunst in Herzen 8:16
recorded in 1924

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864):
L’ Africana
O paradiso (sung in German) 3:27
recorded in 1930

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Otello
Dio mi potevi scagliar (sung in German) 4:48
Niun me tema (sung in German) 4:55
recorded in 1930

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Die Walküre
Dich selige Frau ... Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond
(with Lotte Lehmann (soprano)) 4:21
recorded in 1935

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Parsifal
Nur eine Waffe taugt 3:59
recorded in 1938

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Lohengrin
In fernem Land 4:34
recorded in 1939

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Am stillen Herd 3:33
Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein 3:50
recorded in 1939

Total Time: 58:18



CD 9:

Richard Tauber (1891-1948), tenor

ALL TRACKS SUNG IN GERMAN

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
La Traviata
De’ miei bollenti spiriti 3:50
recorded in 1925

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Il Trovatore
Ah, si ben mio 2:53
recorded in 1925
Di quella pira 2:59
recorded in 1926

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Rigoletto
Questa o quella 1:48
La donna è mobile 2:03
recorded in 1927

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Madame Butterfly
Addio fiorito asil 3:06
recorded in 1925

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Turandot
Nessun dorma 2:54
Non piangere Liu 2:43
recorded in 1926

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
Les contes d’ Hoffmann
Die Ballade vom Kleinzack 4:15
Ha, wie in meiner Seele 2:42
recorded in 1928

Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883):
Martha
Ach, so fromm 2:42
recorded in 1930

Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858-1919):
I Pagliacci
Prologo (Si, può) 5:59
recorded in 1931

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Tosca
Recondita armonia 2:11
E lucevan le stelle 2:27
recorded in 1932

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791):
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze, Konstanze 4:09
recorded in 1938

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791):
Die Zauberflöte
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön 3:41
recorded in 1938

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791):
Don Giovanni
Dalla sua pace 4:02
Il mio tesoro 4:02
recorded in 1938

Total Time: 58:34



CD 10:

Tito Gobbi (1913-1984), baritone

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Don Giovanni
Deh vieni alla finestra 2:06
recorded in 1942

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Don Carlos
Per me giunto è il di supremo 3:42
Io morrò ma lieto in core 4:08
recorded in 1942

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919):
Zazà
Buona Zazà del mio buon tempo 2:00
Zazà, piccola zingara 2:33
recorded in 1942

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950):
L’ Arlesiana
Come due tizzi accesi 4:05
recorded in 1942

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Le Nozze di Figaro
Non più andrai 3:39
recorded in 1950

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Otello
Vanne! La tua meta … Credo in un Dio crudel 4:27
recorded in 1950

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919):
I Pagliacci
Si può (Prologue) 7:57
recorded in 1948

Giacchino Rossini (1792-1868):
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Largo al factotum 4:51
recorded in 1948

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
La Fanciulla del West
Minnie, dalla mia casa 2:42
recorded in 1942

Total Time: 42:16