| Track |
Composer |
Title |
Movement |
Artists |
Artists2 |
Artists3 |
Orchestra |
Conductor |
Time |
| 1 |
Monteverdi, Claudio |
L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) |
Pur ti miro, pur ti godo (I gaze at you, I posses you) |
Arleen Auger (Poppea) |
Della Jones (Nerone) |
|
City of London Baroque Sinfonia |
Hickox, Richard |
5.41 |
| 2 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
La Traviata |
Un di felice, eterea (One day you passed before me) (Love Duet) |
Monika Krause (Violetta) |
Yortdy Ramiro (Alfredo) |
|
Czecho-slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Rahbari, Alexander |
3.08 |
| 3 |
Wagner, Richard |
Tristan and Isolde |
O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Descend, o night of love) |
Plácido Domingo (Tristan) |
Deborah Voigt (Isolde) |
|
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Pappano, Antonio |
5.16 |
| 4 |
Saint-Saens, Camille |
Samson et Dalila |
Mon coeur s'ouvre (My heart opens to your voice) |
Waltraud Meier (Dilila) |
Plácidp Domingo (Samson) |
|
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille |
Chung, Myung-Whun |
6.04 |
| 5 |
Delibes, Leo |
Lakmé |
Viens, Mallika (Flower duet) |
Diana Montague (Lakmé) |
Mary Plazas (Millika) |
|
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Parry, David |
6.47 |
| 6 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
Othello |
Act 1, "Gia nella notte densa, (Now in the dark night)" |
Plácido Domingo (Otello) |
Katie Ricciarelli (Desdemona) |
|
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan |
Maazel, Lorin |
10.02 |
| 7 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
La Bohème |
Act 1, "O soave fanciulla" (O lovely girl) |
Jonathan Welch (Rodolfo) |
Luba Organasova (Mimi) |
|
Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Humburg, Will |
3.41 |
| 8 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Tosca |
Ah, quegli occhi… (Ah those eyes) |
Maria Guleghina (Tosca) |
Salvatore Lictra (Cavardossi) |
|
Orchestra of La Scala Milan |
Muti, Riccardo |
5.30 |
| 9 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Madam Butterfly |
Vogliatemi bene… (Love me…) |
Renatta Scotto (Madam Butterfly) |
Carlo Bergonzi (Pinkerton) |
|
Rome Opera House Chorus & Orchestra |
Barbirolli, Sir John |
7.53 |
| 10 |
Lehar, Franz |
The Merry Widow |
Lippen schweigen (Lips are silent) |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Hanna) |
Eberhard Wächter (Danilo) |
|
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra |
Matacic, Lovro von |
2.39 |
| 11 |
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang |
Die tote Stadt |
Glück, das mir verlieb (Marietta's Song) |
Katarina Dalayman (Marietta) |
Thomas Sunnegårdh (Paul) |
|
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra |
Segerstam, Leif |
5.10 |
| 12 |
Bernstein, Leonard |
West Side Story |
Tonight |
Angela Gheorghiu (Maria) |
Roberto Alagna (Tony) |
|
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Armstrong, Richard |
4.01 |