| Track |
Composer |
Title |
Movement |
Artists |
Artists2 |
Artists3 |
Orchestra |
Conductor |
Time |
| 1 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
Il Trovatore |
Vedi! Le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus) |
Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
|
|
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Muti, Riccardo |
2.43 |
| 2 |
Bizet, Georges |
Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearlfishers) |
Au fond du temple saint |
Janez Lotric (tenor) |
Igor Morozov (baritone) |
|
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Wildner, Johannes |
5.49 |
| 3 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Le Villi |
Se come voi |
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) |
|
|
Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon |
Nagano, Kent |
5.06 |
| 4 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Tosca |
Act 3, "E lucevan le stelle" |
José Cura (tenor) |
|
|
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Domingo, Plácido |
3.21 |
| 5 |
Handel, George Frideric |
Ariodante |
Volate, amori |
Juliana Gondek (tenor) |
|
|
Freibruger Barockorchester |
McGegan, Nicholas |
3.58 |
| 6 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
La Traviata |
Act 1, Sempre libera |
Monika Krause (soprano) |
|
|
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) |
Rahbari, Alexander |
3.47 |
| 7 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
La Bohème |
Act 1, "Che gelida manina" |
Jonathan Welch (tenor) |
|
|
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Humburg, Will |
4.24 |
| 8 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Fidelio, Op.72 (Opera in Two Acts) |
O wär'ich schon mit dir vereint |
Barbara Bonney (soprano) |
|
|
Chamber Orchestra of Europe |
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus |
4.14 |
| 9 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
Nabucco |
Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) |
Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
|
|
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Muti, Riccardo |
5.13 |
| 10 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Tosca |
Vissi D'arte |
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) |
|
|
London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Haitink, Bernard |
3.13 |
| 11 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Così fan tutte, K588 |
Act 1, "Un' aura amorosa" |
John Aler (tenor) |
|
|
London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Haitink, Bernard |
4.44 |
| 12 |
Delibes, Leo |
Lakmé |
Dôme épais (Flower duet) |
Mandy Mesplé (soprano) |
Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano) |
|
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra |
Lombard, Alain |
5.55 |
| 13 |
Leoncavallo, Ruggero |
I Pagliacci |
Act 1, "Che gelida manina" |
Plácido Domingo (tenor) |
|
|
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin |
Santi, Nello |
4.06 |
| 14 |
Bizet, Georges |
Carmen |
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle |
Maria Callas (soprano) |
René Duclos Chorus |
|
Paris Opéra Chorus |
Prêtre, George |
4.49 |
| 15 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620 |
Act 2, "Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" |
Edita Gruberova |
|
|
Zurich Opera Orchestra |
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus |
3.01 |
| 16 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
Aïda |
Celeste Aïda |
Kristjan Johansson (tenor) |
|
|
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland |
Saccani, Rico |
4.30 |