| Track |
Composer |
Title |
Movement |
Artists |
Artists2 |
Artists3 |
Orchestra |
Conductor |
Time |
| 1 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
Aida |
Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aïda |
Plácido Domingo (tenor) |
|
|
New Philharmonia Orchestra |
Muti, Riccardo |
4.23 |
| 2 |
Bellini, Vincenzo |
La Sonnambula |
Compagne...Come per me sereno |
Natalie Dessay (soprano) |
|
|
Orchestra of the Lyon Opera |
Pidò, Evelino |
3.14 |
| 3 |
Bellini, Vincenzo |
Norma |
Casta Dive |
Maria Callas (soprano) |
|
|
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan |
Serafin, Tullio |
5.35 |
| 4 |
Handel, George Frideric |
Xerxes |
Crude furie |
Joyce DiDonato (soprano) |
|
|
Les Talens Lyriques |
Rousset, Christophe |
3.40 |
| 5 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620 |
Der Hölle Rache |
Natalie Dessay (soprano) |
|
|
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
Langrée, Louis |
2.57 |
| 6 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Tosca |
Vissi D'arte |
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) |
|
|
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Pappano, Antonio |
3.27 |
| 7 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492 |
Dove sono I bei momenti |
Barbara Hendricks (soprano) |
|
|
Englsih Chamber Orchestra |
Tate, Jeffrey |
4.48 |
| 8 |
Puccini, Giacomo |
Tosca |
Act 3, "E lucevan le stelle" |
Plácido Domingo (tenor) |
|
|
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Levine, James |
3.13 |
| 9 |
Massenet, Jules |
Manon |
En fermant les yeux |
Roberta Alagna (tenor) |
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) |
|
Orchestra of La Monnaie, Brussels |
Pappano, Antonio |
3.12 |
| 10 |
Gounod, Charles-Francois |
Roméo et Juliette |
L'amour, l'amour...Ah! |
Rolando Villazón (tenor) |
|
|
Philharmonic Orchestra of France |
Pidò, Evelino |
4.19 |
| 11 |
Offenbach, Jacques |
Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) |
Belle nuit, Ô nuit d'amour |
Jessye Norman (soprano) |
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) |
|
Orchestra of La Monnaie, Brussels |
Cambreling, Sylvain |
4.22 |
| 12 |
Donizetti, Gaetano |
Lucrezia Borgia |
Il segreto per esser feilci |
Vivica Genaux (soprano) |
|
|
Orchestral Ensemble of Paris |
Nelson, John |
3.18 |
| 13 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
Rigoletto |
La donna è mobile |
Rolando Villazón (tenor) |
|
|
Munich Radio Orchestra |
Viotti, Marcello |
2.04 |
| 14 |
Gounod, Charles-Francois |
Roméo et Juliette |
Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce reve |
Diana Danrau (soprano) |
|
|
Munich Radio Orchestra |
Ettinger, Dan |
3.52 |
| 15 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Don Giovanni, K527 |
Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata |
Véronique Gens (soprano) |
|
|
Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
Harding, Daniel |
4.09 |
| 16 |
Handel, George Frideric |
Arianna in Creta |
Qui ti sfido, o mistro infame! |
Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor) |
|
|
Le Concert d'Astrée |
Haïm, Emmanuelle |
3.57 |
| 17 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
La finti giardiniera |
Va pure ad aitri |
Elna Garan?a (mezzo-soprano) |
|
|
Camerata Salzburg |
Langrée, Louis |
3.30 |
| 18 |
Verdi, Giuseppe |
La Traviata |
Act 1, "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi) |
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) |
Roberta Alagna (tenor) |
London Voices |
Berlin Philharmonic |
Abbado, Claudio |
2.54 |