Artist: VA Title: 100 Best Tenor Arias Year: 2009 Genre: Classics, Vocal Quality: lossless— Log— Cue Size: 1.78 GB
CD 1: HANDEL & MOZART ARIAS
HANDEL Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (Messiah) John Aler tenor Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis
Ombra mai fu (Serse) Fritz Wunderlich tenor Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Hans Müller-Kray
Where’er you walk (Semele) John Mark Ainsley tenor London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
Love sounds th’alarm (Acis and Galatea) Ian Bostridge tenor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket
Vani sono i lamenti...Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) Placido Domingo tenor National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
MOZART Fuor del mar (Idomeneo) Placido Domingo tenor Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
Hier soll ich dich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Leopold Simoneau tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
Konstanze! Konstanze!...O wie ängstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Fritz Wunderlich tenor Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
Frisch zum Kampfe! (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Placido Domingo tenor Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Leopold Simoneau tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) Luigi Alva tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni) Luigi Alva tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
Un’ aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)
In qual fiero contrasto…Tradito, schernito (Così fan tutte) Alfredo Kraus tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl Böhm
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte) Fritz Wunderlich tenor Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (La clemenza di Tito) Placido Domingo tenor Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn
CD 2: VERDI ARIAS
VERDI O figli, o figli miei!...Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth) José Carreras tenor New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Oh, tutto di navicelle...Ella in poter del barbero...Cara patria (Attila) Placido Domingo tenor Ambrosian Opera Chorus National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn
Oh! fede negar potessi ...Quando le sere (Luisa Miller) Franco Corelli tenor New Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
Questa o quella (Rigoletto)
Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)
La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) Alfredo Kraus tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel
Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore)
Di quella pira (Il trovatore) Franco Corelli tenor Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Thomas Schippers
Lunge da lei...De’ miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso (La traviata) Rolando Villazón tenor Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti
Di’ tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera) Nicolai Gedda tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patané
Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m’è forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera) Placido Domingo tenor New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli (La forza del destino) Carlo Bergonzi tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
Io l’ho perduta...Io la vidi (Don Carlo) José Carreras tenor Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida) Placido Domingo tenor New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Ingemisco (Requiem) Luciano Pavarotti tenor Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
Niun mi tema (Otello) Placido Domingo tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker
CD 3: PUCCINI AND THE VERISMO SCHOOL
PUCCINI Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut) Charles Craig tenor Orchestra / Michael Collins
Che gelida manina (La bohème) Roberto Alagna tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier) Franco Corelli tenor • Antonietta Stella soprano (11) Mario Sereni & Paolo Pedani baritones (11) Giuseppi Modesti bass (11) Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini
Amor ti vieta (Fedora) Beniamino Gigli tenor Orchestra / Umberto Berretoni
CILEA È la solita storia (L’Arlesiana) Rolando Villazón tenor Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti
MASCAGNI Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria rusticana)
Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana) Adriana Lazzarini mezzo-soprano (15) Corinna Vozza mezzo-soprano (16) Franco Corelli tenor Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Gabriele Santini
O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz) Luciano Pavarotti tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Gianandrea Gavazzeni
LEONCAVALLO Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci) José Carreras tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
CD 4: ITALIAN AND SPANISH ARIAS
VIVALDI All’armi, o guerrieri! (Il giustino) Leonardo de Lisi tenor Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis
BELLINI A te, o cara (I puritani) Franco Corelli tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
Meco all’altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende (Norma) Franco Corelli & Piero de Palma tenors Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin
ROSSINI Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia) Luigi Alva tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vittorio Gui
Cujus animam (Stabat Mater) Robert Gambill tenor Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Riccardo Muti
DONIZETTI Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil (La favorita) Franco Corelli tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
Com’è gentil (Don Pasquale) Alfredo Kraus tenor Ambrosian Opera Chorus London Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Caldwell
Quanto è bella (L’elisir d’amore)
Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore) Nicolai Gedda tenor Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Tombe degli avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Lucia di Lammermoor) Alfredo Kraus tenor Robert Lloyd bass (12) • Ambrosian Opera Chorus (12) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno
BOITO Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele) Peter Seiffert tenor Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg
PONCHIELLI Cielo e mar (La Gioconda) Franco Corelli tenor Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris
GUERRERO Mi aldea (Los gavilanes) Placido Domingo tenor Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Manuel Moreno-Buendía
SOROZÁBAL No puede ser (La taberna del puerto) Rolando Villazón tenor Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid / Placido Domingo
CD 5: FRENCH ARIAS
MEYERBEER Pays merveilleux...O paradis (L’Africaine) José Carreras tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
DONIZETTI Ah ! mes amis, quel jour de fête...Pour mon âme (La Fille du régiment) Rockwell Blake tenor Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier
HALÉVY Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) José Carreras tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
Que les destins prospères (Le Comte Ory) Rockwell Blake tenor Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier
ADAM Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire (Le Postillon de Lonjumeau) John Aler tenor Chorale Jean Laforge Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo / Thomas Fulton
MASSENET Je suis seul...Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) Alfredo Kraus tenor Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse Michel Plasson
Ah ! tout est bien fini !... souverain, ô juge, ô père (Le Cid) José Carreras tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte
Traduire...Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther) Roberto Alagna tenor London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
GOUNOD L’amour ! L’amour...Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo et Juliette) Roberto Alagna tenor Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
Quel trouble inconnu...Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano, Roger Vignoles piano
LALO Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien aimée (Le Roi d’Ys) Beniamino Gigli tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Rainaldo Zamboni
THOMAS Adieu, Mignon, courage (Mignon)
Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon) Nicolai Gedda tenor Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Français / Georges Prêtre
BIZET La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen) Jon Vickers tenor Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles) Alain Vanzo tenor Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris Georges Prêtre
OFFENBACH Va, pour Kleinzach (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) Nicolai Gedda & Andre Mallabrera tenors Chœurs René Duclos Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire André Cluytens
Au Mont Ida (La Belle Hélène) Roberto Alagna tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Armstrong
CD 6: RUSSIAN AND GERMAN ARIAS
TCHAIKOVSKY Chto nasha zhizhn? Igra! (The Queen of Spades) Nicolai Gedda tenor Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
BEETHOVEN Gott! Welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio) Jon Vickers tenor Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
FLOTOW Ach, so fromm (Martha) Fritz Wunderlich tenor Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar
WEBER Nein, länger reag’ ich nicht...Durch die Wälder (Der Freischütz) Rudolf Schock tenor Berliner Philharmoniker / Joseph Keilberth
LORTZING Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder (Undine) Peter Schreier tenor Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Robert Heger
GOLDMARK Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba) Nicolai Gedda tenor Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender
LEHÁR Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns) Fritz Wunderlich tenor Orchestra / Carl Michalski
Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt (Paganini) Nicolai Gedda tenor Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester / Willy Boskovsky
JOHANN STRAUSS II Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’ (Der Zigeunerbaron) Peter Seiffert tenor Wiener Opernball-Orchester (Mitgleider der Wiener Volksoper) Peter Falk
WAGNER Dir töne Lob! (Tannhäuser) Klaus König tenor Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
In fernem Land (Lohengrin) Nicolai Gedda tenor Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender
Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin) Rudolf Schock tenor Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg / Wilhelm Schüchter
Morgenlicht leuchtend im rosigem Schein (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Ben Heppner tenor Bernd Weikl baritone • Kurt Moll bass • Cheryl Studer soprano Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper • Bayerisches Staatsorchester Wolfgang Sawallisch
Winterstürme, wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walküre) Peter Seiffert tenor Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Heinz Wallberg
Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung! (Siegfried) Siegfried Jerusalem & Peter Haage tenors Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink