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VARIOUS ARTISTS

The # 1 Soprano Album

VARIOUS ARTISTS

33 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES • APR 09 2002

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Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: 2. Bailero (Live)
Frederica von Stade, Utah Symphony & Joseph Silverstein
06:40
6
Bellini: Norma / Act 1: Casta Diva
Joan Sutherland, Samuel Ramey, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
06:00
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - Original version, Vienna 1786 - Act 3: "Che soave zeffiretto" - "Piegato è il foglio..."
Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
02:53
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"
Sumi Jo, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
02:54
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act II: Welche Wonne, welche Lust
Kathleen Battle, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine
02:43
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Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Act 5: "Mercè, dilette amiche"
Anita Cerquetti, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Gianandrea Gavazzeni
03:55
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1: "Caro nome - E la...Miratela"
Edita Gruberová, William Matteuzzi, Armando Gabba, Geoffrey Moses, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Giuseppe Sinopoli
06:33
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Puccini: Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte
Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
03:27
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo"
Régine Crespin, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Edward Downes
04:24
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Puccini: La Rondine / Act 1: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"
Renata Tebaldi, Philharmonia Orchestra & Oliviero de Fabritiis
02:41
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Puccini: La bohème, Act II: Quando men vo (Musetta's Waltz)
Elizabeth Harwood, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Michel Sénéchal, Rolando Panerai, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
02:45
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Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Roberto de Candia, Ildebrando D'arcangelo, Simon Keenlyside, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
04:57
17
Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839 (Arr. Sabatini)
Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
05:26
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Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Marilyn Horne, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, The Manhattan Opera Chorus & John Mauceri
04:57
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 3: Barcarolle "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
Susanne Marsee, Beverly Sills, London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel, John Alldis Choir & John Alldis
04:15
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: No. 5 Cavatina: "Una voce poco fa" - "Io sono docile"
Teresa Berganza, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli & Silvio Varviso
05:52
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Verdi: La traviata / Act 1: "E strano!...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera"
Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
06:46
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Giunse alfin il momento...Deh, vieni, non tardar"
Barbara Bonney, Petteri Salomaa, Alicia Nafé, Arleen Augér, The Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra & Arnold Östman
03:41
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 2: "In quali eccessi - Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (K. 540c)
Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker & Erich Leinsdorf
03:37
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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Cellos, W.389: Aria (Cantilena)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Lynn Harrell & Instrumental Ensemble
06:43
25
Gounod: Ave Maria
Kiri Te Kanawa, Utah Symphony & Julius Rudel
02:46
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Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"
Kiri Te Kanawa, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood
04:14
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Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 3: "Let The Bright Seraphim"
Joan Sutherland, Harry Dilley, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
05:54
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Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Act 3: La mamma morta
Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Morresi, The National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
05:13
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Flotow: Martha / Act 2: Last Rose of Summer
Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate
04:52
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Act 2: "In quelle trine morbide"
Maria Chiara, Wiener Volksopernorchester & Nello Santi
02:27
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act III: Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Live at Bayreuther Festspiele / 1966)
Birgit Nilsson, Bayreuther Festspielorchester & Karl Böhm
06:15
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Orff: Carmina Burana / 3. Cour d'amours: "In trutina"
Barbara Bonney, Wiener Philharmoniker & André Previn
02:30
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Anonymous: Shenandoah (Arr. Davis)
Marilyn Horne, The London Voices, English Chamber Orchestra & Carl Davis
03:09
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