Masters of the Opera 1642-1926

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Individual cat#s: 14 071 - 14 080

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Tracklist

▶CD 1: 1642-1771
▶CD 2: 1772-1791
▶CD 3: 1797-1819
▶CD 4: 1820-1831
▶CD 5: 1832-1843
▶CD 6: 1843-1850
▶CD 7: 1851-1865
▶CD 8: 1866-1876
▼CD 9: 1876-1892
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1Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise
Tchaikovsky4:49
2Cavalleria Rusticana: Regina Cœli... Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto
choir vocals:
Bulgarischer Nationalchor „Svetoslav Obretenov“
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Maria Stoicheva (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonisches Orchester Sofia
conductor:
Georgi Robev (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Inneggiamo …” (Santuzza, Lucia, coro esterno) (preghiera)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Regina coeli laetare” (Coro) (Easter Hymn)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni8:06
3Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Steiner (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Werres
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Acte IV. No 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach
part of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV (Giulietta) (Offenbach order; critical Oeser edition)
Jacques Offenbach3:33
4Pagliacci: I zampognari!
choir vocals:
Bulgarischer Nationalchor „Svetoslav Obretenov“
tenor vocals [Canio]:
Alexander Pankov (tenor, Alfred Scholz related)
orchestra:
Philharmonisches Orchester Sofia
conductor:
Georgi Robev (conductor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “I zampognari!” … “Don, din don, … din don, suona vespero” (Ragazzi, Coro di contadini e contadine)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I
Ruggero Leoncavallo4:51
5La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
orchestra and performer:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
András Kórodi (conductor)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto III. Cà d'Oro
Amilcare Ponchielli9:38
6Parsifal: Geleiten wir im bergenden Schrein
Richard Wagner3:29
7Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella … Ave Maria
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Ave Maria” (Desdemona)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01, in 1887)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Mia madre aveva una povera ancella” (Desdemona)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi13:22
8Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Ball Scene
Tchaikovsky2:28
9Khovanshchina: Dance of the Persian Slaves
Mussorgsky7:11
10Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
choir vocals:
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera)
orchestra:
Bayerisches Staatsorchester (orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany)
conductor:
Hanns‐Martin Schneidt (harpsichordist, organist, conductor)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Borodin10:55
▶CD 10: 1892-1926