The Greatest Classical Singers Collection

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1Turandot: “Nessun dorma”
choir vocals:
Rhine Opera Chorus
tenor vocals [Calaf]:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Alain Lombard (conductor)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA
part of:
Turandot: Atto III
José Carreras3:10
2Carmen : « L'amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Habanera)
engineer:
Paul Vavasseur (engineer)
producer:
Michel Glotz
editor:
Jennifer Howells
choir vocals:
Chœur René Duclos (from 1964-07-06 until 1964-07-20)
soprano vocals [Carmen]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1964-07-06 until 1964-07-20)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris (from 1964-07-06 until 1964-07-20)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor) (from 1964-07-06 until 1964-07-20)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Havanaise « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur) (Habanera) (from 1964-07-06 until 1964-07-20)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (french librettist) and Henri Meilhac
is based on:
El arreglito
part of:
Carmen : Acte I
Maria Callas4:23
3Bailèro (Songs of the Auvergne)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
conductor:
Jean‐Pierre Jacquillat (conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Victoria de los Ángeles4:50
4Tosca: “Recondita armonia”
baritone vocals [Il Barone Scarpia]:
Renato Capecchi (baritone)
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I
Plácido Domingo2:57
5Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
soprano vocals [Lauretta]:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd.
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Montserrat Caballé2:44
6Sea Pictures: “Where Corals Lie”
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1965-08-30)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1965-08-30)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist) (on 1965-08-30)
balance engineer:
Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s) (on 1965-08-30)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1965-08-30)
recording of:
Sea Pictures, op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie (on 1965-08-30)
lyricist:
Richard Garnett
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Sea Pictures, op. 37
Dame Janet Baker4:13
7La bohème: “Che gelida manina”
tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Jussi Björling5:11
8Tosca: “Vissi d’arte”
soprano vocals [Floria Tosca]:
Maria Callas (soprano)
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II
Maria Callas3:06
9Don Giovanni: “Non mi dir”
soprano vocals [Donna Anna]:
Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 23 Rondo “Non mi dir, bell’idol mio” (Donna Anna)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Joan Sutherland5:08
10Requiem: Ingemisco
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Luciano Pavarotti3:43
11I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah)
soprano vocals:
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
orchestra:
Taverner Players
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I Know That my Redeemer Liveth” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
Emma Kirkby6:36
12Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”
soprano vocals [Cio Cio-san]:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Montserrat Caballé5:25
13Tosca: “E lucevan le stelle”
tenor vocals [Mario Cavaradossi]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III
Plácido Domingo3:16
14Frühling (Four Lost Songs)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano)
orchestra:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin, 1923–)
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf3:39
15Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
French Radio National Orchestra (Eight Cellos)
conductor:
Heitor Villa‐Lobos
recording of:
Bachianas Brasileiras nº 5, W389: I. Aria (Cantilena) (for voice and cellos)
composer:
Heitor Villa‐Lobos (in 1938)
part of:
Bachianas Brasileiras nº 5, W389 (for voice and cellos)
Victoria de los Ángeles6:22
16Porgy and Bess: “Summertime”
choir vocals:
New York Choral Artists
soprano vocals [Clara]:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
New Princess Theater Orchestra
conductor:
John McGlinn (American conductor)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Kiri Te Kanawa2:43
17Ol’ Man River (Showboat)
bass vocals [Joe]:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone) (in 1936)
conductor:
Clifford Greenwood (in 1936)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Paul Robeson2:38
18Rigoletto: “La donna è mobile”
tenor vocals [Duca]:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan (in 1934)
conductor:
Franco Ghione (conductor, violinist and composer) (in 1934)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Beniamino Gigli2:14
19O, for the Wings of a Dove (Hear My Prayer)
organ:
Sir George Thalben-Ball (in 1927)
choir vocals:
Temple Church Choir (in 1927)
treble vocals:
Ernest Lough (boy soprano) (in 1927)
conductor:
Sir George Thalben-Ball (in 1927)
recording of:
Hear My Prayer: II. “O For the Wings of a Dove!” Con un poco più di moto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1844)
translated version of:
O könnt’ ich fliegen (from “Hör mein Bitten” aka “O for the Wings of a Dove”)
part of:
Hear My Prayer
Ernest Lough2:24
20Pagliacci: “Vesti la giubba”
piano:
Salvatore Cottone (pianist) (in 1902)
tenor vocals [Canio]:
Enrico Caruso (tenor) (in 1902)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” - “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I
Enrico Caruso2:10

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