Tracklist

CD 53
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1Le nozze de Figaro: “Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso”
bass-baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer) (in 1994-09)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (in 1994-09)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (in 1994-09)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro) (in 1994-09)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
arranger:
Georg Sartorius
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:49
2Don Giovanni: “Deh vieni alla finestra”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 16 Canzonetta “Deh vieni alla finestra” (Don Giovanni) (in 1994)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte (in 1787)
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:07
3Don Giovanni: “Madamina, il catalogo e questo”
bass vocals [Leporello]:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I. No. 4 Aria “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” (Leporello) (in 1994)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:35
4Così fan tutte: “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I. Appendix. No. 15a Aria “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo” (Guglielmo) (in 1995-09)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:52
5Die Zauberflöte: “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Die Zauberflöte: Akt I. No. 2 Arie „Was hör’ ich?” … „Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” (Papageno)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
librettist:
Emanuel Schikaneder
part of:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Akt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:53
6Tannhäuser: “Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande…O du mein holder Abendstern”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene II. „Wie Todesahnung, Dämm'rung deckt die Lande … O du mein holder Abendstern”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III
Richard Wagner5:53
7Der fliegende Holländer: “Die Frist ist um”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Akt I, Nr. 2. Arie "Die Frist ist um"
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Akt I
Richard Wagner11:53
8Les Contes d’Hoffmann: “Allez!…Pour te livrer combat…Seintille, diamant”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. "Scintille, diamant" (Dapertutto, Giulietta, Hoffmann, Schlemil) (in 1995-09)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
Jacques Offenbach3:43
9Faust: “Vous qui faites l’endormie”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Faust : Acte IV. No. 24 Sérénade « Vous qui faites l’endormie » (Méphistophélès) (in 1994)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte IV
part of:
Faust : Acte IV
Charles‐François Gounod3:00
10Prince Igor: “Ni sna ni otdyeha izmueenoj duse”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
partial recording of:
Prince Igor (opera by Borodin, most contemporary performances shouldn't link to this work)
additional composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) (from 1887 until 1888) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski‐Korsakov) (from 1887 until 1888)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin) (from 1869 until 1887)
premiered at:
Мариинский театр (Mariinsky Theatre) in Sankt-Peterburg, Russia (on 1890-11-04)
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин8:10
11Don Pasquale: “Bella siccome un angelo”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Don Pasquale: Atto I, Scena 1. “Bella siccome un angelo” (Malatesta, Pasquale)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) and Giovanni Ruffini (librettist)
part of:
Don Pasquale: Atto I
Gaetano Donizetti2:56
12La Cenerentola: “Miei rampolli femminini”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
La Cenerentola: Atto I, scena 1. Cavatina “Miei rampolli femminini” (Magnifico)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Jacopo Ferretti
part of:
La Cenerentola: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini5:37
13Macbeth: “Perfidi! All’anglo contra me v’unite!”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15a Scena “Perfidi! All'anglo contro me v'unite!” (Macbeth)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi5:23
14Falstaff: “Ehi! paggio!…L’Onore!”
solo baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Falstaff: Atto I, scena 1. “Ehi! Paggio!” - “L’onore! Ladri!” - “Io stesso, sì, io, io” (Falstaff)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer) and Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Falstaff: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:32

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includes:4 Balladen / Barcarolle / Fantasie by Chopin (composer); Krystian Zimerman (pianist)
12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante by Franz Liszt; Alice Sara Ott (pianist)
Air. A Baroque Journey by Daniel Hope (violinist)
Aria cantilena by Elīna Garanča (Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano)
Arias by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); Kathleen Battle (soprano), Itzhak Perlman (violinist and conductor), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson (American conductor)
Arias by Mozart (classical composer); Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Rattle (conductor)
Ayre by Osvaldo Golijov (composer); The Andalucian Dogs, Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Ballett‐Suiten: Dornröschen / Schwanensee / Nußknacker by Tschaicowsky (Russian romantic composer); Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist)
Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Strauss: Tod Und Verklärungn by Johannes Brahms (German composer), Richard Strauss (German composer); Berliner Philharmoniker, Victor de Sabata (conductor and composer)
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3 by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
Carmen (1977 studio cast) by Bizet (composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (Romanian soprano), The Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Carmen‐Fantasie by Anne‐Sophie Mutter (violinist), Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto no. 1 / Bassoon Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor), Alfred Prinz (clarinetist), Werner Tripp (flute player), Dietmar Zeman (bassoonist)
Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre by Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist); Narciso Yepes (classical guitarist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), English Chamber Orchestra, García Navarro (conductor)
Die schöne Müllerin by Schubert (composer); Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Justus Zeyen (pianist)
Drumming / Six Pianos / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ by Steve Reich (American composer)
Duets by Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms (German composer); Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Eberhard Waechter (baritone), Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Fantasy in C major by Schumann (German classical composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Faure: Requiem / Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte by Fauré (French composer), Ravel (classical composer); Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (bass-baritone & teacher)
Fiesta by Simón Bolívar Youth Orchesta of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor and violinist)
Glass: Violin Concerto / Schnittke: Concerto grosso no. 5 by Philip Glass (US composer & pianist), Alfred Schnittke (composer and pianist); Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnányi (German conductor), Gidon Kremer (violinist)
Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer), Paul McCreesh (conductor), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Sarah Conolly (mezzo-soprano), Gabrieli Consort & Players (UK early music ensemble)
Horowitz at Home by Владимир Самойлович Горовиц (American pianist and composer)
Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen / Ich Habe Genug by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone), Hermann Töttcher (oboist), Kammerorchester Karl Ristenpart, Karl Ristenpart (conductor)
Kaiserwalzer by Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son); Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
Klavierkonzerte no. 14 & 26 »Krönungskonzert« by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Maria João Pires (pianist)
Klaviersonaten no. 14 “Mondschein” / No. 8 “Pathétique” / No. 23 “Appassionata” (1984 recordings) by Beethoven (German composer); Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
La Mer / Nocturnes / Jeux / Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre by Claude Debussy (composer); The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor)
La traviata (1976-77 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Ileana Cotrubas (Romanian soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester (orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany), Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Marsch nr.2 G‐moll / Waldszenen / Sechs Stücke aus Fantasiestücke, op. 12 by Robert Schumann (German classical composer); Svjatoslav Richter (Sviatoslav Richter, pianist)
Memory by Lang Lang (Chinese pianist)
Music of the Gothic Era by Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
Opera Arias by Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
Opern‐Chöre by Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
Paganini for Two by Niccolò Paganini (composer and violinist); Gil Shaham (violinist), Göran Söllscher (classical guitarist)
Pasión española by Plácido Domingo (tenor)
Piano Concerto no. 1 by Johannes Brahms (German composer); Emil Gilels (pianist), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur by Prokofiev (Russian composer), Ravel (classical composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Réflexions by Hélène Grimaud (pianist), Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor and composer), Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra), Truls Mørk (Norwegian cellist), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / “Porgy and Bess” Suite (Catfish Row) / Cuban Overture by George Gershwin (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
Rita Streich singt Opern‐Arien by Rita Streich (soprano)
Schubert: Death & the Maiden / Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 135 by Schubert (composer), Beethoven (German composer); Hagen Quartett (Austrian string quartet)
Sonatas & Études by Chopin (composer), Scriabin (pianist and composer), Liszt, Ligeti (contemporary classical composer); Yuja Wang (pianist)
Speak Low: Songs by Kurt Weill & The Seven Deadly Sins by Kurt Weill (composer); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), John Eliot Gardiner
Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Prokofiev: Sonate No. 7 / Webern: Variationen, op. 27 / Boulez: Sonate No. 2 by Stravinsky (Russian composer), Prokofiev (Russian composer), Webern (composer), Boulez (composer and conductor); Maurizio Pollini (pianist)
Symphonie no. 1 by Mahler (composer); Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein
Symphonie Nr. 4 »Romantische« by Anton Bruckner (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Symphonie nr. 9 / Rosamunde‐Ouvertüre by Franz Schubert (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
Symphony no. 6 by Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer); Leningrad Philharmonic (founded in 1882; read the annotation to avoid incorrect use), Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
The Piano Concertos by Chopin (composer); Rafał Blechacz (Polish pianist), Jerzy Semkow (conductor), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vier Orchester‐Sinfonien, Wq 183 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Münchener Bach‐Orchester, Karl Richter (conductor/ choir master/ organist/ harpsichordist)
Violin Concertos by Schoenberg (composer), Sibelius (Finnish composer); Hilary Hahn (violinist), Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor and composer), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
part of:111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon celebratory compilations (order: 3)