Booming Bass and Baritone - Best Loved Opera Arias

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 23, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 23, 2021
    • UPC
      747313819171
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578191
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Figaro)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Performer: Lado Ataneli

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    2. Carmen, Act II: Couplets: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre, "Toreador Song" (Escamillo)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Performer: Lado Ataneli

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    3. Act II Scene 3: Ronde du Veau d'or: Le veau d'or est toujours debout! (Méphistophélès)

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Rijeka Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Carlo Colombara

      Conductor: Ville Matvejeff

    4. Act III Scene 10: Il était temps! (Méphistophélès)

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Rijeka Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Carlo Colombara

      Conductor: Ville Matvejeff

    5. Mefistofele, Act II Scene 2: Ecco il mondo (Mefistofele)

      Composer: Arrigo Boito

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Samuel Ramey

      Conductor: Julius Rudel

    6. Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Scintille, diamant! (Dappertutto)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Samuel Ramey

      Conductor: Julius Rudel

    7. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I: Aria: Non più andrai (Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    8. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Aria and Chorus: O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Rydl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    9. Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (Daland)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Erich Knodt

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    10. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act III Scene 3: Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!, "Wotan's Farewell" (Wotan)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    11. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), Act III Finale: Aria: Sois immobile (Guillaume)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Virtuosi Brunensis

      Performer: Andrew Foster-Williams

      Conductor: Antonino Fogliani

    12. Nabucco, Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Vieni, o Levita! (Zaccaria)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile della Via Emilia

      Performer: Michele Pertusi

      Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa

    13. Rigoletto, Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eduard Tumagian

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    14. La bohème, Act IV: Vecchia zimarra, senti (Colline)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ivan Urbas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    15. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Jan Opalach

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    16. Mosè in Egitto (Moses in Egypt), Act II: Dal Re de' Regi (Mosè) (1819 Naples version)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Performer: Lorenzo Regazzo

      Conductor: Antonino Fogliani

    17. Les Huguenots (The Huguenots), Act I: Piff, paff, piff, cernons-les! (Marcel)

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Bratislava Chamber Choir, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia

      Performer: Soon-Won Kang

      Conductor: Renato Palumbo

    18. Tosca, Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza, "Te Deum" (Scarpia, Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Silvano Carroli

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari


For anyone new to opera, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias ever written, the series provides a convenient introduction to opera's extensive variety of sounds and styles. Opera can be defined as drama told through music and, at the height of it's popularity, conventions arose in which certain voice types came to share features of the characters they represented. This series presents the main vocal categories (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) by dividing them across four albums. The 'Best Loved' Arias series aims to demonstrate why opera as an art form remains as relevant and entertaining today as it was at it's inception 400 years ago.