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Booming Bass and Baritone - Best Loved Opera Arias
Naxos

Booming Bass and Baritone - Best Loved Opera Arias

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Apr 23, 2021
Catalog #
8578191
UPC
747313819171

About

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.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Figaro) 04:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Figaro)
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Gioachino Rossini
    Performer
    Lado Ataneli
    Ensemble
    Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
    Conductor
    Lodovico Zocche
  2. 2 Carmen, Act II: Couplets: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre, "Toreador Song" (Escamillo) 04:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Carmen, Act II: Couplets: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre, "Toreador Song" (Escamillo)
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Georges Bizet
    Performer
    Lado Ataneli
    Ensemble
    Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
    Conductor
    Lodovico Zocche
  3. 3 Act II Scene 3: Ronde du Veau d'or: Le veau d'or est toujours debout! (Méphistophélès) 01:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Ronde du Veau d'or: Le veau d'or est toujours debout! (Méphistophélès)
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Charles Gounod
    Performer
    Carlo Colombara
    Ensemble
    Rijeka Opera Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  4. 4 Act III Scene 10: Il était temps! (Méphistophélès) 01:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III Scene 10: Il était temps! (Méphistophélès)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Charles Gounod
    Performer
    Carlo Colombara
    Ensemble
    Rijeka Opera Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  5. 5 Mefistofele, Act II Scene 2: Ecco il mondo (Mefistofele) 02:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mefistofele, Act II Scene 2: Ecco il mondo (Mefistofele)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Arrigo Boito
    Performer
    Samuel Ramey
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Julius Rudel
  6. 6 Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Scintille, diamant! (Dappertutto) 04:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Scintille, diamant! (Dappertutto)
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Samuel Ramey
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Julius Rudel
  7. 7 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I: Aria: Non più andrai (Figaro) 04:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I: Aria: Non più andrai (Figaro)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Renato Girolami
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  8. 8 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Aria and Chorus: O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro, Chorus) 02:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Aria and Chorus: O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kurt Rydl
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  9. 9 Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (Daland) 04:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (Daland)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Erich Knodt
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
    Conductor
    Pinchas Steinberg
  10. 10 Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act III Scene 3: Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!, "Wotan's Farewell" (Wotan) 03:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act III Scene 3: Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!, "Wotan's Farewell" (Wotan)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Matthias Goerne
    Ensemble
    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jaap van Zweden
  11. 11 Guillaume Tell (William Tell), Act III Finale: Aria: Sois immobile (Guillaume) 02:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Guillaume Tell (William Tell), Act III Finale: Aria: Sois immobile (Guillaume)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Gioachino Rossini
    Performer
    Andrew Foster-Williams
    Ensemble
    Virtuosi Brunensis
    Conductor
    Antonino Fogliani
  12. 12 Nabucco, Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Vieni, o Levita! (Zaccaria) 04:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    Nabucco, Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Vieni, o Levita! (Zaccaria)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer
    Michele Pertusi
    Ensemble
    Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile della Via Emilia
    Conductor
    Francesco Ivan Ciampa
  13. 13 Rigoletto, Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto) 04:16
    Track
    13
    Title
    Rigoletto, Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer
    Eduard Tumagian
    Ensemble
    Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ali Rahbari
  14. 14 La bohème, Act IV: Vecchia zimarra, senti (Colline) 01:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    La bohème, Act IV: Vecchia zimarra, senti (Colline)
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Ivan Urbas
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Will Humburg
  15. 15 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus) 03:26
    Track
    15
    Title
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus)
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Jan Opalach
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  16. 16 Mosè in Egitto (Moses in Egypt), Act II: Dal Re de' Regi (Mosè) (1819 Naples version) 04:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    Mosè in Egitto (Moses in Egypt), Act II: Dal Re de' Regi (Mosè) (1819 Naples version)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Gioachino Rossini
    Performer
    Lorenzo Regazzo
    Ensemble
    Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
    Conductor
    Antonino Fogliani
  17. 17 Les Huguenots (The Huguenots), Act I: Piff, paff, piff, cernons-les! (Marcel) 03:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    Les Huguenots (The Huguenots), Act I: Piff, paff, piff, cernons-les! (Marcel)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Giacomo Meyerbeer
    Performer
    Soon-Won Kang
    Ensemble
    Bratislava Chamber Choir, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia
    Conductor
    Renato Palumbo
  18. 18 Tosca, Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza, "Te Deum" (Scarpia, Chorus) 04:18
    Track
    18
    Title
    Tosca, Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza, "Te Deum" (Scarpia, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Silvano Carroli
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ali Rahbari