Great Opera

$74.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 24, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BIZET MOZART PUCCINI ROSSIN
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    2. Act I Scene 1: Introduzione: Notte e giorno faticar (Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Il Commendatore)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Adrianne Pieczonka, Bo Skovhus, Janusz Monarcha

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    3. Act I Scene 3: Duetto: Fuggi, crudele, fuggi! (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Adrianne Pieczonka, Torsten Kerl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    4. Act I Scene 5: Aria: Ah chi mi dice mai (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Regina Schörg, Bo Skovhus, Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    5. Act I Scene 5: Aria: Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Leporello)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    6. Act I Scene 7: Coro: Giovinette che fate all'amore (Zerlina, Masetto, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi, Boaz Daniel

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    7. Act I Scene 8: Aria: Ho capito, signor si (Masetto)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Boaz Daniel

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    8. Act I Scene 9: Duettino: La ci darem la mano (Zerlina, Don Giovanni)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi, Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    9. Act I Scene 10: Aria: Ah fuggi il traditor (Donna Elvira)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Regina Schörg

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    10. Act I Scene 12: Quartetto: Non ti fidar, o misera (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Adrianne Pieczonka, Regina Schörg, Torsten Kerl, Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    11. Act I Scene 13: Recitativo accompagnato ed Aria: Don Ottavio, son morta! - Aria: Or sai chi l'onore (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Adrianne Pieczonka, Torsten Kerl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    12. Act I Scene 13 Appendix: Aria: Dalla sua pace (Don Ottavio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Torsten Kerl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    13. Act I Scene 15: Aria: Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    14. Act I Scene 16: Aria: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Zerlina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    15. Act II Scene 3: Canzonetta: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    16. Act II Scene 6: Aria: Vedrai, carino (Zerlina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    17. Act II Scene 10: Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Ottavio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    18. Act II Scene 10 Appendix 2: Recitativo accompagnato ed Aria: In quali eccessi (Donna Elvira)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Regina Schörg

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    19. Act II Scene 15: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Bo Skovhus, Janusz Monarcha, Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    20. Act II Scene 16: Questo e il fin (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Leporello)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Adrianne Pieczonka, Regina Schörg, Ildikó Raimondi, Torsten Kerl, Boaz Daniel, Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    21. Act I: Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    22. Act I: Zu hilfe! Zu hilfe! (Tamino, the Three Ladies)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Herbert Lippert

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    23. Act I: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Papageno)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    24. Act I: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Tamino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Herbert Lippert

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    25. Act I: O zitt're nicht, mein lieber Sohn! (Queen of the Night)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Hellen Kwon

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    26. Act I: Hm! Hm! Hm! Hm! (Papageno, Tamino, the Three Ladies)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy, Herbert Lippert

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    27. Act I: Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen (Pamina, Papageno)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Georg Tichy

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    28. Act I: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton! (Tamino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Herbert Lippert

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    29. Act I: Schnelle Fusse, rascher Mut (Pamina, Papageno, Monostatos, Slaves)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Georg Tichy, Wilfried Gahmlich

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    30. Act II: March of the Priests

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    31. Act II: O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Rydl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    32. Act II: Alles fuhlt der liebe Freuden (Monostatos)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Wilfried Gahmlich

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    33. Act II: Der Holle Rache kocht in meinen Herzen (Queen of the Night)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Hellen Kwon

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    34. Act II: In diesen heil'gen Hallen (Sarastro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Rydl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    35. Act II: Ach, ich fuhl's (Pamina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    36. Act II: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    37. Act II: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papageno (Papageno, Papagena)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Lotte Leitner, Georg Tichy

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    38. Act II: Nur stille, stille, stille, stille (Monostatos, Queen of the Night, the Three Ladies)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Chorus

      Performer: Wilfried Gahmlich, Hellen Kwon

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    39. Act II: Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht (Sarastro, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Rydl

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    40. Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    41. Act I Cavatina: Ecco, ridente in cielo (Conte)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ramón Vargas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    42. Act I Cavatina: Largo al factotum della citta (Figaro)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Roberto Servile

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    43. Act I Duetto: All'idea di quel metallo (Figaro, Conte)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Roberto Servile, Ramón Vargas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    44. Act I Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Rosina)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sonia Ganassi

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    45. Act I Aria: La calunnia e un venticello (Basilio)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Franco de Grandis

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    46. Act I Duetto: Dunque io son... tu non m'inganni? (Rosina, Figaro)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sonia Ganassi, Roberto Servile

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    47. Act I Aria A un dottor della mia sorte (Bartolo)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Angelo Romero

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    48. Act I Finale: Fredda ed immobile

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Choir, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sonia Ganassi, Angelo Romero, Franco de Grandis, Ingrid Kertesi, Ramón Vargas, Roberto Servile

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    49. Act II Duetto: Pace e gioia sia con voi (Conte, Bartolo)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ramón Vargas, Angelo Romero

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    50. Act II Aria: Contro un cor che accende amore (Rosina, Conte)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sonia Ganassi, Ramón Vargas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    51. Act II Sequito del Quintetto: Buona sera, mio signore

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Franco de Grandis, Sonia Ganassi, Ramón Vargas, Roberto Servile, Angelo Romero

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    52. Act II Aria: Il vecchiotto cerca moglie (Berta)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ingrid Kertesi

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    53. Act II Terzetto: Ah! qual colpo inaspettato! (Rosina, Figaro, Conte)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sonia Ganassi, Roberto Servile, Ramón Vargas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    54. Act II Finaletto: Di si felice innesto serbiam memoria eterna?

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Choir, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Roberto Servile, Ingrid Kertesi, Angelo Romero, Franco de Grandis, Sonia Ganassi, Ramón Vargas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    55. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    56. Act I: Libiamo, ne' lieti calci, "Brindisi" (Drinking Song) (Alfredo, Chorus, Violetta)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro, Monika Krause

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    57. Act I: Un di, felice, eterea (Alfredo, Violetta)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro, Monika Krause

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    58. Act I: E' strano! e strano! (Violetta)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Monika Krause

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    59. Act I: Follie! … Sempre libera degg'io (Violetta)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Monika Krause

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    60. Act II Scene 1: Lunge da lei per me (Alfredo)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    61. Act II Scene 1: O mio rimorso! (Alfredo)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    62. Act II Scene 1: Pura si come un angelo - Dite alla giovine (Germont, Violetta)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy, Monika Krause

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    63. Act II Scene 1: Dammi tu forza, o cielo! (Violetta, Annina, Alfredo)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Monika Krause, Ivica Neshybová, Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    64. Act II Scene 1: Di Provenza il mar, il suol (Germont)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    65. Act II Scene 2: Noi siamo zingarelle (Chorus, Flora, Marchese)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rannveig Braga, Jozef Špaček

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    66. Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    67. Act III: Teneste la promessa (Violetta)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Monika Krause

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    68. Act III: Signora! … Che t'accade? - Parigi, o cara (Annina, Violetta, Alfredo)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ivica Neshybová, Monika Krause, Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    69. Act III: Ah, Violetta! … Voi, Signor! - E strano! … Che! (Germont, Violetta, Alfredo, Dottore, Annina, chorus)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy, Monika Krause, Yordy Ramiro, Jozef Špaček, Ivica Neshybová

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    70. Prelude

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    71. Act I: Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Kristjan Johannsson

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    72. Act I: Ritorna vincitor! ... I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Maria Dragoni

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    73. Act I: Dance of the Priestesses

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Chamber Choir, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    74. Act II: Dance of the Moorish Slaves

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    75. Act II: Sul del Nilo al sacro lido ... Numi, pieta del mio martir

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Chamber Choir, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Maria Dragoni, Barbara Dever

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    76. Act II: Gloria all' Egitto

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Chamber Choir, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    77. Act II. Grand March

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    78. Act II: Ballet Music

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    79. Act II: Vieni, o guerrero vindice

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Chamber Choir, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    80. Act III: Qui Radames verra! ... O patria mia

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Maria Dragoni

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    81. Act III: Ciel mio padre! ... Su dunque!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Maria Dragoni, Mark Rucker

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    82. Act IV: L'Aborrita rivale a me sfuggia ... Gia i Sacerdoti

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Barbara Dever

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    83. Act IV: Die mie discolpe

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Barbara Dever, Kristjan Johannsson

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    84. Act IV: Morire! Ah, tu dei vivere

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Barbara Dever, Kristjan Johannsson

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    85. Act IV: Chi ti salva, sciagurato

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Barbara Dever

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    86. Act IV: E la morte un ben supremo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Kristjan Johannsson

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    87. Act IV: La fatal pietra ... Morir! si pura e bella

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Kristjan Johannsson, Maria Dragoni

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    88. Act IV: O terra, addio; addio di vale di pianto

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ Chamber Choir, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Maria Dragoni, Kristjan Johannsson, Barbara Dever

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    89. Prelude

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    90. Act I: La cloche a sonnee (Cigarette Factory Girls)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    91. Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, "Habanera" (Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    92. Act I: Seguidilla and Duet: Pres des remparts de Seville (Carmen, Don Jose)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn, Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    93. Entr'acte

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    94. Act II: Couplets: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Escamillo, Chorus, Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alan Titus, Graciela Alperyn

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    95. Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Don Jose, Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giorgio Lamberti, Graciela Alperyn

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    96. Entr'acte

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    97. Act III: Sextet and Chorus: Ecoute, ecoute, compagnon (Carmen, Don Jose, le Dancaire, Le Remendado, Frasquita, Mercedes, Smugglers)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn, Giorgio Lamberti, Ann Liebeck

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    98. Act III: Ensemble and Chorus: Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire! (Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita, Tous, Toutes Les Femmes, Micaela)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn, Ann Liebeck

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    99. Act III: Je dis que rien m'epouvante (Micaela)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Doina Palade

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    100. Act III: Entr'acte

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    101. Act IV: March and Chorus: Les voici! les voici! (Children, Sellers)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    102. Prelude: O Lola ch'ai di latti fior di spino, "Siciliana" (Turiddu)

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giacomo Aragall

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    103. Chorus: Gli aranci olezzano (Villagers)

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    104. Regina Coeli: Scene and Prayer - Beato voi, compar Alfio (Lucia, Alfio, Santuzza and Villagers)

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alžbeta Michálková, Eduard Tumagian, Stefka Evstatieva

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    105. Intermezzo

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    106. Brindisi: Viva il vino spumeggiante (Turiddu, Lola and Villagers)

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giacomo Aragall, Anna di Mauro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    107. Mamma, quel vino e generoso (Turiddu, Lucia and Santuzza)

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giacomo Aragall, Alžbeta Michálková, Stefka Evstatieva

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    108. Prologue

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    109. Prologue: Si puo? Si puo? (Tonio)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eduard Tumagian

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    110. Act I Scene 1: Via di li! (Canio)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nicola Martinucci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    111. Act I Scene 1: Scene and Chorus of the Bells: I zampognari! (Villagers)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    112. Act I Scene 2: Ballatella: Hui! Hui!… Stridono lassu (Nedda)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Gauci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    113. Act I Scene 3: Vesti la giubba (Canio)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nicola Martinucci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    114. Act II Scene 1: Ohe! Ohe! (Villagers)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    115. Act II Scene 2: No! Pagglioccio non son (Canio)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nicola Martinucci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    116. Act II Scene 2: Ah! No, per mia madre! (Nedda, Silvio, Beppe, Tonio, Canio and Villagers)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Gauci, Bo Skovhus, Miroslav Dvorský, Eduard Tumagian, Nicola Martinucci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    117. Act I: Sante ampolle! - Recondita armonia (Il Sagrestano, Cavaradossi)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jozef Špaček, Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    118. Act I: Mario! Mario! Mario! (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Angelotti)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Giorgio Lamberti, Andrea Piccinni

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    119. Act I: Non la sospiri la nostra casetta (Tosca, Cavaradossi)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    120. Act I: Ah, quegli occhi! … (Tosca, Cavaradossi)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    121. Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Scarpia, Spoletta, Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Silvano Carroli, Miroslav Dvorský

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    122. Act II: Tosca e un buon falco! (Scarpia, Sciarrone)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Silvano Carroli, Jan Durco

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    123. Act II: Orsu, Tosca, parlate - Nel pozzo … nel giardino … (Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Sciarrone)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Silvano Carroli, Nelly Miricioiu, Giorgio Lamberti, Miroslav Dvorský, Jan Durco

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    124. Act II: Floria! … Amore … - Vittoria! Vittoria! (Cavaradossi, Tosca, Scarpia, Sciarrone)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giorgio Lamberti, Nelly Miricioiu, Silvano Carroli, Jan Durco

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    125. Act II: Quanto? … Quanto? Il prezzo! … - Odi? E' il tamburo (Tosca, Scarpia)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Silvano Carroli

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    126. Act II: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore (Tosca, Scarpia)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Silvano Carroli

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    127. Act II: Io tenni la promessa … - E qual via scegliete? - Tosca, finalmente mia! (Scarpia, Tosca)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Silvano Carroli, Nelly Miricioiu

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    128. Act III: Introduction

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    129. Act III: Io de'sospiri (Un Pastore)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    130. Act III: Mario Cavaradossi? A voi (Un Carceriere, Cavaradossi)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    131. Act III: E lucevan le stelle … (Cavaradossi)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    132. Act III: Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca … - Il tuo sangue o il mio amore volea … (Cavaradossi, Tosca)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    133. Act III: O dolci mani - Senti … l'ora e vicina - maro sol per te m'era morire (Cavaradossi, Tosca, Un Carceriere)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giorgio Lamberti, Nelly Miricioiu

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    134. Act III: Come e lunga l'attesa! (Tosca)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    135. Act III: Presto, su! Mario! Mario! (Tosca, Male Chorus, Sciarrone, Spoletta)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Nelly Miricioiu, Jan Durco, Miroslav Dvorský

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    136. Act I - Dovunque al mondo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro, Georg Tichy, Jozef Abel

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    137. Act I - Ed e bella la sposa?

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Georg Tichy, Jozef Abel, Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    138. Act I - Amore o grillo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    139. Act I - Ecco! Son giunte al sommo del pendio

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jozef Abel, Miriam Gauci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    140. Act I - Bimba, bimba, non piangere

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro, Miriam Gauci, Nelly Boschkowa

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    141. Act I - Viene la sers

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro, Miriam Gauci, Nelly Boschkowa

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    142. Act I - Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yordy Ramiro, Miriam Gauci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    143. Act II - Un bel di, vedremo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Gauci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    144. Act II - Vedrai, piccolo amor

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Gauci

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    145. Act II - Tutto, tutto, sia pien di fior

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Gauci, Nelly Boschkowa

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    146. Act II - Humming Chorus

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    147. Act III - Introduction... Oh eh! Oh eh!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    148. Act III - Con onor muore

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Bratislava CSR Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Gauci, Yordy Ramiro

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    149. ACT I: Questo Mar Rosso - mi ammollisce e assidera

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Fabio Previati, Jonathan Welch

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    150. Oh! sventata, sventata!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Luba Orgonášová, Jonathan Welch

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    151. Che gelida manina

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    152. Si, mi chiamo Mimi

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Luba Orgonášová, Jonathan Welch

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    153. O soave fanciulla

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch, Luba Orgonášová

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    154. ACT II: Viva Parpignol

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Luba Orgonášová, Fabio Previati, Boaz Senator, Ivan Urbas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    155. Oh! - Essa! - Musetta!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch, Boaz Senator, Ivan Urbas, Fabio Previati, Jiří Sulženko

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    156. Quando me'n vo'

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Carmen Gonzales, Fabio Previati, Jiří Sulženko, Jonathan Welch, Boaz Senator, Ivan Urbas

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    157. Caro! Fuori il danaro!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch, Ivan Urbas, Boaz Senator, Carmen Gonzales

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    158. ACT III: Ohe, la, le guardie! Aprite!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    159. Mimi! - Speravo di trovarvi qui

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Fabio Previati, Luba Orgonášová

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    160. Marcello, finalmente!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch, Luba Orgonášová, Fabio Previati

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    161. Donde lieta usci

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Luba Orgonášová

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    162. Dunque e proprio finita!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch, Luba Orgonášová, Fabio Previati, Carmen Gonzales

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    163. ACT IV: In un coupe... O Mimi, tu più non torni

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Fabio Previati, Jonathan Welch

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    164. Vecchia zimarra, senti

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ivan Urbas, Boaz Senator

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    165. Sono andati?

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Luba Orgonášová, Jonathan Welch

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    166. Che ha detto il medico?

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Welch, Fabio Previati, Carmen Gonzales, Ivan Urbas

      Conductor: Will Humburg


GREAT OPERA (10-CD Box set)

The very first operas were performed in Florence in the mid-1590s. Since then, musical styles have blossomed and evolved out of all recognition, yet opera continues to be heavily influenced by the political, social and cultural contexts surrounding its genesis. A collaborative enterprise, an opera brings together the works of composers, librettists, singers and designers alike, generating rich veins of public response and resulting in what is surely the most dramatic of all musical media. In this collection, we have brought together some of the most-loved operas, ranging from the elegance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni to the raw emotion of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. The lighthearted japes of Rossini’s Barber of Seville contrast royally with the pomp and spectacle of Verdi’s Aida, whilst the sultry allure of Bizet’s Carmen is the perfect foil to the lachrymose tragedy of Puccini’s La Bohème. This box is sure to entice any listener further into the magical world of opera.

Reviews of some of the original recordings that make up this set:

Don Giovanni
"Stanley Sadie once remarked that all Don GiOV117111iS should have an Italian somewhere in the cast, and it certainly helps this one to get off to a good start when Renato Girolami voices his 'None e giorno faticar' with an authentic accent and good Italianate resonance. Skovhus's Giovanni has lost something in vocal quality since the Mackerras recording, but he lives the role with conviction. A firm and sonorous Commendatore and a Masetto due for promotion strengthen the cast, while the Ottavio adds to its interest: a capable singer, who in his determination to make something positive out of this generally ineffectual character produces a charmless, rather hectoring champion brought in from some other opera, and not one by Mozart. Of the women, Adrianne Pieczonka, the Anna, is best, with clear, bright tones that just occasionally want hoisting a fraction higher to take those high As right in the centre. The Elvira is sympathetic and meets many of the technical challenges. The Zerlina, no soubrette but more a lyrical mezzo, has the knack of singing 'visibly'."

-- Gramophone [12/2011]

II barbiere di Siviglia
"Naxos's spirited new recording of II barbiere di Siviglia seems for all the world to have the crackling spontaneity of a live performance, replete with clever sound effects: creaking doors, rattling keys, tuning of instruments. But this is, in fact, an expertly mastered studio recording without the drawbacks of a noisy live audience. In other words, the best of both worlds.

The cast is bursting with future stars. It would not surprise me if the Almaviva, Ramon Vargas, were eventually to emerge as the superstar lyric tenor to follow the fading Luciano Pavarotti. Vargas can already do many things that Pavarotti never fully mastered, such as singing a true mezza voce tone, executing a messa di voce, and spinning out a genuine pianissimo. In fact, I think Vargas is the most thrilling lyric tenor to appear since the recordings of one Nino Florio were issued in 1944. (The world discovered Florio as Giuseppe di Stefano just a few years later!)

Ramon Vargas's recorded recital debut was reviewed in Fanfare 16:1 by Ralph V. Lucano, who admired his “bright, steady, ringing voice, seamlessly produced from bottom to top“ but found him “a bit monotonous in timbre“ and “a rather dour fellow.“ That isn't the case in this Naxos II barbiere di Siviglia, and Vargas emerges as the most seductively charming Almaviva on records, as well as one of the most vocally accomplished, vividly articulate in Rossini's divisions...Roberto Servile displays a fine cantante baritone as Figaro, exploding with energy and vigor in “Largo al factotum“...His bright idiomatic Figaro recalls those of Tito Gobbi and Gino Bechi. Another star in the making.

Of the three lead singers, Sonia Ganassi, an authentic contralto Rosina, is a true rarity in II barbiere recordings. The original Rosina, Geltrude Righetti-Giorgi ( was a contralto, and now for the first time in a complete II barbiere recording, modern audiences can hear the duets and ensembles weighted as Rossini conceived them. Though several mezzo Rosinas have produced good low notes in these ensembles (the brilliant Jennifer Larmore being the most recent), it is a revelation to hear Ganassi's rich contralto. The excellence of the cast continues with the veteran Angelo Romero's delightful buffo Dr. Bartolo, and Franco de Grandis's booming Don Basilio. The conductor, Will Humburg, expertly and judiciously paces the fine Failoni Chamber Orchestra."

-- James Camner, Fanfare [7/1994]

La boheme
"Orgonasova's Mimi is impressive, indeed, her only real flaw is a slight reluctance to use her words expressively; perhaps (she has worked mainly in Czechoslovakia and at smaller houses in Germany) she has sung the role rather seldom in Italian? She sings expressively, with touching characterization and a real knowledge, which makes her death scene moving, of what can be achieved by quietness and purity of tone. In fact there is a good deal of intimacy to this reading, which helps the light-voiced, not really Rodolfo-size tenor to make his mark; a pity that he won't always allow himself to be helped, and that a touch of strain occasionally shows. The Iviarcello is light-voiced, too, but vividly alive, the Colline sounds a bit plummy but the small-scale Musetta is much more than serviceable. Humburg's direction is very alert, but he rarely seems as hasty and never plods. A decent recording, too, with a good sense of space. Well worth consideration by the hard-up collector, or by someone hoping to convert a young relative to opera, or simply by the collector of promising voices: we shall hear more of Orgonasova."

-- M.E.O., Gramophone [4/1991]