The Essential Montserrat Caballe

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Sony Masterworks
Release Date
January 15, 2008
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      MONTSERRAT CABALLE
    • PERFORMER
      Montserrat Caballe
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 15, 2008
    • UPC
      886972135724
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      88697213572
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Act I: Si Mi chiamano Mimi

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo

      Conductor: Georg Solti

    2. Act I: Ehi! Rodolfo!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Vicente Sardinero, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Georg Solti

    3. Act I: O soave fanciulla

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes

      Conductor: Georg Solti

    4. Act I: E' strano! E' strano! - Ah fors e lui

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Georges Prêtre

    5. Act I: Follie! Follie! Delirio vano

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Georges Prêtre

    6. Act I: Sempre libera

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Carlo Bergonzi

      Conductor: Georges Prêtre

    7. Act III: Teneste la promessa

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Georges Prêtre

    8. Act III: Addio, del passato

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Georges Prêtre

    9. Lucrezia Borgia, Prologue: Com'e bello!

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    10. Semiramide, Act I: Serbami ognor - Alle più calde immagini

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    11. Il pirata, Act II: Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi - Col sorriso d'innocenza

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    12. Norma, Act I: Casta diva

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    13. Act I: Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Kenneth Collins, Fiorenza Cossotto, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    14. Act I: Ah! Bello a me ritorna

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Kenneth Collins, Fiorenza Cossotto, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    15. Gemma di Vergy, Act II: Eccomi sola alfine

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: New York Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Eve Queler

    16. Act I: No…mi lasciate… tu al cui sguardo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    17. Act I: Che mi rechi? … La clemenza!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Maja Sunara

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    18. Aroldo, Act I: Ciel! Ch'io respiri

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: New York Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Eve Queler

    19. Rigoletto, Act I: Gualtier Malde … Caro nome

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Gianfranco Masini

    20. Messa da Requiem: Libera me

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Musica Sacra, New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Bianca Berini, Plácido Domingo, Paul Plishka

      Conductor: Zubin Mehta

    21. Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I: Io son l'umile ancella

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Gianfranco Masini

    22. Pagliacci, Act I: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Nello Santi

    23. Scene 4: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Regina Resnik, Richard Lewis, James King, Sherrill Milnes, Robert Bowman, Elizabeth Bainbridge, David Lennox, George MacPherson, Kenneth MacDonald, Gywn Griffiths, Júlia Hamari, Neil Howlett, David Kelly, Michael Rippon, Dennis Wicks

      Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

    24. Scene 4: Sie ist ein Ungeheuer, deine Tochter

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Regina Resnik, Richard Lewis, James King, Sherrill Milnes, Robert Bowman, Elizabeth Bainbridge, David Lennox, George MacPherson, Kenneth MacDonald, Gywn Griffiths, Júlia Hamari, Neil Howlett, David Kelly, Michael Rippon, Dennis Wicks

      Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

    25. Scene 4: Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund gekusst, Jochanaan

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Regina Resnik, Richard Lewis, James King, Sherrill Milnes, Robert Bowman, Elizabeth Bainbridge, David Lennox, George MacPherson, Kenneth MacDonald, Gywn Griffiths, Júlia Hamari, Neil Howlett, David Kelly, Michael Rippon, Dennis Wicks

      Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

    26. Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Mild und leise wie er lachelt

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Zubin Mehta


Her nickname "La Superba" can be comprehended by any non-Spanish speaker, and the passion of this Spanish soprano translates into every language. Her talent for shifting from power to delicacy is on display all across these 2 CDs as she performs pieces from Verdi's La Traviata and Rigoletto ; Puccini's La Boheme ; Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde ; Verdi's Requiem Mass (CD debut), and more!