Essential Opera 2

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Leo Delibes (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Georg Solti (Conductor), John Alldis (Conductor), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Richard Bonynge (Conductor), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Istvan Kertesz (Conductor), Giuseppe Patanè (Conductor), Charles Dutoit (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Georg Solti, John Alldis, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Bonynge, Zubin Mehta, et al.
• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner, Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, et al.
• Audio CD (February 15, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B000004232
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,717 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #17 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Troyanos, Tatiana
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  • #39 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > A to B > Bartoli, Cecilia > All Works Featuring Bartoli

Track Listings

1. Die Walkure: The Ride Of The Valkyries

2. Carmen: Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

3. Le nozze di Figaro: Non piu andrai

4. Madama Butterfly: Humming chorus

5. La Traviata: Un di felice

6. Turnandot: Signore, ascolta!

7. Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

8. Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba

9. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Io sono docile (Una voce poco fa)

10. Les pecheurs de perles: C'est toi...Au fond du temple saint

11. Don Giovanni: la ci darem la mano

12. L'arlesiana: Lameno di Federico

13. Lakme: Dome epais le jasmin

14. Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

15. Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono

16. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle

17. La Boheme: Si. Me chiamano Mimi

18. La Boheme: O soave faciulla

19. Die Zauberflote: Der Vogelganger bin ich ja

20. Faust: Soldiers chorus

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A few words..., February 25, 2000

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Lina (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Opera 2 (Audio CD)

This CD is quite simply one of my favourites and has been for the last three years. The collection is as timeless as the voices of the contributing artists. I have traveled between North America, Europe and the Middle East with only this CD and a good book for company. One of my favourite memories of travelling is watching the sunrise in Amsterdam while listening to Pavarotti and Cecilia Bartoli. I have several of the songs on this CD in other collections but my favourite versions of: La ci darem la mano, Soave sia il vento, La donna e mobile and Non piu andrai are the ones included in this CD.

I would recommended this collection to anyone who loves opera.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great compilation but the title's a misnomer., July 13, 2006

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Opera 2 (Audio CD)

This is a better compilation than Essential Opera 1, which itself is a very good collection for opera lovers and opera beginners alike. That said, I however can't agree that this is "essential" opera. Where is Maria Callas in the line-up? Absent Maria, any opera collection that deems itself "essential" deludes itself. Callas is as indispensable to opera as, say, Picasso is to cubism. She is essential to great opera.

I'd give this disc five stars if not for Callas' omission, a grave mistake. In any case, Tatiana Troyano's Habanera, Cecilia Bartoli's "Una Voce Poco fa," Krause, Popp, and Fassbaender's "Saove sia il vento," and Sutherland and Berbie's Lakme duet make this compilation wonderful, exciting, and highly commendable.