Opera Arias

Mozart (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000000UWC
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,144 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Soderstrom, Elisabeth
  • #14 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Janowitz, Gundula
  • #15 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Nilsson, Birgit

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Le nozze di Figaro: Non so piu cosa son

2. Le nozze di Figaro: Non piu andrai

3. Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi, amor

4. Le nozze di Figaro: Voi, che sapete

5. Le nozze di Figaro: Hai gia vinta la causa!

6. Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti

7. Le nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quelgli occhi

8. Le nozze di Figaro: Deh vieni, non tardar

9. La Clemenza di Tito: Se all' impero

10. Idomeneo: Fuor del mar

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

2. Cosi fan tutte: Come scoglio immoto resta

3. Cosi fan tutte: Un'aura amorosa

4. Cosi fan tutte: Una donna a quindici anni

5. Il re pastore: L'amero, saro costante

6. Die Entfurhrung aus dem Serail: Ach Ich liebte

7. Die Entfurhrung aus dem Serail: Martern aller Arten

8. Die Entfurhrung aus dem Serail: Oh, wie will ich triumphieren

9. Die Zauberflote: Der Vogelfdnger bin ich ja

10. Die Zauberflote: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn !

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Beginners, May 1, 2000

By 

Andre (Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

This CD is a wonderful introduction to Mozart's most well-known operas as well as lesser knowns such as "Il re pastore" and "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail." There are three good things about this CD, and are as follows:

1st -- Most importantly for the beginner, it is DIRT CHEAP. Especially when considering that there are two CD's. WOW.

2nd -- The variety is great, and the CD chooses the most popular arias and duets from each of the operas.

3rd -- The singers aren't complete unknowns as in other Seraphim CD's. So you have some pretty good singers singing good songs like Hermann Prey singing a favorite of mine "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen," or Teresa Berganza singing "Voi, che sapete." So you are getting some quality for your small investment.

I love the fact that this CD includes those three attributes. It's a fantastic way for beginners to be introduced into the world of opera without too much risk if they end up not liking it at all... But I'm sure they'll love Mozart since most people do.

I must warn people though, do try and stay away from compilations of music that attest that they have everything that you could want from a composer. There are lesser known works that are absolutely fantastic and should be recognized and heard. I only recommend this compilation to beginners, and anyone who is truly interested in opera should be buying complete opera CD's, and even better, be going to hear operas live, as they should be heard.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mozart excerpts to end all excerpts, June 20, 2001

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James A. Quitslund (Bainbridge Island, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

It is hard to imagine a bunch of executives deciding to put these excerpts together. It is just too imaginative, an anthology designed in Record Collectors Heaven. There will not be universal agreement that every single selection is the best ever--even the best recording ever issued by Angel/EMI. But who will not be thrilled to hear the bits from the 1950s and very early 1960s by Wunderlich, Gedda, Schwarzkopf, the young Joan Sutherland, Moffo, etc. Yet those of us who still love the Angel Mozart recordings of that time need to hear more recent interpretations as well, and each one of these is really fine. Because so many of the complete recordings are either unavailable or not competitive in today's market, this seems like a self-congratulatory but not self-serving anthology. Where else would we get to hear, again and again, the Spanish soprano Pilar Lorengar sing Pamina's aria from the "Magic Flute"? It is lovely. 99% of the other selections are too. With a huge quantity of music on these two discs, you can't go wrong.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Sampling of Mozart Arias, November 5, 1999

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Christine (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

This CD is wonderful if you are unfamiliar with the different operas that Mozart wrote. This album offers a sampling of well known arias from Mozarts most famous operas. The singing and orchastrations were wonderful. A CD that is worth owning. (when I purchased this album I recieved the correct CDs)