Rosa Ponselle: Casta Diva

Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Gaspare Spontini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Stephen [1] Foster (Composer), James A. Bland (Composer), Paolo Tosti (Composer), Giulio Setti (Conductor), Rosario Bourdon (Conductor), Rosa Ponselle (Performer), Giovanni Martinelli (Performer), Marion Telva (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Marion Telva
• Conductor: Giulio Setti, Rosario Bourdon
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini, Gaspare Spontini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod, et al.
• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B000000WQN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Ponselle, Rosa

Track Listings

1. Norma, opera: Casta Diva che ubargenti...Ah! bello, a me ritorna

2. Norma, opera: Mira, o Norma!...Si, fino all'ore

3. La Vestale, opera: Tu che invoco

4. La Vestale, opera: O nume tutelar

5. Ernani, opera: Surta e la notte...Ernani! Ernani! Involami

6. La forza del destino, opera: Pace, pace mio Dio...Io muojo!...Non imprecare (Finale)

7. Aida, opera: Ritorna vincitor

8. Élégie: O doux printemps d'autrefois, for voice & piano (from 'Mélodies, Vol.1')

9. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

10. My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano

11. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

12. A vucchella ('Arietta di Posilippo') for voice & piano (or orchestra)

13. Luna d'estate, for voice & piano/orchestra

14. La forza del destino, opera: Pace, pace mio Dio

15. Ernani, opera: Ernani! Ernani! Involami