All-Time Great Opera Duets: 1911-1942

Apollo Granforte (Performer), Gerhard Hüsch (Performer), Giuseppe LeLuca (Performer), Giuseppe Mario Sammarco (Performer), Giuseppe de Luca (Performer), Titta Ruffo (Performer), Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Leo Delibes (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Albert Coates (Conductor), Carlo Sabajno (Conductor), Franco Ghione (Conductor), George W. Byng (Conductor), Giulio Setti (Conductor)

Product Details

• Performer: Apollo Granforte, Gerhard Hüsch, Giuseppe LeLuca, Giuseppe Mario Sammarco, Giuseppe de Luca, et al.
• Conductor: Albert Coates, Carlo Sabajno, Franco Ghione, George W. Byng, Giulio Setti
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Leo Delibes, Gaetano Donizetti, Umberto Giordano, et al.
• Audio CD (February 20, 1996)
• SPARS Code: A-D
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000001HIY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #502,015 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Del tempio al limitar

2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen

3. Norma, opera: Act 3. Mira, O Norma... Sì, fino all'ore estreme!

4. Don Pasquale, opera: Act 3. Tornami a dir che m'ami

5. Rigoletto, opera: Act 3. Piang! Piang!, Fanciulla!

6. Il Trovatore, opera: Act 4. Se m'ami ancor... Al nostri monti ritorneremo

7. La forza del destino, opera: Act 3. Solenne in quest'ora giurarmi dovette

8. Otello, opera: Act 1. Già nella notte densa... Ed io vedea tra le tue tempie oscure (Love Duet)

9. Otello, opera: Act 2. Oh! Mostruosa colpa!... Sì, pel ciel

10. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. O sink' hernieder, Nacht der Liebe... Soll ich lauschen? (Love Duet)

11. Lakmé, opera: Act 1. Viens, Mallika... Sous le dome épais (Flower Duet)

12. La bohème, opera: Act 1. O soave fanciulla

13. La bohème, opera: Act 4. In un coupé?... O Mimì, tu più non torni

14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Part 1. Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia... (Love Duet)

15. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Part 2. Io t'ho ghermita! (Love Duet)

16. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Finale. Vicino a te s'acquieta... La nostra morte (Love Duet)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful voices., August 19, 1999

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The duet - Norma - is one of the most haunting renditions I have heard. The attack, timing and effortless harmony leaft me entranced. I doubt that there are any two women today who could come close to this recital - and to think that this music was recorded acoustically in 1928 !