Disc 1
ORAZIO VECCHI
Solo:
Orchestra: San Petronio Cappella Musicale
Conductor: Sergio Vartolo
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Solo: Alessandro Carmignani tenor
Solo: Rosita Frisani soprano
Orchestra: San Petronio Cappella Musicale
Conductor: Sergio Vartolo
3.
Act I: Rosa del ciel (Orfeo)
3:37
Solo: Alessandro Carmignani tenor
Solo: Rosita Frisani soprano
Orchestra: San Petronio Cappella Musicale
Conductor: Sergio Vartolo
4.
Act II: Ahi caso acerbo (Messaggiera)
1:37
Solo: Alessandro Carmignani tenor
Solo: Rosita Frisani soprano
Orchestra: San Petronio Cappella Musicale
Conductor: Sergio Vartolo
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Solo: Gloria Banditelli mezzo-soprano
Solo: Gianluca Belfiori Doro counter-tenor
Conductor: Sergio Vartolo
HENRY PURCELL
6.
Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me (Dido)
0:58
Solo: Kym Amps soprano
7.
When I am laid in earth (Dido)
3:42
Solo: Kym Amps soprano
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Solo: Susanne Rydén soprano
Orchestra: London Baroque
Conductor: Charles Medlam
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Solo: Monica Whicher soprano
Conductor: Kevin Mallon
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
10.
Orfeo ed Euridice
3:26
Solo: Ann-Christine Biel soprano
Orchestra: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Arnold Ostman
11.
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
4:26
Solo: Judith Halasz soprano
Orchestra: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Conductor: Michael Halász
12.
Act I: Aria: Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni)
1:25
Solo: Bo Skovhus baritone
Orchestra: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Conductor: Michael Halász
13.
Act II: Canzonetta: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
1:55
Solo: Bo Skovhus baritone
Orchestra: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Conductor: Michael Halász
14.
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620
4:43
Solo: Hellen Kwon soprano
Orchestra: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Halász
Solo: Edith Lienbacher soprano
Orchestra: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Conductor: Michael Halász
RICHARD WAGNER
Solo: Hedwig Fassbender mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
17.
Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise wie er lachelt (Isolde), 'Liebestod'
6:38
Solo: Hedwig Fassbender mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
18.
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
5:12
Solo: Jose Maria Zapata tenor
Solo: Paolo Bordogna baritone
Solo: Patrizia Cigna soprano
Orchestra: South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Conductor: Alberto Zedda
GAETANO DONIZETTI
19.
Lucia di Lammermoor
5:22
Solo: Luba Orgonášová soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Disc 2
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Solo: tenor
Solo: Jitka Saparova contralto
Solo: Alida Ferrarini soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
2.
Act III Scene 3: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)
4:12
Solo: tenor
Solo: Jitka Saparova contralto
Solo: Alida Ferrarini soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Solo: Roberto Servile baritone
Solo: Domenico Trimarchi baritone
Solo: Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Choral: Hungarian State Opera Chorus
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Solo: Miriam Gauci soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Choral: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
GEORGES BIZET
Solo: Giorgio Lamberti tenor
Solo: Graciela Alperyn mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Choral: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
7.
Act IV: Viva! (People, Don Jose, Carmen)
3:29
Solo: Giorgio Lamberti tenor
Solo: Graciela Alperyn mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Choral: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
8.
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
10:51
Solo: Marina Mescheriakova soprano
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Halász
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
9.
Pelleas et Melisande (Pelleas and Melisande)
2:59
Solo: Gerard Theruel baritone
Solo: Mireille Delunsch soprano
Orchestra: Lille National Orchestra
Conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
ALBAN BERG
10.
Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act III Scene 2: Dort links geht's in die Stadt (Marie, Wozzeck)
5:11
Solo: Katarina Dalayman soprano
Orchestra: Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Choral: Stockholm Royal Opera Chorus
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
Solo: Gabriela Benacková soprano
Solo: Leonie Rysanek soprano
Orchestra: New York Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Eve Queler
BÉLA BARTÓK
12.
A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), BB 62
6:39
Solo: Cornelia Kallisch mezzo-soprano
Solo: Peter Fried baritone
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Solo: Edward Fox narrator
Solo: Martyn Hill tenor
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Craft
Choral: Simon Joly Male Chorus
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
14.
4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a
3:09
Solo:
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Myer Fredman
15.
Peter Grimes, Op. 13
3:25
Solo: Glenn Winslade tenor
Solo: Christopher Gillett tenor
Solo: Anthony Michaels-Moore baritone
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Choral: London Symphony Chorus
JOHN COOLIDGE ADAMS
16.
I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
2:21
Solo: Martina Muhlpointner soprano
Solo: Kimako Xavier Trotman baritone
Orchestra: Holst Sinfonietta
Conductor: Klaus Simon
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
17.
3rd Song of Magic (a) (Orpheus) -
0:34
Solo: Jon Garrison tenor
Solo: Anne-Marie Owens mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
18.
Eurydice Puppet - Eurydice Singer (Euridice the Woman, Euridice the Myth)
2:31
Solo: Jon Garrison tenor
Solo: Anne-Marie Owens mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins