Opera Highlights: The Collector's Edition (50 CDs)

Opera Highlights: The Collector's Edition (50 CDs)

Opera Highlights: The Collector's Edition (50 CDs)
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Performer: Various Artists
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. O w?r' ich schon mit dir vereint
  3. Act 1. Mir ist so wunderbar
  4. Act 1. Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben
  5. Act 1. Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick!
  6. Act 1. Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?...Komm, Hoffnung
  7. Act 1. O welche Lust!
  8. Act 2. Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!
  9. Act 2. Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen
  10. Act 2. O namenlose Freude!
  11. Act 2. Wer ein holdes Weib errungen
Music CD 2
  1. Sinfonia
  2. Act I. O di Cromwell guerrieri
  3. Act I. A te, o cara, amor talora
  4. Act I. Son vergin vezzosa
  5. Act I. Ah vieni al tempio... fedele Arturo
  6. Act 2. Cinta di fiori e col ben crin disciolto
  7. Act 2. O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce sua soave mi chiamava
  8. Act 2. Vien, diletto, ? in ciel la luna!
  9. Act 2. Riccardo! Riccardo!
  10. Act 3. Son gi? lontani
  11. Act 3. Fin?! Me lassa!
  12. Act 3. Vieni fra queste braccia
  13. Act 3. Credeasi, misera
  14. Act 3. Suon d'Araldi?
Music CD 3
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Casta diva
  3. Act 1. Ah! bello a me ritorna
  4. Act 1. Sgombra ? la sacra selva... Deh! proteggimi, O Dio!
  5. Act 1. Va, crudele, al Dio spietato
  6. Act 1. Vieni in Roma
  7. Act 1. Oh, rimembranza!
  8. Act 1. Oh di qual sei tu vittima
  9. Act 1. Perfido! ... Or basti!
  10. Act 2. Deh! con te li prendi
  11. Act 2. Mira, o Norma
  12. Act 2. Cedi, deh! cedi!
  13. Act 2. Guerra, guerra! Le galliche selve
  14. Act 2. In mia man alfin tu sei
  15. Act 2. Norma!... deh! Norma! sc?lpati!
  16. Act 2. Deh! non volerli vittime
Music CD 4
  1. Act 1. Les Grecs ont disparu!...Malheureux Roi!
  2. Act 1. Du roi des dieux, ? fille aim?e (Trojan March)
  3. Act 2. Puissante Cyb?le
  4. Act 2. Tous ne p?riront pas...Sauve leurs fils, En?e
  5. Act 3. Gloire, gloire ? Didon
  6. Act 3. Nous avons vu finir...Chers Tyriens...Gloire, gloire ? Didon
  7. Act 3. Les chants joyeux...Reine d'une jeune empire
  8. Act 3. Chasse royale et orgage (Royal Hunt and Storm)
  9. Act 4. Ch?re Didon
  10. Act 4. Tout conspire
  11. Act 4. Mais bannissons ces triste souvenirs...Tout n'est que paix et charme
  12. Act 4. Clair de lune...Nuits d'ivresse et d'extase
  13. Act 4. Inutiles regrets!...Ah! quand viendra l'instant des supr?mes adieux
  14. Act 4. Va, ma sour, l'implorer
  15. Act 4. Les Troyens sont partis
  16. Act 4. Je vais mourir...Adieu, fi?re cit?
Music CD 5
  1. Pr?lude
  2. Act 1. Avec la garde montante
  3. Act 1. Quand je vous amerai? ...L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
  4. Act 1. Parle-moi de ma m?re!
  5. Act 1. Pr?s des ramparts de Seville (Seguidilla)
  6. Act 1. Entr'acte
  7. Act 2. Les tringles des sistres tintaient
  8. Act 2. Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador's Song)
  9. Act 2. La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e (Flower Song)
  10. Act 2. Entr'acte
  11. Act 3. M?lons! Coupons!
  12. Act 3. Je dis que rien ne m'?pouvante
  13. Act 3. Entr'actre
  14. Act 4. ? deux cuartos!
  15. Act 4. C'est toi!
  16. Act 4. O? vas-tu?
Music CD 6
  1. Pr?lude
  2. Act 1. C'est toi, toi qu'enfin je revois
  3. Act 1. Au fond du temple saint
  4. Act 1. ? cette voix
  5. Act 1. Je crois entendre encore
  6. Act 1. ? Dieu Brahm?!... Dans le ciel sans voile
  7. Act 2. Me voil? seule dans la nuit...Comme autrefois
  8. Act 2. De mon amie
  9. Act 2. Le?la! Le?la! Dieu puissant, le voil?
  10. Act 3. Entracte - L'orage s'est calm?e...? Nadir, tendre ami de mon jeune ?ge
  11. Act 3. Je fr?mis, je chancelle
  12. Act 3. Sombres divinit?s...? lumi?re sainte
  13. Act 3. Le jour enfin perce la nue
Music CD 7
  1. Act 1. Voici ce qu'il ?crit ? son fr?re Pell?as
  2. Act 2. Vous ne savez pas o? je vous ai men?e?
  3. Act 2. C'est au bord d'une fontaine aussi qu'il vous a trouv?e?
  4. Act 2. Je suis...je suis malde ici
  5. Act 2. Tiens, o? est l'anneau que je t'avais donn?
  6. Act 3. Mes longs cheveux descendent
  7. Act 3. Oh! Oh! Mes cheveux descendent de la tour!
  8. Act 3. Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici, Yniold
  9. Act 3. Ah! Ah! Petite m?re a allum? sa lampe
  10. Act 4. Pourquoi tremblez-vous ainsi?...Si j'?tais Dieu
  11. Act 4. C'est le dernier soir...le dernier soir
  12. Act 4. On dirait que ta voix a pass? sur la mer du printemps!...
  13. Act 4. Quel est ce bruit? On ferme les portes
  14. Act 5. M?lisande, as-tu piti? de moi?
  15. Act 5. Non, non, nous n'avons pas ?t? coupables
  16. Act 5. Il ne faut plus l'inqui?ter
Music CD 8
  1. Act 1. Pr?lude
  2. Act 1. Viens, Mallika... D?me ?pais le jasmin (Flower Duet)
  3. Act 1. Prendre le dessin d'un bijou
  4. Act 1. Les fleurs me paraissent plus belles...Pourquoi dans les grands bois
  5. Act 1. D'ou viens-tu? Que veux-tu? C'est le dieu de la jeunesse
  6. Act 2. C'est un pauvre qui mendie...Lakm?, ton doux regard se voile
  7. Act 2. Par les dieux inspir?e...O? va la jeune hindoue (Bell Song)
  8. Act 2. Lakm?! Lakm?! c'est toi!
  9. Act 3. Sous le ciel tout ?toil? (Berceuse)
  10. Act 3. Quel vague souvenir... Lakm?! Ah! viens, dans la f?ret profonde
  11. Act 3. Tu m'as donn? le plus doux r?ve
Music CD 9
  1. Act 1. Preludio
  2. Act 1. Quanto ? bella, quanto ? cara!
  3. Act 1. Benedette queste carte!
  4. Act 1. Della crudele Isotta
  5. Act 1. Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera
  6. Act 1. Che vuol dire cotesta suonata?
  7. Act 1. Udite, udite, o rustici
  8. Act 1. Caro elisir! sei mio!
  9. Act 1. La la la la la... Non so se ? finta o vera
  10. Act 1. Tran tran tran tran. In guerra ed in amor
  11. Act 1. Signor Sargente
  12. Act 1. Adina, credimi te me scongiuro
  13. Act 1. Andiam, Belcore
  14. Act 2. Io son ricco, e tu sei bella
  15. Act 2. La donna e un animale stravagante
  16. Act 2. Dell 'elisir mirabile
  17. Act 2. Una furtiva lagrima
  18. Act 2. Alto!... fronte! Che vedo?
  19. Act 2. Ei corregge ogni difetto
Music CD 10
  1. Prelude
  2. Act 1. Cruda, funesta smania
  3. Act 1. Il tuo dubbio ? omai certezza
  4. Act 1. La pietade in suo favore
  5. Act 1. Regnava nel silenzio alta la notte e bruna
  6. Act 1. Quando, rapito in estasi
  7. Act 1. Egli s'avanza... Lucia perdona se ad ora inusitata
  8. Act 1. Sulla tomba che rinserra il tradito genitore
  9. Act 1. Qui di sposa eterna fede...Ah, soltano il nostro foco
  10. Act 1. Ah! Verrano a te sull'aura i miei sospiri ardenti
  11. Act 2. Chi mi frena in tal momento
  12. Act 2. Oh giusto cielo... Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce
  13. Act 2. Ohim?! Sorge il tremendo fantasma
  14. Act 2. Spargi d'amaro pianto
  15. Act 2. Tombe degl'avi miei
  16. Act 2. Fra poco a me ricovero dar? negletto avello
  17. Act 2. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
Music CD 11
  1. Act 1. Introduction
  2. Act 1. Summertime
  3. Act 1. Give him to me...A woman is a sometime thing
  4. Act 1. My man's gone now
  5. Act 1. How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
  6. Act 1. Oh, the train is at the station
  7. Act 2. Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks
  8. Act 2. Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic...Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
  9. Act 2. Lissen there, what I tells you...I hates yo' struttin' style
  10. Act 2. Buzzard keep on flyin' over
  11. Act 2. Honey, we sure goin' strut our stuff today!...Bess, you is my woman now
  12. Act 2. Oh, I can't sit down
  13. Act 2. It ain't neccessarily so...Shame on all you sinners
  14. Act 2. Oh, what you want wid Bess?
  15. Act 2. A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump its track
  16. Act 3. Listen: there's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
  17. Act 3. Dem white folks sure ain' put nuttin' over on this baby
  18. Act 3. Here Mingo, what's de matter wid you all?
  19. Act 3. Maria, Maria, where's Bess?
  20. Act 3. Bess is gone
  21. Act 3. Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
Music CD 12
  1. Sinfonia
  2. Act 1. Ah! Se intorno a quest'urna funesta
  3. Act 1. Ballet of Shepherds and Nymphs
  4. Act 1. Chiamo il mio ben cos?
  5. Act 1. Gli sguardi tratteini
  6. Act 2. Ballet - Chi mai dell'Erebo - Dance of the Furies - Chi mai dell'Erebo
  7. Act 2. Deh! Placatevi con me
  8. Act 2. Misero giovane!
  9. Act 2. Mille pene, ombre moleste
  10. Act 2. Ah! Quale incognito
  11. Act 2. Che puro ciel! Che chiaro sol!
  12. Act 2. Vieni a'regni del riposo
  13. Act 2. Dance of the Heroes
  14. Act 2. Torna, o bella
  15. Act 3. Vieni, segui i miei passi
  16. Act 3. Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte!
  17. Act 3. Che fiero momento!
  18. Act 3. Che far? senza Euridice?
  19. Act 3. Trionfi Amore!
Music CD 13
  1. Act 2. Vin ou bi?re
  2. Act 2. ? sainte m?daille...Avant de quitter ces lieux...Le veau d'or est toujours debout
  3. Act 2. Nous nous retrouvons, mes amis!...Ainsi que la brise l?g?...Ne permettrez vous pas, ma belle
  4. Act 3. Quel trouble inconnu me p?n?tre!...Salut! demure chaste et pure
  5. Act 3. Je voudrais bien savoir...Il etait un roi de Thul?...Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song)
  6. Act 3. Il se fait tard!...Adieu!
  7. Act 4. Seigneur, daignez permettre...Souviens-toi du pass?...Quand du Seigneur
  8. Act 4. Gloire immortelle de nos aieux
  9. Act 4. Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
  10. Act 5. Alerte, alerte!... Anges purs, anges radieux...Christ est ressuscit?
Music CD 14
  1. Act 1. Allons! jeunes gens! Allons! belles dames!
  2. Act 1. Mab, la reine des mensonges
  3. Act 1. Non! non! je ne veux pas t'?couter plus longtemps...Ah! je veux vivre dans dans le r?ve
  4. Act 1. De gr?ce, demeurez!...Ange adorable
  5. Act 2. Entr'acte
  6. Act 2. L'amour, l'amour!...Ah! l?ve-toi, soleil
  7. Act 2. ? nuit divine!...Ah! ne fuis pas encore!...Adieu mille fois!...Va! repose en paix!
  8. Act 3. Rom?o! to choisis Juliette pour femme? ? pur bonheur!
  9. Act 3. Que fais-tu, blance tourterelle
  10. Act 3. Ah! jour de deuil et d'horreur et d'alarmes
  11. Act 3. Va! Je t'ai pardonn?...Nuit d'hymn?n?e!...Rom?o! qu'as-tu donc?
  12. Act 3. Buvez donc ce breuvage...Bient?t une p?leur livide effacera...H?sitez-vous?
  13. Act 3. Dieu! quel frisson court dans mes veines?...Amour ranime mon courage
  14. Act 3. C'est l?!...Salut! tombeau! sombre et silenceux!...? ma femme! ? ma bien aim?e
  15. Act 3. ? toi, ma Juliette!...Console-toi, pauvre ?me
Music CD 15
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Ballet: Musette
  3. Act 1. Ballet: Menuet
  4. Act 1. ? gelosia
  5. Act 1. S?, son quella!
  6. Act 1. Tornami a vagheggiar
  7. Act 2. Ama, sospira
  8. Act 2. Ah! mio cor! schernito sei!
  9. Act 2. Verdi prati, selve amene
  10. Act 2. Ombre pallide, lo so, mi udite
  11. Act 3. Sinfonia
  12. Act 3. Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana
  13. Act 3. Mi restano le lagrime
  14. Act 3. Non ? amor, n? gelosia
  15. Act 3. Dall'orror di notte cieca
Music CD 16
  1. Prelude - O Lola ch'hai di latti la cammisa (Siciliana)
  2. Il cavallo scalpita
  3. Regina Coeli...Inneggiamo, il Signor non ? morto
  4. Voi lo sapete, o mamma
  5. No, no, Turiddu, rimani
  6. Intermezzo
  7. Viva il vino spumeggiante (Brindisi)
  8. Mamma, quel vino ? generoso
  9. Si pu?? (Prologue)
  10. Act 1. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! Hui! Stridono lass?
  11. Act 1. E allor perch?, di', tu m'hai stregato
  12. Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
  13. Act 1. No, Pagliaccio non son...Suvvia, cos? terribile
Music CD 17
  1. Prelude
  2. Act 1. Je suis encore tout ?tourdie
  3. Act 1. Regardez-moi bien dans les yeux
  4. Act 1. J'ai marqu? l'heure du d?part...Nous viverons ? Paris tout les deux
  5. Act 2. Allons! il le faut!...Adieu, notre petite table
  6. Act 2. En ferment les yeux
  7. Act 3. Suis-je gentille ainsi?...Je marche sur tous les chemins
  8. Act 3. Gavotte: Ob?issons quand leur voix appelle
  9. Act 3. Les grands mots que voil?
  10. Act 3. Je suis seul! ah! fuyez, douce image
  11. Act 3. Toi! Vous!
  12. Act 3. Le bruit de l'or
  13. Act 3. Ah! des Greiux
Music CD 18
  1. Act 1. Allors, c'est bien ici la maison du Bailli!...Je ne sais si je veille
  2. Act 1. Clair de lune...Il faut nous s?parer
  3. Act 2. Un autre est son ?poux!
  4. Act 2. Lorsque l'enfant revient d'un voyage
  5. Act 3. Werther! Werther, qui m'aurait dit...Ces lettres! (Air des lettres)
  6. Act 3. Va laisse couler mes larmes (Air des larmes)
  7. Act 3. Ah! mon courage m'abandonne...Signeur Dieu! (Pri?re)
  8. Act 3. Toute mon ?me est l?!...Pourquoi me r?veiller...Ciel! Ai-je compris? (Lied d'Ossian)
  9. Act 3. Werther! Werther! (Duo & finale)
Music CD 19
  1. Toccata
  2. Prologo. Ritornello - Dal mio Permesso amato a voi ne vengo
  3. Act 1. Rosa del ciel ... lo non dir? qual sia
  4. Act 2. Sinfonia ... Ecco pur ch'? voi ritorno...Vi record...? bosch' ombrosi
  5. Act 2. Mira, deh mira Orfeo...Ahi caso acerbo...In un fiorito prato
  6. Act 2. Tu se' morta, mia vita
  7. Act 3. Scorto da te mio nume
  8. Act 3. Ecco l'altra palude
  9. Act 3. Possente spirto e formidabil nume
  10. Act 3. Sinfonia a 7 ... Nulla impresa per huom
  11. Act 4. Quali grazie ti rendo
  12. Act 4. Qual honor di te fia degno
  13. Act 4. Sinfonia a 7 ... ? la virtute un raggio
  14. Act 5. Sinfonia ... Perch'a lo sdegno...Saliam cantand'al Cielo
  15. Act 5. Ritornello - Vanne Orfeo felice a piano
  16. Act 5. Moresca
Music CD 20
  1. Prologue. People's Chorus
  2. Prologue. Coronation Scene
  3. Prologue. Entry of Boris
  4. Prologue. Sl?va, Sl?va, Sl?va!
  5. Act 1. Pimen's Monologue
  6. Act 1. Pimen's Narration
  7. Act 1. Varlaam's Drinking Song
  8. Act 2. Boris's Monolgue
  9. Act 2. Clock Scene
  10. Act 3. Chorus of Girls
  11. Act 3. Marina's Aria
  12. Act 3. Polonaise
  13. Act 3. Duet of Marina and Dmitri
  14. Act 4. Pimen's Narration
  15. Act 4. Boris's Farewell and Prayer
  16. Act 4. Funeral Bell - Death of Boris
Music CD 21
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Ah guarda, sorella
  3. Act 1. Soave sia il vento
  4. Act 1. Smanie implacabili che m'agitate
  5. Act 1. In uomini, in soldati sperare fedelt?
  6. Act 1. Alla bella
  7. Act 1. Temerari...Come scoglio immoto resta
  8. Act 1. Non siate ritrosi, occhietti vezzosi
  9. Act 1. Un' aura amorosa del nostro tesoro
  10. Act 2. Una donna a quindici anni
  11. Act 2. ? parti...Per piet?, ben mio, perdona
  12. Act 2. Donne mie, la fate a tanti a tanti
  13. Act 2. Tradito, schernito dal perfido cor
  14. Act 2. ? Amore un ladroncello
  15. Act 2. Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti
  16. Act 2. Fortunato l'uom che prende
Music CD 22
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Hier soll ich...Aber wie soll ich in den Palast kommen?
  3. Act 1. Solche hergelauf'ne Laffen
  4. Act 1. Konstanze, dich wieder zu sehen, dich!
  5. Act 1. Herr, geschwind zur Seite!...Singt dem gro?en Bassa Lieder
  6. Act 1. Ach ich liebte, war so gl?cklich
  7. Act 1. Marsch, Marsch, Marsch! trollt euch fort!
  8. Act 2. Durch Z?rtlichkeit und Schmeicheln
  9. Act 2. Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir
  10. Act 2. Welcher Kummer herrscht...Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose
  11. Act 2. Martern aller Arten
  12. Act 2. Welche Wonne, welche Lust
  13. Act 2. Frisch zum Kampfe!
  14. Act 2. Vivat Bacchus!
  15. Act 2. Wenn der Freude Tr?nen flie?en
  16. Act 2. In Mohrenland gefangen war ein M?dchen
  17. Act 2. O, wie will ich triumphieren
  18. Act 2. Nie werd' ich deine Huld verkennen
Music CD 23
  1. Act 1. Se a caso madama
  2. Act 1. Non so pi? cosa son, cosa faccio
  3. Act 1. Cosa sento! tosto andate
  4. Act 1. Non pi? andrai farfallone amoroso
  5. Act 2. Porgi amor
  6. Act 2. Voi che sapete
  7. Act 2. Susanna, or via, sortite
  8. Act 2. Aprite, presto, aprite
  9. Act 2. Signori, di fuori son gi? i suonatori
  10. Act 2. Ah, Signor, signor...Cosa ? stato?
  11. Act 2. Voi signor, che giusto siete
  12. Act 3. Crudel! perch? finora
  13. Act 3. Vedr?, mentr'io sospiro
  14. Act 3. E Susanna non vien!
  15. Act 3. Dove sono
  16. Act 3. Canzonetta sull'aria
  17. Act 4. Aprite un po' quegl'occhi
  18. Act 4. Giunse alfin il momento
  19. Act 4. Deh vieni, non tardar
  20. Act 4. Tutto ? tranquillo e placido
  21. Act 4. Pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro!
  22. Act 4. Gente, gente, all'armi
  23. Act 3. Questo giorno di tormenti
Music CD 24
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Der Vogelf?nger bin ich ja
  3. Act 1. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd sch?n
  4. Act 1. O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!... Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren
  5. Act 1. Bei M?nnern, welche Liebe f?hlen
  6. Act 1. Schnelle F??e, rascher Mut
  7. Act 2. O Isis und Osiris
  8. Act 2. Der H?lle Rache
  9. Act 2. In diesen heil'gen Hallen
  10. Act 2. Ach, ich f?hl's, es ist verschwunden
  11. Act 2. O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!
  12. Act 2. Ein M?dchen oder Weibchen
  13. Act 2. Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!
  14. Act 2. Die Strahlen der Sonne...Heil sei euch Geweihten
Music CD 25
  1. Act 1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Madamina! Il catalogo e questo
  3. Act 1. L? ci darem la mano
  4. Act 1. Don Ottavio, son morta!
  5. Or sai chi l'onore
  6. Act 1. Dalla sua pace
  7. Act 1. Fin ch'han dal vino
  8. Act 1. Batti, batti, o bel Masetto
  9. Act 1. Protegga il giusto cielo
  10. Act 2. A taci, ingiusto core!
  11. Act 2. Deh, vieni alla finestra
  12. Act 2. Vedrai, carino
  13. Act 2. Il mio tesoro intanto
  14. Act 2. In quali eccessi, o Numi
  15. Act 2. Mi trad? quell' alma ingrata
  16. Act 2. Non mi dir, bell'idol mio
  17. Act 2. Forse un giorno
  18. Act 2. Questo ? il fin
Music CD 26
  1. Act 1. Glou! glou! glou!
  2. Act 1. Voyons: 'Pour Hoffman' Bon!
  3. Act 1. Chant donc le premier
  4. Act 2. Une poup?e aux yeux d'?mail
  5. Act 2. Les oiseaux dans la charmille
  6. Act 3. Elle a fui, la tourterelle
  7. Act 3. Jour et nuit, je me mets en quatre
  8. Act 3. O ch?re Antonia... Ah! J'ai le bonheur dans l'?me
  9. Act 3. Pourtant, ? ma fianc?e...C'est une chanson d'amour
  10. Act 3. Tu ne chanteras plus?
  11. Act 3. Ta m?re oses-tu l'invoquer? Ch?re enfant
  12. Act 4. Belle nuit, ? nuit d'amour
  13. Act 4. Scintille, diamant!
  14. Act 4. Qui conna?t donc la souffrance...Hoffmann, vite partons d'ici!...O Dieu, quelle ivresse embr
  15. Act 4. Jusque-l? cependant affermis mon courage...Aujourd'hui, aujourd'hui les larmes
  16. Act 4. H?las! Mon cour s'?gare encore!
Music CD 27
  1. Act 1. Che gelida manina
  2. Act 1. Si. Mi chiamano Mim?
  3. Act 1. O soave fanciulla
  4. Act 2. Viva Parpignol!
  5. Act 2. Ch'io beva del tossico!
  6. Act 2. Quando me n'v? soletta
  7. Act 3. Mimi?!... Speravo di trovarvi qui
  8. Act 3. Marcello... Finalmente
  9. Act 3. Addio... Donde lieta usc? al tuo grido
  10. Act 3. Addio dolce svegliare alla mattina
  11. Act 4. Vecchia zimarra
  12. Act 4. Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire
  13. Act 4. Che ha detto il medico?
Music CD 28
  1. Act 1. Vieni, amor mio!
  2. Act 1. Ieri son salita tutta sola
  3. Act 1. Viene la sera
  4. Act 1. Bimba dagli occhi pieni de malia
  5. Act 1. Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino
  6. Act 2. Un bel d? vedremo
  7. Act 2. Ora a noi
  8. Act 2. ? questo? ? questo
  9. Act 2. Che tua madre dovr? prenderti in braccio
  10. Act 2. Va via!
  11. Act 2. Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio
  12. Act 2. Or vieni ad adorar
  13. Act 2. Cora a bocca chiusa
  14. Act 2. Gi? il sole!
  15. Act 2. Con onor muore
Music CD 29
  1. Act 1. Cortese damigella, il priego mio accettate
  2. Act 1. Donna non vidi mai
  3. Act 1. Vedete? Io son fedele alla parola mia
  4. Act 2. In quelle trine morbide
  5. Act 2. Poich? tu vuoi saper
  6. Act 2. Che ceffi son costor?
  7. Act 2. Oh, sar? la pi? bella!
  8. Act 2. Arrivaderci...Liberi, liberi
  9. Act 2. Ah! Manon, mi tradisce
  10. Act 2. Intermezzo
  11. Act 3. Presto il fila! Marciate!
  12. Act 3. Ah! non v'avvicinate! Come io piangio ed imploro
  13. Act 3. Sola, perduta, abbandonata
Music CD 30
  1. Act 1. Dammi i colori
  2. Act 1. Mario! Mario! Mario
  3. Act 1. Ah, quegli occhi!
  4. Act 1. Tre sbirri, una carozza
  5. Act 2. Floira!...Amore
  6. Act 2. Vittori! Vittoria
  7. Act 2. Se la giuratta fede debbo tradier
  8. Act 2. Vissi d'arte
  9. Act 2. Vedi, la man giunte io stendo a te!
  10. Act 2. E qual via scegliete
  11. Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
  12. Act 3. Franchigia a Floria Tosca
  13. Act 3. O dolce mani
  14. Act 3. E non giungono Tosca
  15. Act 3. Com'? lunga l'attesa
  16. Act 3. Mario, su presto!
Music CD 31
  1. Act 1. Gira la cote! Gira!
  2. Act 1. Perch? tarda la luna?
  3. Act 1. L?, sui monti dell'est
  4. Act 1. O giovinetto!
  5. Act 1. Signore, ascolta!
  6. Act 1. Non piangere, Li?!
  7. Act 1. Ah! per l'ultima volta!
  8. Act 2. In questa reggia
  9. Act 2. Straniero, ascolta!...Nella cupa notte
  10. Act 2. Guizza al pari di fiamma
  11. Act 2. Gelo che ti d? foco
  12. Act 2. Gloria, o vincitore!
  13. Act 2. Figlio del cielo!
  14. Act 3. Nessun dorma
  15. Act 3. Tu, che di gel sei cinta
  16. Act 3. Li?!...bont?
  17. Act 3. Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!
Music CD 32
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. O? vas tu? Quel transporte t'agite
  3. Act 1. Di danger quand sonnera l'heure
  4. Act 2. Ils s'?loignent enfin
  5. Act 2. Sombre for?t
  6. Act 2. Oui, vous l'arrachez ? mon ?me
  7. Act 2. Doux aveu!
  8. Act 3. Sois immobile
  9. Act 4. Guillaume est dans les fers
  10. Act 4. Asile h?r?ditaire
Music CD 33
  1. Overture
  2. Act 1. Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar
  3. Act 1. Ecco, ridente in cielo
  4. Act 1. La ran la le ra, la ran la la...Largo al factotum
  5. Act 1. All'idea di quel metallo
  6. Act 1. Una voce poco fa
  7. Act 1. La calunnia ? un venticello
  8. Act 1. Dunque io son
  9. Act 1. A un dottor della mia sorte
  10. Act 2. Contro un cor che accende amore
  11. Act 2. Don Basilio!... Cosa veggo!
  12. Act 2. Ah! qual colpo inaspettato!
  13. Act 2. Di s? felice innesto
Music CD 34
  1. Act 1. Arr?tez, ? mes fr?res
  2. Act 1. Maudite ? jamais soit la race

Music reviews of Opera Highlights: The Collector's Edition (50 CDs)

Music Review: Incredible bargain for 'canary fanciers'!
Rating: 4 Stars

I used to own over 100 full length opera sets so could hardly be called a 'canary fancier' as people who only enjoy the highlights are sometimes labelled. However as the years passed I began to realise that I only owned some operas because they were called great and I didn't actually enjoy them all that much. I could also do without the recitative one gets between the tunes in Mozart and Rossini. I then whittled them down to about eighty which I hung on to for years. However, I was still not listening to them very much and would much more frequently play recital highlights cd's rather than the complete opera. So slightly reluctantly I decided it was time to save space and make some money and I sold the lot. With the cash I made I purchased this set for ?40.

Now I've never been an expert on what are and aren't great performances (suffice is to say there are many famous names in these performances) so I will therefore concentrate on what is included and what is omitted.

The five great opera composers are all featured, four of them heavily. All four of Mozart's most popular operas are here together with Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serial.
Puccini - my favourite composer - has his five most popular, although it could have been possible to include all his works as there weren't that many more.
Wagner does have all his ten major operas included, although there are problems. It's difficult to reduce the Ring to two discs never mind one, so inevitably much is missing, most notably the great love duet 'Hiel dir Sonne!' from Siegfried. Similarly Flying Dutchman, Lohengrin and Meistersinger all have their overtures/preludes missing. This is particularly annoying as the orchestral preludes contain some of Wagner's best music. Another of my favourite moments from Lohengrin, the beautiful Act 2 duet between Elsa and Ortud, is also absent. There are also two uncredited and irritating introductory spoken tracks by some German guy at the beginning of Tannhauser - a waste of ten minutes music time!
Verdi has seven highlights: Aida, Traviata, Trovatore, Rigoletto, Nabucco, Otello and Force of Destiny, the latter also without it's excellent overture, which is annoying. It could be argued that Masked Ball and Don Carlo could also have been included as two of Verdi's major operas, if necessary at the expense of Nabucco, which apart from the famous Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves doesn't really contain Verdi's best music; whilst La Traviata and Rigoletto contain such consistently great music that some of it has to be omitted in highlights discs.
Richard Strauss is, as expected, just represented by his most popular opera, Der Rosenkavalier.
There is only one English speaking opera, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess: the celebrated Simon Rattle version. It could be argued that Britten's Peter Grimes, perhaps the other most famous English speaking opera should have been included, but there isn't an available highlights disc. This is the problem with Britten's operas and indeed Richard Strauss's other operas - because of the integrated nature of their composition it is difficult to extract highlights. Janacek is perhaps the greatest opera composer totally unrepresented.
Apart from Peter Grimes,Don Carlo and Masked Ball, perhaps the other most famous opera missing from the box is Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. I would have preferred to have this rather than the Russian opera which is included, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov as I find Onegin much more lyrical; perhaps EMI don't have a highlights disc, although there are plenty of highlights of Onegin.
Gounod, Massenet, Bizet, Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini are each represented by their two most popular operas, while many other composers get one.
Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallos's Pagliacci share a disc, hence although there are 50 discs, 51 opera highlights are featured.
There are obviously many great one off arias missing by lesser composers such as Catalini, Cilea and Giordano. They are unrepresented as the operas these arias come from aren't in the popular repetoire. You can buy the 6 disc opera arias set, also from EMI, which would complement this set as it does feature nearly all the most famous opera arias, including ones by the lesser composers not featured here. Although another of my favourite composers, Korngold, is missing as his operas aren't in the popular repetoire, nor do you get any more Richard Strauss in the 6 disc set.
Back to this 50 cd box and the annotation is minimal as you would expect with such a bargain. You just get track listings and performers with no libretti. So if you aren't already acquainted with the opera being played you won't really know what's going on. Another irritation is that some of the discs run to less than 70 minutes, (Rossini's William Tell runs under 50 minutes!) meaning at least 10 more minutes of music could have been featured. As already pointed out, this is particularly noticeable on the Wagner, where much excellent music is left out.
I have gone down from owning complete operas to this cut price highlights set which might seem odd. I should think most people may do it the other way round and use this as a stepping stone to getting into opera more extensively, but I haven't the time nor the space these days. However, I have supplemented this with the aforementioned 6 disc EMI opera arias set and downloaded favourite extracts not included here into itunes from my complete operas before I sold them; so I still have all the opera I need! And this set could well be all the opera you need for a bargain price!

The complete opera highlights featured are:

Beethoven: Fidelio, Bellini: I Puritani, Norma, Berlioz: Les Troyens, Bizet: Carmen, Les Pecheurs de Perles. Debussy: Pelleas et Mellsande, Delibes: Lakme, Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Gluck: Orfeo et Euridice, Gounod: Faust, Romeo et Juliette, Handel: Alcina, Mascagni: Cavallieria Rusticana, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Massenet: Manon, Werther, Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serial, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflote, Don Giovanni, Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Puccini: La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Maonon Lescaut, Tosca, Turandot, Rossini: Guillame Tell, Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila, Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Verdi: Aida, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto, Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander, Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Parsifal, Tannhauser, Tristan und Isolde, Weber: Der Frieschutz.

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