Tracklista:
CD 1 BEETHOVEN AND BEFORE
HANDEL ed. Lam
1. Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
Ambrosian Singers · English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
VIVALDI
2. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria RV589)
Academy Chorus & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
J. S. BACH
3. Zion hört die Wächter (Cantata No.140)
Suddeutsche Madrigalchor
Consortium Musicum / Wolfgang Gonnenwein
PURCELL
4. Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary)
Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow
GLUCK
5. Le dieu de Paphos (Orphée et Eurydice)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon / Sir John Eliot Gardiner
HAYDN ed. Temperley
6. Awake the harp (The Creation)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
7. The heavens are telling (The Creation)
Heather Harper soprano · Robert Tear tenor · John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir David Willcocks
MENDELSSOHN
8. And then shall your light break forth (Elijah)
New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
MOZART
9. Chorus of Janissaries (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker / Josef Krips
10. Bella vita militar (Cos? fan tutte)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti
11. O Isis und Osiris (Die Zauberflöte)
Roland Bracht bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonie-Orcherster des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
12. Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht (Die Zauberflöte)
Kurt Moll bass
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper / Wolfgang Sawallisch
13. Nettuno s’onori (Idomeneo)
14. Scenda Amor, scenda Imeneo (Idomeneo)
Dunedin Consort (14) · Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
BEETHOVEN
15. O welche Lust (Prisoners’ Chorus) (Fidelio)
Werner Hollweg tenor · Siegfried Rudolf Frese baritone
Chor des Deutsche Oper Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
16. Heil sei dem Tag (Fidelio)
17. Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (Fidelio)
Helga Dernesch, Helen Donath sopranos
Jon Vickers, Horst R. Laubenthal tenors
Karl Ridderbusch, José Van Dam basses
Chor des Deutsche Oper Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
CD 2 GERMAN & RUSSIAN OPERA
WEBER
1. Was gleicht wohl auf Erden (Huntsmen’s Chorus) (Der Freischütz)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Bernard Haitink
NICOLAI
2. O süßer Mond (Die lusitgen Weiber von Windsor)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Robert Heger
WAGNER
3. Treulich Geführt (Bridal Chorus) (Lohengrin)
4. Steuermann, laß die Wacht (Sailors’ Chorus) (Der fliegende Holländer)
5. Summ’ und brumm’ (Spinning Chorus) (Der fliegende Holländer)
6. Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle (Tannhäuser)
7. Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Pilgrims’ Chorus) (Tannhäuser)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Robert Heger
8. Groß Glück und Heil...Heil dir, Gunther! (Götterdämmerung)
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Bernard Haitink
9. Wach’ auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
10. Ehrt eure deutschen Meister (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Robert Heger
LORTZING
11. Seht dort den muntern Jäger (Der Wildschütz)
Fritz Wunderlich tenor · Hermann Prey baritone
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
Robert Heger
TCHAIKOVSKY
12. Wz from Act II (Eugene Onegin)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Antonio Pappano
MUSSORGSKY
13. Chorus of Pilgrims (Boris Godunov)
14. Sláva, Sláva, Sláva! (Coronation Scene) (Boris Godunov)
15. Polonaise (Polish Scene) (Boris Godunov) Evelyn Lear soprano (15)
Chorus of the National Opera Theatre of Sofia
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / André Cluytens
BORODIN
16. Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Chorus & Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Sofia
Jerzy Semkow
CD 3 FRENCH OPERA
GOUNOD
1. Vin ou bi?re (Faust)
2. Valse: Ainsi que la brise la brise lég?re (Faust)
3. Gloire immortelle de nos a?eux (Soldiers’ Chorus) (Faust)
4. Sauvée! Christ est ressuscité (Faust)
Marc Barrard baritone (2)
Ch?ur de l’Armée Française
Ch?ur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
5. L’heure s’envoie (Roméo et Juliette)
Ch?urs et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
6. La Farandole joyeuse et folle (Mireille)
7. Ô vous qui du haut des cieux (Mireille)
Ch?urs et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
OFFENBACH
8. Drig, drig, drig, Maître Luther (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Kurt Rydl bass
Orchestre Symphonique et Ch?ur de l’Opéra National
du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles
Sylvain Cambreling
BIZET
9. Avec la garde montante (Children’s Chorus) (Carmen)
10. La cloche a sonné...Dans l’air (Cigarette Chorus) (Carmen)
11. Les voici ! Voici la quadrille! (Carmen)
‘La Lauzeta’, Ch?ur d’enfants de Toulouse
Ch?ur ‘Les Éléments’
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
12. Sur la gr?ve en feu (Les P?cheurs de perles)
13. Sois la bienvenue (Les P?cheurs de perles)
14. Brahma, divin Brahma (Les P?cheurs de perles)
15. D?s que le soleil (Les P?cheurs de perles)
Ch?ur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
MASSENET
16. Romains! Romains! Nous somme tous Romains! (Hérodiade)
Ch?ur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
ROUSSEL
17. Dans la nuit flamboyante (Padmâvatî)
Orféon Donostiarra
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
CD 4 BEL CANTO
DONIZETTI
1. Per te d’immenso giubilo (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Helen Field soprano (5)
Royal Opera Chorus
Paul Griffiths organ (5)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Bernard Haitink
2. Che interminable andirivieni (Servants’ Chorus) (Don Pasquale)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
ROSSINI
3. Dal tuo stellato soglio (Prayer) (Mosé in Egitto)
Pauline Tinsley soprano · Elizabeth Shelley mezzo-soprano
David Hughes tenor · Robert Lloyd bass
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Lamberto Gardelli
4. Divin profeta, dator di bene (L’assedio di Corinto)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Schippers
5. Quel jour serein le ciel présage! (Guillaume Tell)
6. Pr?s des torrents qui grondent (Guillaume Tell)
7. Gloire au pouvoir supr?me (Guillaume Tell)
8. Toi que l’oiseau ne suivrait pas (Guillaume Tell)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
BELLINI
9. A festa! (I puritani)
10. Ad Arturo onore (I puritani)
11. Ah dolor! Ah terror! (I puritani)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
12. Pi? temuto, pi? splendido nome (Il pirata)
Ch?eur et Orchestra de la RAI, Roma / Gianandrea Gavezzeni
13. Aggiorna appena (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
14. Lieta notte, avventurosa (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Riccardo Muti P 1985
15. Norma viene (Norma)
16. Non parti? Finora ? al campo (Norma)
17. Guerra! guerra! (Norma)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Tullio Serafin
CD 5 VERDI
1. Vedi le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus) (Il trovatore)
2. Or co’dadi...Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera (Il trovatore)
Ferruccio Mazolli bass (2)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Thomas Schippers
3. Gli arredi festivi (Nabucco)
4. Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
5. Eviva! beviam! beviam! (Ernani)
6. Un patto! un giuramento!...So ridesti il Leon di Castiglia (Ernani)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Richard Armstrong
7. Zitti, zitti (Chorus of Courtiers) (Rigoletto)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Francesco Molinari Pradelli
8. Noi siamo zingarelle (Chorus of Gypsies) (La traviata)
9. Di Madride noi siam mattadori (Chorus of Matadors) (La traviata)
Delia Wallis mezzo-soprano · Keith Erwen tenor · Richard Van Allan bass
John Alldis Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchesra / Aldo Ceccato
10. Urli, rapine (Attila)
11. Viva il re delle mille foreste (Attila)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
12. Gerusalem! Gerusalem! (I lombardi alla prima crociata)
13. O Signore, dal tetto natio (Pilgrims’ Chorus) (I lombardi alla prima crociata)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
14. Patria opressa (Chorus of Scottish Refugees) (Macbeth)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Lamberto Gardelli
15. Si celebri alfine tra canti, tra fior (I vespri siciliani)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Richard Armstrong
16. Nella guerra ? la follia (La forza del destino)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti
17. Fuoco di gioia (Fire Chorus) (Otello)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
18. Spuntato ecco il d? d’esultanza (Don Carlo)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Carlo Maria Giulini
19. Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene and Grand March) (Aida)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Lamberto Gardelli
CD 6 VERISMO
MASCAGNI
1. Gli aranci olezzano (Cavalleria rusticana)
2. Regina coeli, laetare...Ineggiamo (Easter Hymn) (Cavalleria rusticana)
Montserrat Caballé soprano · Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
3. Son lo! Son lo vita! (Hymn to the Sun) (Iris)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini
LEONCAVALLO
4. Din, don, din, don (Pagliacci)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
GIORDANO
5. O pastorelle, addio (Andrea Chénier)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Bernard Haitink
BOITO
6. Ave, Signor degli angeli (Mefistofele)
7. Salve, Regina! (Mefistofele)
8. Perché di l? (Mefistofele)
9. Juhé! Juhé! Juheisa! Juhé! (Mefistofele)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel
PONCHIELLI
10. Feste e pane! (La Gioconda)
Piero Cappuccilli baritone
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Milano / Antonino Votto
PUCCINI
11. Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Lamberto Gardelli
12. Gira la cote (Turandot)
13. Perch? tarda la luna?...L?, sui monti dell’est (Turandot)
14. Al tuoi piedi si prostriam (Turandot)
Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg · Ch?urs de l’Opéra du Rhin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Alain Lombard