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The selections from Opera 2012 are drawn from Decca's huge archive of recordings spanning over 50 years. The majority of the singers were active in 2012, but there is a healthy sampling of performances that date as far back as the 1950s. There's also a handful of artists who had fairly recently emerged as international stars in 2012, including soprano Mojca Erdmann, mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, and tenor Joseph Calleja. The selections trend toward the soothing or the poignant, although there are exceptions, such as the fiery "Di quella pira" from Il Trovatore and "Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre. Most of the selections are solos, but there are several small ensembles as well as an assortment of choruses. By far, the majority of the pieces come from works from the standard repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic eras, although the Classical period is represented by Mozart, and the Baroque by Purcell, along with some rarities by Handel and Vivaldi. With such an extensive resource of recordings, the tracks Decca has chosen for this recording are never less than excellent. The sound improves with the more recent recordings, but even the earliest are very good. The album makes a good choice for anyone looking for an introduction to opera, or anyone interested in a miscellaneous collection of stellar singing.
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Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Daniel Zalay, Producer, Recording Producer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Kazushi Ono, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Joyce Di Donato, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Emi Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
Il Trovatore / Act 3 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Author - Andrea Bocelli, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Barry, Producer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio García Gutiérrez, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2000 Sugar Srl
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 (Vincenzo Bellini)
Fabio Luisi, Conductor, MainArtist - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anna Netrebko, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josef Schütz, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer - Jeffrey Vanderveen, Producer - Fridolin Stolz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Andrea Chénier / Act 4 (Umberto Giordano)
Umberto Giordano, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Giacomo De Caterini, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Massimiliano Cervini, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Il Farnace / Act 2 Scene 5 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Chris Hazell, Arranger, Work Arranger - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Il Giardino Armonico, Ensemble, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Antonio Maria Lucchini, Author - Claudio Osele, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1999 Decca Music Group Limited
Tosca / Act 3 (Giacomo Puccini)
Richard Hale, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Daniel Zalay, Producer, Recording Producer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marco Armiliato, Conductor, MainArtist - Joseph Calleja, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victorien Sardou, Author, Original Text Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Decca Music Group Limited
Roberto Devereux / Act I (Gaetano Donizetti)
Roberto Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Salvatore Cammarano, Author - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Elina Garanca, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Maillard, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Leins, Producer, Executive Producer - Johannes Wallbrecher, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francois Ancelot, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2009 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Don Giovanni, K. 527 / Act II (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Neil Hutchinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Author - Daniel Zalay, Producer, Recording Producer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dante Alighieri, Author, Original Text Author - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Orchestra, MainArtist - Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Decca Music Group Limited
Rigoletto / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - David Harvey, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stanley Goodall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited
Tannhäuser, WWV 70 - Paris version / Act 3 (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Helga Dernesch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Victor Braun, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited
La Gioconda / Act II (Amilcare Ponchielli)
Daniel Zalay, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arrigo Boito, Author - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra, MainArtist - Daniele Callegari, Conductor, MainArtist - Rainer Maillard, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer - Valerie Gross, Producer
℗ 2007 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 / Atto primo (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Magdalena Kozená, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Venice Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marita Prohmann, Producer
℗ 2007 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lucia Popp, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brigitte Fassbaender, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Tom Krause, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Vienna Haydn Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - István Kertész, Conductor, MainArtist - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Rodelinda / Act 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Antonio Salvi, Author, Original Text Author - Pierre Corneille, Author, Original Text Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Faust, CG 4 / Act 3 (Charles Gounod)
John Mauceri, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Gounod, Composer - Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - Michael Haas, Producer - Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 (Jacques Offenbach)
John Mordler, Producer - Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Placido Domingo, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Michael Woolcock, Producer
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Le nozze di Figaro, K,.492 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Teresa Berganza, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Sir John Pritchard, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Mailes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited
Cavalleria rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
Pietro Mascagni, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor, MainArtist - Julia Varady, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The London Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Author - Guido Menasci, Author - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
DISC 2
La fille du régiment / Act 1 (Gaetano Donizetti)
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - René Möller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Author - Jean Francois Alfred Bayard, Author - Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, MainArtist - Fernando Piqueras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Oren, Conductor, MainArtist - Calisto Bassi, Author - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Decca Music Group Limited
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer - Jenni Whiteside, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
L'elisir d'amore / Act 1 (Gaetano Donizetti)
Felice Romani, Author - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Eugene Scribe, Author, Original Text Author - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evelino Pido, Conductor, MainArtist - Roberto Alagna, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alberto Zedda, Contributor, Work Editor - Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Haas, Producer - Elena Dan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 (Henry Purcell)
Virgil, Author, Original Text Author - Harry Bicket, Conductor, MainArtist - Nahum Tate, Author - The English Concert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Danielle de Niese, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Decca Music Group Limited
La Bohème / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Richard Hale, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Daniel Zalay, Producer, Recording Producer - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marco Armiliato, Conductor, MainArtist - Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Calleja, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Decca Music Group Limited
La traviata / Act 2 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Donato Di Stefano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Anna Barry, Producer - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giorgio Gatti, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvia Mazzoni, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal International Music B.V.
Tosca / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Victorien Sardou, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1976 Universal International Music B.V.
Ariodante HWV 33 / Act 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Patricia Petibon, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio Salvi, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Venice Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2010 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Martha, Act III (Friedrich von Flotow)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Friedrich von Flotow, Composer - Wilhelm Friedrich Riese, Author
℗ 1974 Decca Music Group Limited
Casanova
Julius Rudel, Conductor, MainArtist - Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Strauss II, Composer - Douglas Gamley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Paul Myers, Producer - Ralph Benatzky, Arranger, Work Arranger - Ernst Welisch, Author - Utah Symphony, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rudolf Schanzer, Author - The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Decca Music Group Limited
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Tullio Serafin, Conductor, MainArtist - Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1958 Decca Music Group Limited
La Sonnambula / Act 2 (Vincenzo Bellini)
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Michael Bremner, Producer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra, MainArtist - Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer - Roy Wallace, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1962 Decca Music Group Limited
Andrea Chénier / Act 3 (Umberto Giordano)
Umberto Giordano, Composer - Montserrat Caballe, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Riccardo Chailly, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Stanley Goodall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Wadland, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1984 Decca Music Group Limited
L'Africaine / Act 4 (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - JAMES BROWN, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Scribe, Author - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - Alberto Erede, Conductor, MainArtist - Mario Del Monaco, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited
Nabucco / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Temistocle Solera, Author - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Haas, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Decca Music Group Limited
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Mojca Erdmann, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Turandot / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Author - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Renato Simoni, Author - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Franco Alfano, Contributor, Work Editor - Franco Patane, Conductor, MainArtist - Gil Went, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roy Wallace, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlo Gozzi, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Manon Lescaut / Act 2 (Giacomo Puccini)
Nello Santi, Conductor, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Author - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Domenico Oliva, Author - Wiener Volksopernorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giulio Ricordi, Author - Marco Praga, Author - Maria Chiara, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antoine-François Prevost, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
La traviata / Act 2 (Giuseppe Verdi)
John Mordler, Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Fouqué, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lorin Maazel, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Erik Smith, Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3 (Richard Wagner)
Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Brigitte Fassbaender, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Claudia Hellmann, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Birgit Nilsson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helga Dernesch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Berit Lindholm, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Tyler, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vera Schlosser, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
The selections from Opera 2012 are drawn from Decca's huge archive of recordings spanning over 50 years. The majority of the singers were active in 2012, but there is a healthy sampling of performances that date as far back as the 1950s. There's also a handful of artists who had fairly recently emerged as international stars in 2012, including soprano Mojca Erdmann, mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, and tenor Joseph Calleja. The selections trend toward the soothing or the poignant, although there are exceptions, such as the fiery "Di quella pira" from Il Trovatore and "Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre. Most of the selections are solos, but there are several small ensembles as well as an assortment of choruses. By far, the majority of the pieces come from works from the standard repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic eras, although the Classical period is represented by Mozart, and the Baroque by Purcell, along with some rarities by Handel and Vivaldi. With such an extensive resource of recordings, the tracks Decca has chosen for this recording are never less than excellent. The sound improves with the more recent recordings, but even the earliest are very good. The album makes a good choice for anyone looking for an introduction to opera, or anyone interested in a miscellaneous collection of stellar singing.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:26
- Main artists: Cecilia Bartoli Roberto Alagna Aleksandra Kurzak Bryn Terfel Joyce Di Donato Juan Diego Flórez
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2012 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
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