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Various Artists

• Released on 06/11/1995 by Decca Music Group Ltd.
• Main artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Classical

La traviata / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)

1 "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi)

Dame Joan Sutherland 00:03:02

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir John Pritchard, Conductor, MainArtist - Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited

La bohème, SC 67, Act I (Giacomo Puccini)

2 Che gelida manina

Luciano Pavarotti 00:04:43

James Mallinson, Producer - Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor, MainArtist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

Il Trovatore / Act 2 (Giuseppe Verdi)

3 "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)

National Philharmonic Orchestra 00:02:52

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Author - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - The London Opera Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio García Gutiérrez, Author, Original Text Author - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer - Richard Beswick, Producer

℗ 1977 Decca Music Group Limited

Lakmé / Act 1 (Léo Delibes)

4 Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais

Dame Joan Sutherland 00:06:05

John Mordler, Producer - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Edmond Gondinet, Author - Jane Berbie, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Harvey, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Mailes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited

Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 (Cesare Sterbini)

5 "Largo al factotum"

Sherrill Milnes 00:04:56

Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Sherrill Milnes, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cesare Sterbini, Author - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Dunkerley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Silvio Varviso, Conductor, MainArtist - Giuseppe Petrosellini, Author, Original Text Author - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited

Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

6 "Soave sia il vento"

Lucia Popp 00:02:40

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

Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2 (Georges Bizet)

7 "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"

Plácido Domingo 00:03:56

Georges Bizet, Composer - Placido Domingo, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Meilhac, Author - Ludovic Halevy, Author - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Dunkerley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Prosper Mérimée, Author, Original Text Author - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer, Assistant Producer - Malcolm Hogg, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited

Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1 (Georges Bizet)

8 "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"

Marilyn Horne 00:04:16

Georges Bizet, Composer - Henri Meilhac, Author - Ludovic Halevy, Author - Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Wiener Opernorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wiener Opernchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Lewis, Conductor, MainArtist - Prosper Mérimée, Author, Original Text Author - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited

Madama Butterfly / Act 2 (Giacomo Puccini)

9 Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)

Wiener Staatsopernchor 00:03:00

Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor, MainArtist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer - Jack Law, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1974 Decca Music Group Limited

Turandot / Act 3 (Giacomo Puccini)

10 "Nessun dorma!"

Giuseppe Di Stefano 00:03:35

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

Madama Butterfly / Act 2 (Giacomo Puccini)

11 "Un bel dì vedremo"

Mirella Freni 00:04:37

Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor, MainArtist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer - Jack Law, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1974 Decca Music Group Limited

Rigoletto, Act III (Giuseppe Verdi)

12 La donna è mobile

Luciano Pavarotti 00:02:23

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 - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author - Stan Goodall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited

Tosca / Act 2 (Giacomo Puccini)

13 "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"

National Philharmonic Orchestra 00:03:21

Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Dunkerley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Victorien Sardou, Author, Original Text Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Pellowe, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1986 Decca Music Group Limited

Nabucco / Act 3 (Giuseppe Verdi)

14 "Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

Wiener Staatsopernchor 00:04:48

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Lamberto Gardelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Temistocle Solera, Author - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, MainArtist - Erik Smith, Producer - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited

Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1 (Georges Bizet)

15 "C'est toi"... "Au fond du temple saint"

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 00:07:35

Charles Dutoit, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Bizet, Composer - Michel Carre, Author - John Dunkerley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Cormon, Author - Gino Quilico, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Cross, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited

Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)

16 "Oh! mio babbino caro"

Renata Tebaldi 00:02:12

Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Author - Lamberto Gardelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra, MainArtist - Renata Tebaldi, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dante Alighieri, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1962 Decca Music Group Limited

Pagliacci / Act 1 (Ruggero Leoncavallo)

17 "Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba"

Mario del Monaco 00:03:39

Ruggero Leoncavallo, ComposerLyricist - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mario Del Monaco, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Gil Went, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roy Wallace, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2 (Georges Bizet)

18 "Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Votre toast"

John Alldis Choir 00:06:59

John Alldis Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Georges Bizet, Composer - José Van Dam , Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Meilhac, Author - Ludovic Halevy, Author - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Prosper Mérimée, Author, Original Text Author - Richard Beswick, Producer

℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
• Total length: 01:14:39

• Main artist: Various Artists
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
• Genre: Classical
• Collection: World Of
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