Great Opera Duets

Various

• Released on 27/06/11 by Warner Classics
• Main artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Classical

1 La Traviata - Acte I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta)

Carlo Rizzi 00:03:06

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Rolando Villazon, Vocals, Audio Generator Engineer - Anna Netrebko, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, Lead Vocals - Carlo Rizzi/Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor/Anna Netrebko/Rolando Villazon/Wiener Philharmoniker, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Hamburgh, under license to EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics.

2 La Traviata - Acte I: Un di felice (Alfredo, Violetta)

Carlo Rizzi 00:03:34

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Rolando Villazon, Vocals, Audio Generator Engineer - Anna Netrebko, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, Lead Vocals - Carlo Rizzi/Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor/Anna Netrebko/Rolando Villazon/Wiener Philharmoniker, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Hamburgh, under license to EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics.

3 La Traviata - Acte III: Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo (Alfredo, Violetta)

Carlo Rizzi 00:04:22

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Rolando Villazon, Vocals, Audio Generator Engineer - Anna Netrebko, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, Lead Vocals - Carlo Rizzi/Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor/Anna Netrebko/Rolando Villazon/Wiener Philharmoniker, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Hamburgh, under license to EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics.

4 Lucie de Lammermoor, Act 1: "C'est moi Lucie, j'ai voulu te parler" (Edgard, Lucie)

Natalie Dessay 00:02:17

Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Roberto Alagna, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Pierre-Marie Guiraldenq, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

5 Lucie de Lammermoor, Act 1: "Sur la tombe de mon père" (Edgard, Lucie)

Natalie Dessay 00:04:38

Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Roberto Alagna, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Pierre-Marie Guiraldenq, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

6 Lucie de Lammermoor, Act 1: "Qu'une lettre en ma misère" (Lucie, Edgard)

Natalie Dessay 00:04:54

Salvatore Cammarano, Poet - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Evelino Pido, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Roberto Alagna, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Pierre-Marie Guiraldenq, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

7 Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a, Act 2: "Ah ! le ciel, cher époux" (Teresa, Cellini)

John Nelson 00:06:40

Daniel Zalay, Producer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Orchestre National De France, Orchestra - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gregory Kunde, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Léon de Wailly, Poet - Auguste Barbier, Poet

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

8 Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a, Act 2: "Quand des sommets" (Teresa, Cellini)

John Nelson 00:02:30

Daniel Zalay, Producer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Orchestre National De France, Orchestra - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gregory Kunde, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Léon de Wailly, Poet - Auguste Barbier, Poet

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

9 Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 3 Scene 1: Duo, "Viens, suis un époux qui t'adore" (Orphée, Eurydice)

Anne Sofie von Otter/Barbara Hendricks/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:10

Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Barbara Hendricks, Soprano Vocals - Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestra - Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Alain Duchemin, Recording Producer - Michel Lepage, BalanceEngineer - Anne Sofie von Otter/Barbara Hendricks/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1989 Warner Music France

10 La Belle Hélène, Act 2: Duo. "C'est le ciel qui m'envoie" (Hélène, Pâris)

Felicity Lott 00:08:23

Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Felicity Lott, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Henri Meilhac, Poet - Ludovic Halevy, Poet - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Yann Beuron, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Les Musiciens du Louvre, Orchestra - Joël Soupiron, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited

11 Lakmé, Act 1: Duo des fleurs."Viens, Mallika" - "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)

Delphine Haidan 00:04:47

Delphine Haidan, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Poet - Edmond Gondinet, Poet

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1998 Warner Music France

12 La Grande Duchess de Gerolstein, Acte III (Tableau 1): No 14 bis: Duetto 'O grandes leçons du passé' (Duchesse/Boum)

Marc Minkowski 00:01:39

Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Felicity Lott, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - François Le Roux, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Les Musiciens Du Louvre-Grenoble, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Dame Felicity Lott, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble, Ensemble, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

13 Les Pecheurs de Perles) (new edition of original 1863 version: part orch. A. Hammond), ACTE I: Au fond du temple saint (Nadir/Zurga)

Barbara Hendricks 00:05:11

Wolff, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Georges Bizet, Composer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Michel Plasson, Conductor, Lead Vocals - John Aler, Vocals - Barbara Hendricks, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals - Alain Lanceron, Producer - Choeur Du Capitole De Toulouse, Choir, Lead Vocals - Gino Quilico, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Jean-Philippe Courtis, Lead Vocals, Bass - John Aler/Gino Quilico/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1989 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company

14 Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act II: "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" (Octavian, Sophie)

Natalie Dessay 00:07:04

Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - David Groves, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Poet

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Limited

DISC 2

1 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet

Emmanuelle Haïm 00:03:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Veronique Gens, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, MainArtist - Le Concert d`Astrée, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2008 Parlophone Records Limited

2 Bist du bei mir (Formerly Attributed to JS Bach as BWV 508, Arr. Rombi)

Natalie Dessay 00:04:02

Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, Composer - Philippe Rombi, Conductor, Arranger - Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte, Orchestra

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited

3 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1 Scene 9: No. 7, Duettino, "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)

Daniel Harding 00:02:40

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Poet - Daniel Zalay, Recording Producer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Peter Mattei, Baritone Vocals - Daniel Harding, Conductor, MainArtist - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Lisa Larsson, Soprano Vocals - Raymond Butin, BalanceEngineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2000 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

4 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1 Scene 12: No. 7, Duett, "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" (Pamina, Papageno)

Roger Norrington 00:02:38

Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - David R. Murray, Recording Producer - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - London Classical Players, Orchestra - Dawn Upshaw, Soprano Vocals - Mike Clements, BalanceEngineer - Andreas Schmidt, Baritone Vocals - Sir Roger Norrington/London Classical Players/Andreas Schmidt/Dawn Upshaw, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1991 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

5 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Pa-pa-pa" (Papageno, Papagena)

Catherine Pierard 00:02:23

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - David R. Murray, Producer - Emanuel Schikaneder, Poet - Roger Norrington, Conductor - London Classical Players, Orchestra - Mike Clements, Engineer - Andreas Schmidt, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Catherine Pierard, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

6 La Dame Blanche - Opéra-Comique En 3 Actes. Livret D'Eugène Scribe, D'après Walter Scott - Acte II - N°7 Duo & Trio - Duo : Eh ! Mais, Quel Est Ce Bruit ? (Gaveston, Anna)

Marc Minkowski 00:03:24

Eugene Scribe, Writer - Laurent Naouri, Bass, Second Vocals - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra, Second Vocals, Audio Generator Engineer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Annick Massis, Soprano Vocals, Second Vocals - François Adrien Boieldieu, Composer - Marc Minkowski - Ens Orchestral De Paris - Annick Massis - Laurent Naouri, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1997 Capitol Music, une division de EMI Music France

7 Tornate, o cari baci

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:42

Rolando Villazon, Vocals, Spoken Voice - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra - Topi Lehtipuu, Vocals - Emmanuelle Haim, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Le Concert d`Astrée, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Rolando Villazon/Topi Lehtipuu/Le Concert d`Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2006 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

8 L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act 3: "Pur ti miro" (Poppea, Nerone)

Richard Hickox 00:05:40

Richard Hickox, Conductor, MainArtist - City Of London Baroque Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Arleen Auger, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Claudio Monteverdi, Composer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

9 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Trio. "Your Counsel All Is Urged in Vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)

Emmanuelle Haïm 00:03:27

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Zalay, Producer - Nahum Tate, Poet - Camilla Tilling, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, MainArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Jiri Heger, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited

10 Sentimenti devoti espressi con la musica, Book 2, Op. 6: No. 4, Ave Regina coelorum

Philippe Jaroussky 00:03:26

Etiénne Collard, Producer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Ensemble Artaserse, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Giovanni Legrenzi, Composer - Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Contralto Vocals

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2005 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

11 Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa

Véronique Gens 00:04:46

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer - Gerard Lesne, Conductor, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Il Seminario Musicale, Ensemble, MainArtist - Veronique Gens, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France

12 Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182: III. Dagli amori flagellata

Brian Feehan 00:03:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Paul Agnew, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Patricia Petibon, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Brian Feehan, Lute, FeaturedArtist - Michel Pierre, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

13 Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Duetto. "Scherzano sul tuo volto" (Almirena, Rinaldo)

Patrizia Ciofi 00:03:43

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Joyce DiDonato, Lead Vocals, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Lead Vocals, Soprano Vocals, Boy Soprano, MainArtist - Alan Curtis, Conductor, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Il Complesso Barocco, Lead Vocals, Ensemble, MainArtist - Laurence Heym, Producer - Joyce Di Donato, Lead Vocals, Mezzo-soprano Vocals

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Limited

14 Arminio, HWV 36, Act 3: Duetto. "Ritorna nel core vezzosa brillante" (Tusnelda, Arminio)

Geraldine McGreevy 00:04:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Stengel, Producer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Valter B. Neri, Engineer - Il Complesso Barocco, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Geraldine McGreevy, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux/Geraldine McGreevy/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited

15 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Recitativo. "Madre! Mia vita!" - Duetto. "Son nata a lagrimar" (Sesto, Cornelia)

Stephanie Blythe/David Daniels/Emmanuelle Haïm/Martin Isepp/John Nelson/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris 00:02:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Emmanuelle Haim, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Stephanie Blythe, Contralto Vocals - Martin Isepp, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Stephanie Blythe/David Daniels/Emmanuelle Haïm/Martin Isepp/John Nelson/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, MainArtist - Hughes Deschaux, Engineer

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Limited

16 Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: II. Duetto. "Sorge il dì" (Aci, Galatea)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:03:21

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Sandrine Piau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, Harpsichord - Sara Mingardo, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/Sandrine Piau/Sara Mingardo, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

17 Duetto buffo di due gatti

Rockwell Blake 00:02:54

Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Antonio Pappano, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Gerard Lesne, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Rockwell Blake, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist

© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1996 Parlophone/Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
• Total length: 02:02:14

• Main artist: Various Artists
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
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