CD 1
LA BOHÈME (Giacosa & Illica)
1 Che gelida manina (Act I)
Roberto Alagna tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1996
2 Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Act I)
Renata Scotto soprano · Alfredo Kraus tenor
National Philharmonic Orchestra / James Levine (P) 1980/1991*
3 O soave fanciulla (Act I)
Nicolai Gedda tenor · Mirella Freni soprano · Mario Sereni baritone
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Thomas Schippers (P) 1964/2007*
4 Quando men vo (Act II)
Ghena Dimitrova soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra / Anton Guadagno (P) 1986/2005*
5 Donde lieta uscì (Act III)
Montserrat Caballé soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002*
6 Dunque è proprio finita? (Act III)
Leontina Vaduva & Ruth Ann Swenson sopranos
Roberto Alagna tenor · Thomas Hampson baritone
Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1996
7 In un coupé?...O Mimì tu più non torni (Act IV)
Alfredo Kraus tenor · Sherrill Milnes baritone
National Philharmonic Orchestra / James Levine (P) 1980/1991*
8 Sono andati? (Act IV)
Mirella Freni & Mariella Adani sopranos
Nicolai Gedda tenor · Ferruccio Mazzoli bass
Mario Sereni & Mario Basiola jr. baritones
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Thomas Schippers (P) 1964/2007*
LA RONDINE (Adami)
9 Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Act I)
Montserrat Caballé soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002*
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Giacosa & Illica)
10 Bimba dagli occhi …Vogliatemi bene (Act I)
Victoria de los Angeles soprano · Jussi Björling tenor
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1960/1990*
11 Un bel dì vedremo (Act II)
Mirella Freni soprano
RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan / Leone Magiera (P) 1968/1989*
12 Una nave da guerra…Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Act II)
Renata Scotto soprano · Anna di Stasio mezzo-soprano
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2002*
13 Humming Chorus (Act II)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Lamberto Gardelli (P) 1972/1987*
14 Con onor muore…Tu? Tu? Piccolo iddio! (Act II)
Renata Scotto soprano · Carlo Bergonzi tenor
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2002*
CD 2
MANON LESCAUT (Oliva, Praga, Giacosa, Illica & Ricordi)
1 Donna non vidi mai (Act I)
Rolando Villazón tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Michel Plasson
(P) 2007 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
2 In quelle trine morbide (Act II)
Mirella Freni soprano
RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan / Leone Magiera (P) 1968/1989*
3 Oh, sarò la più bella (Act II)
Montserrat Caballé soprano · Placido Domingo tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Bruno Bartoletti (P) 1972/1994*
4 Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Act IV)
Antonietta Stella soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Alberto Erede (P) 1957/1990*
TOSCA (Giacosa & Illica)
5 Recondita armonia (Act I)
Placido Domingo tenor
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn (P) 1990
6 Mario! Mario! Mario! (Act I)
Angela Gheorghiu soprano · Roberto Alagna tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano
(P) 2001 Euripide Productions under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
7 Vissi d’arte (Act II)
Maria Callas soprano
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Prêtre (P) 1965/1997*
8 E lucevan le stelle (Act III)
Franco Corelli tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris (P) 1962/1997*
9 Ah! Franchiggia Floria Tosca...O dolce mani (Act III)
Maria Callas soprano · Carlo Bergonzi tenor
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Prêtre (P) 1965/1997*
IL TRITTICO (Forzano)
10 Senza mamma (Suor Angelica)
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
London Symophony Orchestra / Myung-Whun Chung (P) 1990
11 Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Gianni Schicchi)
Roberto Alagna tenor
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999
12 O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Angela Gheorghiu soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999
Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (Zangarini & Civinini)
13 Ch’ella mi creda libero (Act III)
Giuseppe Campora tenor
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1959/1990*
TURANDOT (Adami & Simoni)
14 Signore, ascolta! (Act I)
Lesley Garrett soprano
London Session Orchestra / Paul Daniel (P) 2003
15 In questa reggia (Act II)
Birgit Nilsson soprano · Franco Corelli tenor
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Francesco Molinari Pradelli (P) 1966/1988*
16 Tu, che di gel sei cinta (Act III)
Mirella Freni soprano
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Franco Ferraris (P) 1965/1990*
17 Nessun dorma (Act III)
José Carreras tenor
Rhine Opera Chorus · Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990*
(P) as shown. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd except where otherwise stated. *Digital remastering (P) as shown by EMI Records Ltd except where otherwise stated. This compilation (P) 2008 EMI Records Ltd.
