CD1: LEONCAVALLO · VERDI · TCHAIKOVSKY · MOZART
Jorma Hynninen (baritone); Estonian SO / Eri Klas (conductor)
CD2: MOZART ARIAS
Soile Isokoski (soprano); Tapiola Sinfonietta / Peter Schreier (conductor)
CD3:VERDI · WAGNER · LEONCAVALLO · PUCCINI · GIORDANO · GOUNOD · MOZART
Tommi Hakala (baritone);Tampere PO / Eri Klas (conductor)
CD4: MOZART · ROSSINI · BELLINI · DONIZETTI · MASSENET
Elina Garanca (mezzo); Latvian NSO / Alexandrs Vilumanis (conductor)
CD5: WAGNER · DVORÁK · VERDI · PUCCINI · STRAUSS II
Juha Uusitalo (bass-baritone); Helsinki PO / Leif Segerstam (conductor); Karita Mattila (soprano);
Finnish RSO / Jukka-Pekka Saraste(conductor)
This prestigious 5-CD boxed set (for the price of 2 CDs) features six international vocal stars with the most popular scenes and arias of 18th-20th-century opera:
Star baritone Jorma Hynninen with a recording from 1989, when he conquered the world's foremost opera houses and concert stages.
Outstanding lyric soprano Soile Isokoski with her famous 2004 album of Mozart arias, which led The Daily Telegraph to wonder, "Is there a finer Mozart singer today than Soile Isokoski?"
Acclaimed young baritone Tommi Hakala with his 2003 début album, which he recorded shortly after winning the BBC 'Singer of the World' contest.
Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca with her 2001 début recording, with which Ondine launched this international superstar.
Bass-baritone newcomer Juha Uusitalo, who joined Ondine's roster in 2008, with three extracts from his acclaimed recent Wagner album.
Last, but not least, the incomparable Karita Mattila captured live in a recording from 2000, performing among other arias, ‘Vissi d'arte’ from Tosca in front of an appreciative audience of 11,000 people in Helsinki.
