The grand tradition : great voices of the 20th century.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921, performer.

Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962, performer.

Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, performer.

Price, Leontyne, performer.

Lanza, Mario, 1921-1959, performer.

Caballé, Montserrat, performer.

Milnes, Sherrill, performer.

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.

Von Stade, Frederica, performer.

Bergonzi, Carlo, performer.

Kasarova, Vesselina, performer.

Stutzmann, Nathalie, performer.

Mei, Eva, performer.

Hadley, Jerry, performer.

Meier, Waltraud, performer.

Heppner, Ben, performer.

Language:

French

German

Italian

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Genre:

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 computer optical disc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Great voices of the 20th century

Added title on label and container: Great opera voices

Place of Publication:

London : BBC Music Magazine, 1997.

System Details:

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digital

optical

data file

Contents:

Flower song : from Carmen / Bizet (Enrico Caruso, tenor ; orchestra ; Walter B. Rogers, conductor) (3:39)

'Hojotoho' : from Die Walküre / Wagner (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; orchestra ; Hans Lange, conductor) (2:00)

'O paradiso' : from L'Africaine / Meyerbeer (Jussi Björling, tenor ; RCA Victor Orchestra ; Renato Cellini, conductor) (3:28)

'D'amor sull' ali rosee' : from Il trovatore / Verdi (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Rome Opera Orchestra ; Arturo Basile, conductor) (6:44)

'Vesti la giubba' : from Pagliacci / Leoncavallo (Mario Lanza, tenor ; orchestra ; Constantine Callinicos, conductor) (3:32)

'Casta diva' : from Norma / Bellini (Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus ; Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor) (6:44)

'O Mimi, tu più non torni' : from La bohème / Puccini (Placido Domingo, tenor ; Sherill Milnes, baritone ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Anton Guadagno, conductor) (4:26)

'Amours divins' : from La belle Hélène / Offenbach (Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra ; Antonio de Almeida, conductor) (4:12)

'Celeste Aida' : from Aida / Verdi (Plácido Domingo, tenor ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor) (4:29)

'Parigi, o cara' : from La traviata / Verdi (Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra ; Georges Prêtre, conductor) (4:23)

'Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata' : from Don Giovanni / Mozart (Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo-soprano ; Dresden Staatskapelle ; Colin Davis, conductor) (6:14)

'Fammi combattere' : from Orlando / Handel (Natalie Stutzmann, contralto ; Hanover Band ; Roy Goodman, conductor) (3:29)

'Vorrei spiegarvi il giubilo' : from La cambiale di matrimonio / Rossini (Eva Mei, soprano ; Munich Radio Orchestra ; János Kovács, conductor) (5:16)

'Fantasie aux divins mensonges' : from Lakme / Delibes (Jerry Hadley, tenor ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (6:08)

'Dich teure Halle' : from Tannhäuser / Wagner (Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Lorin Maazel, conductor) (5:08)

'Nessun dorma' : from Turandot / Puccini (Ben Heppner, tenor ; Munich Radio Orchestra ; Roberto Abbado, conductor) (3:09)

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

Sung in the original languages, except the 3rd work, orig. in French, sung in Italian.

Recorded at various times between 1909 and 1997.

Enhanced compact disc (sound recording). Enhancements include: full, interactive program notes, with texts and translations and brief notes on each singer; and article "But did they act?" / John Steane, reproduced from BBC Music Magazine, v. 6, no. 3, Nov. 1996.

"In association with RCA Victor Red Seal" -- Container.

Issued with BBC music magazine, v. 6, no. 8 (Apr. 1998); full program notes also in that publication.

In part monaural, in part stereo recordings.

In part digital, in part analog recordings.

"The multimedia program on this disc cannot normally be used on Apple Macintosh computers"--Insert.

Contains:

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Fleur que tu m'avais jetée

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Ho-jo-to-ho!

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Africaine. O paradis sorti de l'onde

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. D'amor sull' ali rosee

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Casta diva

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Bohème. O Mimì, tu più non torni

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Belle Hélène. Amours divins

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Celeste Aïda

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Orlando. Fammi combattere.

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Cambiale di matrimonio. Vorrei spiegarvi il giubilo

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Lakmé. Prendre le dessin d'un bijou

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Dich, teure Halle

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Turandot. Nessun dorma

OCLC:

63646993

Publisher Number:

BBC MM68 BBC Music Magazine