Masters of Opera, Vols. 1-5 (1993)

Track Listing

1. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle (Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg)
2. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: O süßer Mond
3. Ernani, opera: E viva
4. I Masnadieri, opera: Overture
5. Macbeth, opera: Perfidi! All'anglo contra me v'unite! (Macbeth's aria, Act 4)...Patria oppressa (Chorus of the Scot

1. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle (Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg)
2. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: O süßer Mond
3. Ernani, opera: E viva
4. I Masnadieri, opera: Overture
5. Macbeth, opera: Perfidi! All'anglo contra me v'unite! (Macbeth's aria, Act 4)...Patria oppressa (Chorus of the Scot
6. I Lombardi alla prima Crociata, opera: Jerusalem! Jerusalem! (Crusaders' Chorus)
7. La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra ("légende dramatique"), H. 111 (Op. 24): Sylphs' Dance
8. Martha, opera: Mädchen brav und treu (Peasants' Chorus)
9. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Act 3. Treulich geführt ziehet dahin (Prelude and Bridal Chorus)
10. Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), for orchestra
11. La forza del destino, opera: Overture
12. La Traviata, opera: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi, Act 1)
13. Rigoletto, opera: Caro nome (Gilda's aria)
14. Il Trovatore, opera: Vedi! le fosche notturne (Gypsies' chorus)
15. I Vespri siciliani (Les vêpres siciliennes), opera: Overture
16. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Plebe! Patrizi! Populo...Piango su voi (Doge's Address and Sextet from Finale of Act 1)
17. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 2. Prelude
18. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Au fond du temple saint (Duet of Nadir & Zurga)
19. Faust, opera, CG 4: Le veau d'or
20. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Prelude and Liebestod
21. Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100: Overture
22. Don Carlo, opera: Act 4. Quartet: Sire! soggetta è a voi
23. Aida, opera: Act 2. Triumphal March & Chorus: Glora all' Egitto
24. Carmen, opera: Intermezzo / Votre toest...Torèador, en garde (Escamillo's Song)
25. Boris Godunov, opera: Boris's Scene
26. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Act 3. Chorus: Wach auf, es nahet gen den Tag
27. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Entrance of the Gods at Valhalla
28. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries
29. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer (Siegfried's Forging Song)
30. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
31. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise
32. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Regina coeli...Ineggiamo, il Signor non è morto (Easter Chorus)
33. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour
34. Pagliacci, opera: I zampognari!...Don, din, don (Bell Chorus)
35. La Gioconda, opera, Op. 9: Dance of the Hours
36. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111: Geleiten wir im bergenden Schrein (Chorus of the Grail's Knights)
37. Otello, opera: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella...Ave Maria (Song of the willow-tree and Desdemona's Prayer)
38. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Ball Scene
39. Khovanshchina, opera in 5 acts, edited by Shostakovich: Dance of the Persian Slaves
40. Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dances
41. Tosca, opera: Tre sbirri, una carozza...Te Deum
42. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs")
43. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai
44. Suor Angelica, opera: Intermezzo
45. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Viene la sera
46. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Qui m'aurait dit...Des crix joyeux
47. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue: Flight of the Bumble Bee
48. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue: Hail, Tsarevich
49. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben, ne andro lontana
50. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina
51. La bohème, opera: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
52. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma