The Very Best of Barbara Hendricks (2005)

Track Listing

1. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act II. Un bel dì vedremo
2. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
3. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Act I. Ebben? ne andrò lontanta
4. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act I. Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella
5. Carmen, opera: Act III. C'est des contrebandiers...Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante

1. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act II. Un bel dì vedremo
2. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
3. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Act I. Ebben? ne andrò lontanta
4. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act I. Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella
5. Carmen, opera: Act III. C'est des contrebandiers...Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
6. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu
7. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, "Great Mass"), K. 427 (K. 417a): Et incarnatus est
8. Ave Maria, for voice & piano, CG 89e (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
9. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major, CG 56: Sanctus
10. Panis angelicus, for voice, organ, harp, cello & double bass
11. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
12. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Inflammatus et accensus
13. Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra: Kaddish 2
14. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
15. Deep River
16. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
17. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
18. Dans un bois solitaire, song for voice & piano, K. 308 (K. 295b)
19. Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
20. Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2)
21. Gesang ("Was ist Sylvia,..."), song for voice & piano, ("An Sylvia"), D. 891 (Op. 106/4)
22. Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
23. Lachen und Weinen, song for voice & piano, D. 777 (Op. 59/4)
24. Heidenröslein ("Sah ein Knab..."), song for voice & piano, D. 257 (Op. 3/3)
25. Ständchen ("Mach' auf, mach' auf, doch leise, mein Kind"), song for voice & piano, Op. 17/2 (TrV 149/2)
26. Wiegenlied ("Träume, träume, du mein süsses Leben"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 41/1 (TrV 195/1)
27. Morgen ("Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 27/4 (TrV 170/4)
28. Zueignung ("Ja, du weisst es, teur Seele"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 10/1 (TrV 141/1)
29. Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3
30. Gruß (Greeting), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/1
31. Après un rêve ("Dans un sommeil"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1
32. Clair de lune, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B flat minor, Op. 46/2
33. Ariettes oubliées (6), song cycle for voice & piano, CD 63 (L. 60): I. C'est l'extase langoureuse
34. Ariettes oubliées (6), song cycle for voice & piano, CD 63 (L. 60): II. Il pleure dans mon c?ur
35. L'invitation au voyage ("Mon enfant, ma soeur"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
36. Les Filles de Cadix, bolero for voice & piano (or orchestra)
37. Rêverie, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I")
38. Le rossignol des lilas, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book II")
39. Si mes vers avaient des ailes!, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I")
40. Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
41. Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera, for voice & piano, M. 51
42. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, for voice & 8 cellos, A. 389: Aria (Cantilena)
43. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Act II. Vilja-Lied