Norma. Casta diva / Bellini (Renée Fleming, soprano ; London Voices ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Barcarolle / Offenbach (Grace Bumbry, soprano ; Claudia Eder, mezzo-soprano ; French Radio and Television Chorus & Orchestra ; Janos Kulka, conductor) -- La Wally. Ebben? ne andrò lontana / Catalani (Maria Chiara, soprano ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Adler, conductor) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Mascagni (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Letter duet / Mozart (Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, sopranos ; Deutsche Opera Orchestra ; Karl Böhm, conductor) -- Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza / Gluck (Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano ; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin ; Janos Kulka, conductor) -- Nabucco. Va pensiero / Verdi (Berlin Oprea Chorus & Orchestra ; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima / Donizetti (Gösta Winbergh, tenor ; Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Orchestra ; Gabriele Ferro, conductor) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Porgi amor / Mozart (Gundula Janowitz, soprano ; Deutsche Opera Orchestra ; Karl Böhm, conductor) -- Madama Butterfly. Humming chorus / Puccini (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Così fan tutte. Soave sia il vento / Mozart (Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano ; Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) -- La forza del destino. Overture (excerpt) / Verdi (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Così fan tutte. Un'aura amorosa / Mozart (Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) -- Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì / Puccini (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Louise. Depuis le jour / Charpentier (Montserrat Caballe, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Reynald Giovaninetti, conductor) -- Don Giovanni. Là ci darem la mano / Mozart (Reri Grist, soprano ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone) -- Luisa Miller. Quando le sere al placido / Verdi (Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden ; Lorin Maazel, conductor) -- Fidelio. Mir ist so wunderbar / Beethoven (Lucia Popp, Gundula Janowitz, sopranos ; Adolf Dallapozza, tenor ; Manfred Jungwirth, bass ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor).
Lakmé. Flower duet / Delibes (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Jane Berbie, mezzo-soprano ; Monte-Carlo National Opera Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Les pècheurs de perles. Au fond du temple saint / Bizet (Roberto Alagna, tenor ; Bryn Terfel, bass-bariton ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) -- Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga / Handel (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Academy of Ancient Music ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor) -- La traviata. Prelude / Verdi (Bavarian State Opera Orchestra ; Carlos Kleiber, conductor) -- Rusalka. O silver moon / Dvořák (Renée Fleming, soprano ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / Purcell (Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Il trovatore. Miserere / Verdi (Rosalind Plowright, soprano ; Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra Rome ; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Samuel Ramey, bass ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Notre Dame. Intermezzo / Schmidt (Berlin Philharmonic ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Samson et Dalila. Mon coeur s'oeuvre à ta voix / Saint-Saëns (Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano ; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin ; Janos Kulka, conductor) -- Serse. Ombra mai fu (Largo) / Handel (Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone ; Scottish Chamber Orcehstra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Tannhũser. Pilgrim's chorus / Wagner (Bayreuther Festspiele Chor & Orchester ; Wilhelm Pitz, conductor) -- Zaide. Ruhe sanft / Mozart (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Colin Davis, conductor) -- Madama Butterfly. Flower duet / Puccini (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Carmen. Entr'acte / Bizet (Berlin Philharmonic ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Norma. Mira o Norma / Bellini (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Parsifal. Höch'sten heiles Wunder / Wagner (Deutsche Opera Chor ; Berlin Philharmonic ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor).
Language (note)
Sung in Italian, French, German, English, and Czech.
Title
Rapture : opera's most heavenly moments.
Publisher
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [2002]
Copyright date
℗2002
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Various performers.
Language
Sung in Italian, French, German, English, and Czech.