The Most Relaxing Opera Album in the World...Ever!

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Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1La Traviata - Prelude, Act I
Giuseppe Verdi4:41
2Falstaff - Sul fil d’un soffio etesio (Nanetta’s Aria)
Giuseppe Verdi4:12
3Andrea Chénier - O pastorelle, addio
Umberto Giordano2:34
4Manon - En fermant les yeux
Jules Massenet2:56
5Les Pêcheurs de Perles - Zurga, quant tous deux… Au fond du temple saint
Georges Bizet6:27
6Adriana Lecouvreur - Ecco! Respiro appena… Io son l’umile ancella
Francesco Cilea3:32
7Così fan tutte - Soave sia il vento
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:07
8La Bohème - Sì, mi chiamano Mimì
Giacomo Puccini5:15
9Don Giovanni - Dalla sua pace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:25
10Tannhäuser - Wie Todesahnung…O du mein holder Abendstern
Richard Wagner4:17
11Guilliaume Tell - Quel jour serein le ciel présage
Gioachino Rossini4:15
12Orfeo ed Euridice - Che farò senza Euridice?
Christoph Willibald Gluck5:29
13Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo
Pietro Mascagni3:42
14Norma - Casta Diva
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini5:37
15L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
Gaetano Donizetti4:53
16Turandot, opera: Signore, ascolta
Giacomo Puccini2:25
17Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Deh, vieni alla finestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:56
18Lakmé, opera: Viens, Mallika...Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
Léo Delibes5:52
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Introduction to ‘Khovanshchina’
Modest Mussorgsky5:03
2Rusalka - Song to the Moon
Antonín Dvořák5:55
3Porgy and Bess - Summertime
choir vocals:
Glyndebourne Chorus
soprano vocals:
Harolyn Blackwell (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
George Gershwin3:07
4Les Contes d’Hoffmann - Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Barcarolle)
producer:
David R. Murray
choir vocals:
Choeur de l'Opéra national du Théâtre de la Monnaie (Chorus of the Belgian National Opera) (in 1988-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Nicklausse]:
Ann Murray (Irish mezzo-soprano) (in 1988-06)
soprano vocals [Giulietta]:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1988-06)
vocals:
Mike d’Abo (in 1988-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles (Orchestra for the Brussels opera La Monnaie / De Munt) (in 1988-06)
conductor:
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) (in 1988-06)
chorus master:
Günter Wagner (choir master) (in 1988-06)
balance engineer:
Michael Gray (UK classical recording engineer)
recorded at:
Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium (in 1988-06)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités) (in 1988-06)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV (Giulietta) (Offenbach order; critical Oeser edition)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Jules Barbier
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
Jacques Offenbach4:22
5Xerxes - Ombra, mai fu
George Frideric Handel3:05
6Le Nozze di Figaro - Porgi amor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:46
7Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro
Giacomo Puccini2:45
8La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar
Giuseppe Verdi4:44
9Nabucco - Va, pensiero
Giuseppe Verdi4:29
10Le Nozze di Figaro - Voi che sapete
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:58
11Die Zauberflöte - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:10
12Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Christoph Willibald Gluck2:14
13Don Giovanni - Il mio tesoroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:43
14Samson et Dalila - Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix
Camille Saint‐Saëns5:19
15La Wally - Ebben?…Ne andrò lontana
Alfredo Catalani3:41
16Les Pêcheurs de Perles - Je crois entendre encore
Georges Bizet4:57
17Le Nozze di Figaro - Deh vieni, non tardar
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto IV, Scena X. (no. 28) Aria “Deh vieni non tardar” (Susanna)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto IV
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:03
18Madama Butterfly - Humming Chorus
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1972)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1972)
conductor:
Lamberto Gardelli (conductor) (in 1972)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1972)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) (in 1972)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:06