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1 | Turandot, Act 3: Nessun dorma | Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The John Alldis Choir, Zubin Mehta | 5 | 2:59 |
2 | Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Au fond du temple saint | David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sinfonia Australis, Thomas Woods | | 5:50 |
3 | Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Je crois entendre encore (Romance) | David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini | | 3:45 |
4 | Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate) | London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, The London Chorus, David Parry | | 4:59 |
5 | Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Lascia ch’io pianga | Yvonne Kenny, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer | | 4:27 |
6 | La Traviata: Prelude to Act I | Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel | | 3:49 |
7 | La Traviata, Act 1: Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici (Brindisi) | Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 3:16 |
8 | La Traviata, Act 2: Madamigella Valéry?… Pura siccome un angelo… Dite alla giovine | Cheryl Barker, Peter Coleman-Wright, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Martin André | | 17:28 |
9 | La Traviata, Act 3: Parigi, o cara (Final Duet) | Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 4:06 |
10 | Pagliacci, Act 1: Recitar!… Vesti la giubba | Jussi Björling, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Renato Cellini | | 4:00 |
11 | Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Thy Hand, Belinda… When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido’s Lament) | Fiona Campbell, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker | | 5:03 |
12 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture | London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry | | 6:24 |
13 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 1: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher’s Aria) | Peter Edelmann, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Arp | | 3:02 |
14 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 1: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn | Maszella Holzapfel, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Arp | | 4:41 |
15 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön | Roberto Saccà, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Arp | | 4:22 |
16 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: O Isis und Osiris | Peter Edelmann, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Arp | | 2:52 |
17 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night’s Aria) | Maszella Holzapfel, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Arp | | 2:54 |
18 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Act 2: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena | Susanne Leitz, Peter Edelmann, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Arp | | 2:39 |
19 | Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro | Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski | | 2:27 |
20 | Lakmé, Act 1: Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet) | Glenys Fowles, Heather Begg, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 5:21 |
21 | Lakmé, Act 2: Par les dieux inspirée… Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell Song) | Dame Joan Sutherland, Clifford Grant, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 4:30 |
22 | Samson and Delilah, op. 47, Act 2: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix | Lauris Margaret Elms, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | | 5:43 |
23 | Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture | London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry | | 6:59 |
24 | Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: Largo al factotum | José Carbó, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Inglis | | 5:17 |
25 | Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: Una voce (Rosina’s Cavatina) | Eteri Lamoris, Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze | | 7:23 |
26 | Xerxes, Hwv 40: “Ombra mai fu”: Largo | Yoshikazu Mera, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Shigeo Genda | | 3:04 |
27 | Madama Butterfly, Act 1: Quanto cielo quanto mar!… Ancora un passo or via (Entrance of Butterfly) | Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede | | 3:32 |
28 | Madama Butterfly, Act 2: Un bel dì (One Beautiful Day) | Cheryl Barker, The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Patrick Summers | | 4:33 |
29 | Madame Butterfly, Act 2: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) | Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Herbert von Karajan | | 3:04 |
30 | Madama Butterfly, Act 3: Tu, tu piccolo iddio (Death of Butterfly) | Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede | | 4:43 |
31 | Rusalka, Act 1: Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon) | Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski | | 6:28 |
32 | Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries | London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry | | 5:11 |
33 | Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act 3: Leb’ wohl (Wotan’s Farewell) | John Wegner, Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall | | 9:09 |
34 | Tristan and Isolde, Act 3: Liebestod | Marilyn Richardson, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert | | 6:30 |
35 | Rigoletto, Act 3: Un dì, se ben rammentomi… Bella figlia dell’ amore (Quartet) | Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 5:38 |
36 | Carmen, Act 1: Entrance and Habanera (L’Amour est un oiseau rebelle) | Rita Noël, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky | | 4:45 |
37 | Carmen, Act 2: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador’s Song) | Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Alison Morgan, Jenny Duck-Chong, Sally-Anne Russell, Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker | | 5:11 |
38 | Carmen, Act 2: La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Flower Song) | Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | | 4:02 |
39 | Thaïs: Meditation | Pieter Schoeman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry | | 5:01 |
40 | Norma, Act 1: Casta diva (Cavatina) | Dame Joan Sutherland, Clifford Grant, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 6:17 |
41 | Der Rosenkvalier, op. 59, Act 2: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren | Barbara Bonney, Susan Graham, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph Eschenbach | | 7:25 |
42 | La Bohème, Act 1: Che gelida manina | David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini | | 4:39 |
43 | La Bohème, Act 1: O soave fanciulla | Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Julian Smith | | 4:13 |
44 | La Bohème, Act 2: Quando m’en vo’soletta (Musetta’s Waltz) | Shu-Cheen Yu, The Queensland Orchestra, Brett Kelly | | 2:27 |
45 | La Bohème, Act 4: Sono andati? (Death of Mimì) | Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Julian Smith | | 5:57 |
46 | L’Elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love), Act 2: Una furtiva lagrima | David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini | | 4:15 |
47 | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act 3: Morgenlicht leuchtend in rosigem Schein (Walther’s Prize Song) | James King, Vienna Opera Orchestra, Dietfried Bernet | | 4:28 |
48 | Götterdämmerung, Act 3: Siegfried’s Funeral March | Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti | | 7:55 |
49 | Götterdämmerung, Act 3: Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene | Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti | | 20:31 |
50 | Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 2: Chi mi frena in tal momento (Sextet) | Dame Joan Sutherland, Patricia Price, Richard Greager, Sergei Baigildin, Malcolm Donnelly, Clifford Grant, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 4:07 |
51 | Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act 2: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Barcarolle) | Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 3:59 |
52 | La Fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), Act 1: Ah! Mes amis… Pour mon âme | Luciano Pavarotti, Eric Garrett, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge | | 6:59 |
53 | Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture | Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Heribert Beissel | | 4:15 |
54 | Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: Porgi, amor | Rita Hunter, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks | | 3:34 |
55 | Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: Voi che sapete | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard | | 2:58 |
56 | Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 3: Sull’aria (Letter Duet) | Irmgard Seefried, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | | 2:53 |
57 | Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 3: Dove sono i bei momenti | Isobel Buchanan, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 4:40 |
58 | I Puritani (The Puritans), Act 1: A te, o cara | Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Nicolaï Ghiaurov, Giancarlo Luccardi, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 5:52 |
59 | Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh (Nuns’ Chorus) | Kiri Te Kanawa, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel | | 3:38 |
60 | Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: Soave sia il vento (Trio) | Amanda Thane, Fiona Janes, David Brennan, The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi | | 2:46 |
61 | The Italian in Algier, Act 1: Cruda sorte | Rita Noël, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky | | 5:03 |
62 | The Italian in Algier, Act 2: Pensa alla patria | Rita Noël, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky | | 6:49 |
63 | Faust, Act 5: Alerte! Alerte!… Anges purs | Dame Joan Sutherland, Franco Corelli, Nicolaï Ghiaurov, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 5:26 |
64 | La Wally, Act 1: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana | Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski | | 4:09 |
65 | Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: Madamina! Il catalogo è questo (Catalogue Aria) | Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner | | 5:59 |
66 | Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: Là ci darem la mano | Isobel Buchanan, John Pringle, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 3:15 |
67 | Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade) | Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner | | 2:33 |
68 | Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco | Mario Luperi, Bryn Terfel, Michele Pertusi, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | | 6:17 |
69 | Tannhäuser, Act 3: Beglückt darf nun Dich, o Heimat, ich schauen (Pilgrims’ Chorus) | Helga Dernesch, Victor Braun, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti | | 4:57 |
70 | Hänsel und Gretel, Act 2: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Benediction)… Dream Pantomime | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Grümmer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan | | 9:38 |
71 | Beatrice di Tenda, Act 3: Angiol di pace | Richard Conrad, Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | | 3:33 |
72 | Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Sinfonico | Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Heribert Beissel | | 3:21 |
73 | Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn | Júlia Várady, London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | | 5:25 |
74 | Die tote Stadt, Act 1: Glück das mir verblieb (Marietta’s Song) | Joan Hammond, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Süsskind | | 4:37 |
75 | L’incoronazione di Poppea, Sv 308, Act 3: Pur ti miro, pur ti godo | Sara Macliver, Sally-Anne Russell, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker | | 4:36 |
76 | Zaide, K. 344, Act 1: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben | Shu-Cheen Yu, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly | | 6:02 |
77 | Aida, Act 2: Gloria all’Egitto… Triumphal March | Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel | | 9:39 |
78 | Aida, Act 4: O terra, addio | Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ebe Stignani, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede | | 4:55 |
79 | Andrea Chénier, Act 3: La Mamma Morta | Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Nino Sanzogno | | 6:37 |
80 | Porgy and Bess, Act 1: Summertime | Leontyne Price | | 2:55 |
81 | Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act 2: Vilja Song | Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski | | 4:58 |
82 | Fidelio, op. 72, Act 1: Mir ist so wunderbar (Quartet) | Sona Ghazarian, Hildegard Behrens, David Kuebler, Hans Sotin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | | 5:15 |
83 | Fidelio, op. 72, Act 1: O welche Lust (Prisoners’ Chorus) | Robert Johnson, Philip Kraus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | | 8:25 |
84 | Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt), Hwv 17, Act 1: Va tacito e nascosto | Graham Pushee, Dominic Harvey, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer | | 6:51 |
85 | Salome: Ah, ich habe Deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan (Final Scene) | Cheryl Studer, Horst Hiestermann, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli | | 4:41 |
86 | The Trojans, Act 4: Nuit d’ivresse (Love Duet) | Josephine Veasey, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis | | 9:07 |
87 | Tosca, Act 1: Recondita armonia | Zurab Sotkilava, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Stanislav Gorkovenko | | 2:48 |
88 | Tosca, Act 2: Vissi d’arte | Rita Hunter, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks | | 3:24 |
89 | Tosca, Act 3: E lucevan le stelle | Franco Corelli, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Lorin Maazel | | 3:16 |
90 | Jocelyn, op. 109. Act 2: Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore (Berceuse) | David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini | | 4:46 |
91 | Otello, Act 4: Piangea cantando nell'erma landa (Willow Song)… Ave Maria | Joan Carden, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eric Clapham | | 12:20 |
92 | La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny), Act 2: La vergine degli angeli (Hymn) | Zinka Milanov, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Renato Cellini | | 3:26 |
93 | Eugene Onegin, op. 24, Act 1: Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde (Letter Aria) | Marilyn Richardson, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski | | 12:57 |
94 | Eugene Onegin, op. 24, Act 2: Kuda, kuda vï udalilis | Stuart Burrows, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti | | 6:02 |
95 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction From the Seraglio), K. 384, Act 3: O wie will ich triumphieren (Osmin’s Aria) | Conal Coad, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks | | 4:20 |
96 | Parsifal: Prelude | Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti | | 12:38 |
97 | Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Divall | | 6:06 |
98 | Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3: Che farò senza Euridice | Lauris Margaret Elms, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | | 4:00 |
99 | The Bohemian Girl, Act 2: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls | Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski | | 4:08 |