Very Best of Thomas Hampson

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Album Summary

Performers

• Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Greg Knowles (Cimbalom)
• Armen Guzelimian (Piano)
• Kenneth Sillito (Violin)
• David Alpher (Piano)
• Michael Parloff (Flute)
• Jay Ungar (Violin)
• Molly Mason (Guitar)
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Martine Mahe (Voice)
• Marc Barrard (Baritone)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Csaba Airizer (Baritone)
• Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Wolfgang Sawallisch (Piano)

Conductors

• Almeida, Antonio de
• Armstrong, Richard
• Davis, Andrew
• Kohn, Eugene
• Luisi, Fabio
• Norrington, Roger
• Pappano, Antonio
• Plasson, Michel
• Rattle, Simon, Sir
• Welser-Most, Franz

Ensemble

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Composers

• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Emmerich Kálmán (1882 - 1953)
• Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881 - 1946)

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Works Details

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: La ran la lera...Largo al factotum

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816
• Studio/Live: Live

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: O sainte médaille...Avant de quitter ces lieux

• Performers: Martine Mahe (Voice); Marc Barrard (Baritone); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Massenet, Jules : Hérodiade :: Ce breuvage...Vision fugitive

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: C'est toi...Au fond du temple saint

• Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Eugene Kohn
• Running Time: 8 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Thomas, Ambroise : Hamlet :: La fatigue alourdit mes pas...Comme une pâe fleur

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Antonio Almeida
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Écoute!...Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes

• Performers: Csaba Airizer (Baritone); Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: C'est mon jour suprême

• Performers: Csaba Airizer (Baritone); Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : Le Trouvère :: Tout est désert

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth (1847 version) :: Ove son io?...Vada in flamme

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth (1847 version) :: Perfidi! All'anglo contro me...Pietà, rispetto, amore

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Di Provenza il mar, il suol

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Falstaff :: E sogno? O realtà?

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Andrew Davis
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893
• Studio/Live: Live

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Komm du schönes Fischermädchen (Guide au bord), song for voice & piano

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1837

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Der Garten des Herzens, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1839

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Lied des venezianischen Gondoliers, song for voice & piano ("Mina")

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: ?1837

Rossini, Gioachino : Le lazzarone ("Au bord des flots d'Azure"), cabaret song for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, bo

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1857-1868

Rossini, Gioachino : Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang : Die tote Stadt :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Fabio Luisi
• Notes: Composition written: 1920.
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1920

Weber, Carl Maria von : Euryanthe :: Wo berg' ich mich...So wieh' ich mich den Rach'gewalten

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Fabio Luisi
• Running Time: 8 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1822-1823

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Wie Todesahnung...O du mein holder Abendstern

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Fabio Luisi
• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 48

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884-1888

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48 :: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1840
• Studio/Live: Live

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48 :: Aus meinen Tränen sprieáen

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1840
• Studio/Live: Live

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48 :: Die Rose, die Lilie

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1840
• Studio/Live: Live

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48 :: Ich will meine Seele tauchen

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1840
• Studio/Live: Live

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48 :: Ich grolle nicht

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1840
• Studio/Live: Live

Schubert, Franz : Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 :: Gute Nacht

• Performers: Wolfgang Sawallisch (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1827

Schubert, Franz : Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 :: Die Post

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfgang Sawallisch (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1827

Mahler, Gustav : Rückert Lieder (5)

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 06/14/1901

Mahler, Gustav : Rückert Lieder (5)

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 07/1901

Mahler, Gustav : Rückert Lieder (5)

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 08/16/1901

Mahler, Gustav : Das Lied von der Erde :: Von der Schönheit

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1908-1909

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : The Merry Widow :: O Vaterland, du machste bei Tag

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1905
• Studio/Live: Live

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Der Zigeunerbaron :: Als flotter Geist

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
• Notes: Composition written: 10/24/1885.
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 10/24/1885

Emmerich Kálmán (1882 - 1953) : Gräfin Maritza :: Komm Zigány

• Performers: Greg Knowles (Cimbalom); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
• Notes: Composition written: 1924.
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1924

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson : An Old Song Re-sung, song for voice & piano (Poems by John Masefield no 1), A. 56

• Performers: Armen Guzelimian (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 07/1918

Cadman, Charles Wakefield : At Dawning, song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 29

• Performers: Armen Guzelimian (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Kenneth Sillito (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1906

Foster, Stephen : Jeannie with the light brown hair

• Performers: David Alpher (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Michael Parloff (Flute); Jay Ungar (Violin); Molly Mason (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1854

Foster, Stephen : Beautiful dreamer

• Performers: Jay Ungar (Violin); Molly Mason (Guitar); David Alpher (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1862