Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

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Album Summary

Performers

• Heather Begg (Mezzo Soprano)
• Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone)
• Paul Plishka (Voice)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Beverly Sills
• Shirley Verrett (Voice)
• Beverly Wolff (Mezzo Soprano)
• Peter Glossop (Baritone)
• Kenneth MacDonald (Voice)
• Patricia Kern (Mezzo Soprano)
• Norman Treigle (Bass Baritone)

Conductors

• Buckley, Emerson
• Ceccato, Aldo
• Jalas, Jussi
• Levine, James
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Rudel, Julius

Ensembles

• Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Composers

• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Rudolf Sieczynski (1879 - 1952)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Douglas S. Moore (1893 - 1969)

Notes & Reviews:

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the very first time on CD. New notes and rare photos make this set another great addition to the Sills catalog.

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Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Son vergin vezzosa

• Performers: Heather Begg (Mezzo Soprano); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Paul Plishka (Voice); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1835

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera :: Eccomi... Oh! quante volte

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Jussi Jalas
• Ensemble: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1830

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Mira, o Norma

• Performers: Beverly Sills; Shirley Verrett (Voice)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Santo di patria... Allor che i forti corrono... Da te questo

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Contro un cor che accende amore

• Performers: Beverly Sills; Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Donizetti, Gaetano : Roberto Devereux :: Che m'apporti?

• Performers: Beverly Wolff (Mezzo Soprano); Beverly Sills; Peter Glossop (Baritone); Kenneth MacDonald (Voice)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Notes: Composition written: 1837.
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1837

Donizetti, Gaetano : Roberto Devereux :: Quel sangue varsato al cielo s'innalza

• Performers: Beverly Wolff (Mezzo Soprano); Beverly Sills; Kenneth MacDonald (Voice); Peter Glossop (Baritone)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Notes: Composition written: 1837.
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1837

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, concert aria, K. 418

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Strauss, Richard : Amor

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384 :: Martern aller Arten

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 8 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: E strano! E strano!

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Ah, fors'è lui

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Follie! Follie!

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Sempre libera

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Ces murs silencieux - Pardonnez-moi, Dieu de toute puissance

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Toi! Vous! - Oui! Je fus cruelle et coupable!

• Performers: Beverly Sills; Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: N'est-ce plus ma main?

• Performers: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Robert le Diable :: Robert, toi que j'aime

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Running Time: 7 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Tu ne chanteras plus?

• Performers: Beverly Sills; Patricia Kern (Mezzo Soprano); Norman Treigle (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Chère enfant que j'appelle

• Performers: Beverly Sills; Patricia Kern (Mezzo Soprano); Norman Treigle (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Giuditta :: Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiá

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Notes: Composition written: 1933.
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1933

Sieczynski, Rudolf : Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) ("Wien, Wien, nur du allein")

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1913

Moore, Douglas S. : The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts :: Always through the changing

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: Emerson Buckley
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1956