Great Voices of the Century / Prey, Damrau, Domingo, Bartoli, Schock, Kraus, Wunderlich

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mario Lanza
• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
• Hermann Prey (Voice)
• Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
• Lucia Aliberti (Voice)
• Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano)
• Alfredo Kraus (Voice)
• Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone)
• Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Soprano)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
• Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
• Werner Hollweg (Tenor)
• Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
• Hertha Klust (Piano)
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
• Stephan Lademann (Piano)
• Diana Damrau (Soprano)
• Barbara Schlick (Soprano)
• Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone)
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• George Thalben-Ball (Organ)
• Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Richard Tauber (Tenor)

Conductors

• Ackermann, Otto
• Callinicos, Constantin
• Froschauer, Helmuth
• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Goehr, Walter
• Knubben, Klaus
• Kraus, Richard
• Marinov, Ivan
• Paternostro, Roberto
• Raichev, Rouslan
• Schuchter, Wilhelm
• Serafin, Tullio
• Simonov, Georgi
• Susskind, Walter
• Vonk, Hans
• Woss, Kurt

Ensemble

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Composers

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Carl Böhm (1844 - 1920)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Notes & Reviews:

Great Voices of the Century is a wonderful collection featuring the greatest voices of the century as well as the greatest works by Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Strauss, Bizet, Puccini from the operas Le Nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute, Carmen, Don Giovanni, and La Bohème.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le Nozze de Figaro :: Ouvertüre

• Conductor: Hans Vonk
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le Nozze de Figaro :: Aria. Non sò piú cosa son

• Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Arie. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen

• Performer: Hermann Prey (Voice)
• Conductor: Kurt Wöss
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Arie. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

• Performer: Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
• Conductor: Wilhelm Schuchter
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

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

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti (Voice)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Amore e morte ("Odi d'un uom che muore"), arietta for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Aria. Perfidi! All' Anglo contro me

• Performer: Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Die Macht des Schicksals :: Aria. Pace, pace, mio Dio

• Performer: Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Soprano)
• Conductor: Rouslan Raichev
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Szene und Arie. Quando le sere

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Georgi Simonov
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Puccini, Giacomo : La Boheme :: Arie. Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen

• Performer: Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Kraus
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Aria. Votre toast

• Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
• Conductor: Ivan Marinov
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Offenbach, Jacques : Hoffmanns Erzählungen :: Es war einmal am Hof

• Performer: Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
• Conductor: Wilhelm Schuchter
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Carl Böhm (1844 - 1920) : Still wie die Nacht, for voice & orchestra, Op. 326/27

• Performer: Werner Hollweg (Tenor)
• Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Richard : Zueignung :: Ja, du weiát es, meine Seele

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Brahms, Johannes : Vier Ernste Gesänge :: Nr. 2. Ich wandte mich und sahe an, alle

• Performers: Hertha Klust (Piano); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1896

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
• Conductor: Wilhelm Schuchter
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Schumann, Robert : Myrthen, Op. 25

• Performers: Stephan Lademann (Piano); Diana Damrau (Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1840

Schumann, Robert : Myrthen, Op. 25

• Performers: Diana Damrau (Soprano); Stephan Lademann (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1840

Schumann, Robert : Hochländisches Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, süsser kleiner Donald"), song for voice & piano (Myrthen), Op.

• Performers: Stephan Lademann (Piano); Diana Damrau (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1840

Schumann, Robert : Lied der Suleika, Op. 25 no 9

• Performers: Stephan Lademann (Piano); Diana Damrau (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1840

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe" :: Gloria

• Performers: Barbara Schlick (Soprano); Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Klaus Knubben
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1776

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe" :: Benedictus

• Performers: Barbara Schlick (Soprano); Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Klaus Knubben
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1776

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)

• Performers: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); George Thalben-Ball (Organ)
• Conductor: Walter Susskind
• Running Time: 16 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1773

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Der Bajazzo :: Duet. Nedda! Silvio!

• Performers: Hermann Prey (Voice); Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Conductor: Wilhelm Schuchter
• Running Time: 8 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Il mio tesoro

• Performer: Richard Tauber (Tenor)
• Conductor: Walter Goehr
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus

• Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Conductor: Otto Ackermann
• Notes: Composition written: 1873.
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile (O wie so trügerisch)

• Performer: Mario Lanza
• Conductor: Constantin Callinicos
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Sparsa è di rose...Ardon gl'icensi

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 7 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835