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Performers

• Isola Jones (Soprano)
• Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
• Victor Braun (Baritone)
• Bernd Vocals] (Baritone)
• Stuart Burrows (Tenor)
• Alexei Maslennikov (Tenor)
• Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
• Ryland Davies (Tenor)
• Giorgio Tadeo (Voice)
• Alexander Oliver (Tenor)
• John Tomlinson (Bass)
• Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Samuel Ramey (Voice)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• James McCracken (Tenor)
• Julia Varády (Voice)
• Margreta Elkins (Mezzo Soprano)
• Monica Sinclair (Voice)
• Robert Massard (Baritone)
• Philip Kraus (Marimba)
• Robert Johnson (Tenor)

Conductors

• Bonynge, Richard
• de Fabritiis, Oliviero
• Dutoit, Charles
• Franci, Carlo
• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kubelik, Rafael
• Solti, Sir Georg

Ensemble

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Composers

• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Otto Nicolai (1810 - 1849)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Anvil chorus

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Soldiers' chorus

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Gli arredi festivi

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: O signore, dal tetto natio

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Grand march and ballet music

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 11 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : La battaglia di Legnano :: Giuriam d'Italia

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Prelude and opening chorus

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Fire chorus

• Conductor: Carlo Franci
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Chorus of Scottish exiles

• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Chorus of wedding guests

• Performer: Ryland Davies (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Matadors' chorus

• Performers: Giorgio Tadeo (Voice); Alexander Oliver (Tenor); John Tomlinson (Bass); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: War chorus

• Performers: Samuel Ramey (Voice); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Bell chorus

• Performer: James McCracken (Tenor)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Easter Hymn

• Performer: Julia Varády (Voice)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Humming chorus

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Ave, Signor degli angeli e dei santi

• Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Spuntato è il dì d'esultanza!

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: March of the toreadors

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Soldiers' Chorus

• Performers: Margreta Elkins (Mezzo Soprano); Monica Sinclair (Voice); Robert Massard (Baritone)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Berlioz, Hector : Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a :: Dieux protecteurs de la ville éternelle

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Notes: Composition written: 1858.
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1858

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Chorus of priests

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Weber, Carl Maria von : Der Freischütz, J 277 :: Huntsmen's chorus

• Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817-1821

Nicolai, Otto : Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor :: O süßer Mond, o holde Nacht

• Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
• Notes: Composition written: 1849.
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Prisoners' chorus

• Performers: Philip Kraus (Marimba); Robert Johnson (Tenor)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 8 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Wagner, Richard : The Flying Dutchman :: Spinning chorus

• Performer: Isola Jones (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1841.
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1841

Wagner, Richard : The Flying Dutchman :: Sailors' chorus

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1841.
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1841

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Pilgrims' chorus

• Performers: Helga Dernesch (Soprano); Victor Braun (Baritone)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Bridal chorus

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: Waltz scene

• Performers: Bernd Vocals] (Baritone); Stuart Burrows (Tenor)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1877-1878

Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Coronation scene

• Performers: Alexei Maslennikov (Tenor); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 11 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896-1908