Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Choral - Sacred; Opera; Vocal
Period: 20th Century; Baroque; Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110781-82
Barcode: 0636943178126
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 07/2003

GREAT SINGERS (1904-1952)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Puccini, Giacomo
Adami, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Simoni, Renato - Lyricist
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
1 Turandot: Nessun Dorma 03:27
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Debussy, Claude
Louÿs, Pierre - Lyricist
Teyte, Maggie (soprano)
2 Trois Chansons de Bilitis 08:24
Teyte, Maggie (soprano)
Donizetti, Gaetano
Romani, Felice - Lyricist
Caruso, Enrico (tenor)
3 L'Elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima 04:20
Caruso, Enrico (tenor)
Verdi, Giuseppe
Cammarano, Salvadore - Lyricist
Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
4 Il Trovatore: Mira d'acerbe lagrime 04:14
Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Handel, George Frideric
Jennens, Charles - Lyricist
Melba, Nellie (soprano)
5 Il Penseroso: Sweet Bird That Shunn'st the Noise of Folly 04:49
Melba, Nellie (soprano)
Mahler, Gustav
Bethge, Hans - Lyricist
Ferrier, Kathleen (contralto)
6 Das Lied von der Erde - IV: Von der Schonheit 06:48
Ferrier, Kathleen (contralto)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Arseny - Lyricist
Tourel, Jennie (mezzo-soprano)
7 Serenade 05:06
Tourel, Jennie (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas, Ambroise
Barbier, Jules - Lyricist
Carré, Michel - Lyricist
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
8 Mignon: Leb' wohl Mignon und Wie ihre Unschuld 07:27
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
Massenet, Jules
Blau, Edouard - Lyricist
Hartmann, Georges - Lyricist
Milliet, Paul - Lyricist
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
9 Werther: Il faut nous separer (Garden Scene) 09:52
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Lyricist
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
10 Pagliacci: Un tal gioco, creditemi 04:24
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Flagstad, Kirsten (soprano)
11 Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise (Liebestod) 07:03
Flagstad, Kirsten (soprano)
Disc 2
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Albanese, Licia (soprano)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
1 La Bohème: O soave fanciulla 03:45
Albanese, Licia (soprano)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Schubert, Franz
Müller, Wilhelm - Lyricist
Chézy, Helmine von - Lyricist
Schumann, Elisabeth (soprano)
2 Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), Op. 129, D. 965 08:55
Schumann, Elisabeth (soprano)
Wagner, Siegfried
Svanholm, Set (tenor)
3 Die Meistersinger: Morgenlich leuchtend (Preislied) 04:20
Svanholm, Set (tenor)
Orefice, Giacomo
Orvieto, Aldo - Lyricist
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
4 Chopin: Grand Aria 04:52
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Massenet, Jules
Cain, Henri - Lyricist
Chaliapin, Feodor (bass)
5 Don Quichotte: Oh, mon maitre...Oui! Je fus le chef 08:57
Chaliapin, Feodor (bass)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Schott, Paul - Lyricist
Lehmann, Lotte (soprano)
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
6 Die tote Stadt: Gluck, das mir verblieb 04:12
Lehmann, Lotte (soprano)
Tauber, Richard (tenor)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich - Lyricist
Berger, Erna (soprano)
7 Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Martern aller Arten 08:58
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Sonnleithner, Joseph - Lyricist
Treitschke, Georg Friedrich - Lyricist
Leider, Frida (soprano)
8 Fidelio: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin? 08:27
Leider, Frida (soprano)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Flagstad, Kirsten (soprano)
Melchior, Lauritz (tenor)
9 Parsifal: Ich sah' das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust 09:39
Flagstad, Kirsten (soprano)
Melchior, Lauritz (tenor)
Flotow, Friedrich von
Riese, Friedrich Wilhelm - Lyricist
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
10 Martha, Act III: M'appari tutt'amor (Ach so fromm) 03:32
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Verdi, Giuseppe
Mass Text - Lyricist
Pinza, Ezio (bass)
11 Requiem: Confutatis 04:40
Pinza, Ezio (bass)
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Tebaldi, Renata (soprano)
12 La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimi 05:49
Tebaldi, Renata (soprano)

Total Playing Time: 02:22:00