100 Best Opera Classics (6 CD box set, FLAC)

Audio CD
Number of Discs: 6 CD box set
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: EMI Classics
Size: 1.89 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no

Disc 1:
01. Le Nozze di Figaro K492 (1990 Digital Remaster), ACT 2: Voi che sapete (Cherubino)
02. Le Nozze di Figaro K492 (1990 Digital Remaster), ACT 2: Porgi, amor (Contessa)
03. Don Giovanni K527, Atto Secondo, Scena Prima: Serenata: Deh Vieni All Finestra (Don Giovanni)
04. Don Giovanni K527, Atto Primo, Scena Quarta: Aria: Batti, Batti, O Bel Masetto (Zerlina)
05. Die Zauberflöte – Singspiel in two acts K620 (1987 Digital Remaster), Act II: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Königin)
06. Die Zauberflöte, Zweiter Aufzug, Nr.10 Aria & Dialog: Aria Con Coro: O Isis Und Osiris … (Sarastro/Priester)
07. Recitative & Aria:Temerari….Come Scoglio (Cosi Fan Tutte, Act I) (1988 Digital Remaster)
08. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster): La calunnia è un venticello (Basilio)
09. Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Nei giardin del bello (Eboli/Tebaldo/Dame)
10. Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Casta diva (Norma/Coro)
11. Aida – Act 1 (1989 Digital Remaster): Se quel guerrier io fossi!….Celeste Aida
12. La Traviata: Teneste la promessa…Addio del passato (1995 Digital Remaster)
13. Otello (1988 Digital Remaster), Atto Quarto, Terza E Quarta Scena: Niun Mi Tema (Otello/Cassio/Lodovico/Montano)
14. Madama Butterfly (2002 Digital Remaster), Act 2, First Part: Un bel di vedremo (Butterfly)
15. Tosca – highlights (1997 Digital Remaster), Act 3: E lucevan la stelle (Cavaradossi)
16. La Bohème (1991 Digital Remaster), Act I: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Mimì/Rodolfo)
17. Manon Lescaut (1993 – Remaster), Act II: In quelle trine morbide (Manon)
18. Turandot: Signore, ascolta (Act I)
19. Pagliacci, Act 1 (1987 Digital Remaster): Recitar!….Vesti la giubba
20. Fedora: Amor ti vieta

Disc 2:
01. Faust – opera in five acts (1989 Digital Remaster), Act II: Le veau d’or est toujours debout! (Méphistophélès/Choeur)
02. Lakmé (2002 Digital Remaster), Act Two: Où va la jeune indoue (Lakmé)
03. Roméo et Juliette: L’amour! l’amour!…Ah! lève-toi, soleil! (Roméo)
04. Manon: Allons, il le faut … Adieu, notre petite table (Act 2)
05. Werther (2003 Digital Remaster), Act III: Toute mon âme est là!…Pourquoi me réveiller (Charlotte/Werther)
06. La Jolie fille de Perth, ‘The Fair Maid of Perth’: Quand la flamme de l’amour
07. Carmen (2000 Digital Remaster): Récit & Habanera: Quand je vous aimerai?…L’amour est un oiseau rebelle
08. A cette voix…Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles) (1997 Digital Remaster)
09. La Damnation de Faust Op. 24 (1996 Digital Remaster): Une puce gentille
10. Les Troyens: Je vais mourir … Adieu, fière cité
11. Samson et Dalila (2001 Digital Remaster), Act 2, Scene 3: Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Dalila/Samson)
12. Tannhäuser · Romantische Oper in 3 Akten (Dresdner Fassung), Dritter Akt (Tal vor der Wartburg): Wie Todesahnung – Oh du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram)
13. Der Fliegende Holländer (2000 Digital Remaster): Sentas Ballade: I. Johohoe!…Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an (Senta)
14. Lohengrin (2000 Digital Remaster): In fernem Land (Lohengrin/König/Chor)
15. Siegfried, Dritter Aufzug/Act 3/Troisieme Acte, Dritte Szene/Scene 3/Troisième Scène: Heil Dir, Sonne! (Brünnhilde/Siegfried)
16. Tristan und Isolde (1988 Digital Remaster), Act III, Scene III: Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Isoldes Liebestod)

Disc 3:
01. Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna version, 1762), Act III, Scene 1: Che farò senza Euridice? (Orfeo)
02. Die Zauberflöte – Singspiel in two acts K620 (1987 Digital Remaster), Act I: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno)
03. Don Giovanni K527 (1991 Digital Remaster), Atto Primo, Scena Terza: Aria: Finch’Han Dal Vino (Don Giovanni)
04. Le Nozze di Figaro: E Susanna non vien! …Dove sono i bei momenti (Contessa)
05. Fidelio (2000 Digital Remaster): Nr.9: Rezitativ: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (Leonore)
06. Guillaume Tell, ‘William Tell’ (1995 Digital Remaster): Ne m’abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance…Asile hereditaire
07. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1997 Digital Remaster): La ran la le ra, la ran la la. Largo al factotum
08. Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ella giammai m’amò!
09. Rigoletto (1996 Digital Remaster), Act 3: La donna è mobile
10. Il Trovatore (1990 Digital Remaster), ACT 3 Scene 2: Di quella pira, l’orrendo foco (Manrico, Ruiz, Soldiers)
11. Otello Highlights (1994 Digital Remaster), Act 1: Esultate! (Otello/Ciprioti)
12. Otello: Dio! Mi potevi scagliar (Monologue)
13. Tosca (1997 Digital Remaster), Act II: Vissi d’arte
14. Turandot: In questa reggia
15. Turandot: L’amore? Tanto amore
16. Gianni Schicchi (1987 Digital Remaster): O mio babbino caro
17. Ed anchè Beppe amò (L’amico Fritz) (2000 Digital Remaster)
18. Adriana Lecouvreur (1997 Digital Remaster): Poveri fiori
19. Andrea Chenier, Act 4: Come un bel dì di maggio (Act 4)

Disc 4:
01. Faust (1994 Digital Remaster): Les grand seigneurs … Ah! je ris (Act 3)
02. Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame (2002 Digital Remaster), Acte II – La salle d`études del`abbaye, Scène 2: Légende de la suage:Marie, avec l`Enfant Jésus
03. Mireille, ACT 4: Heureux petit berger
04. Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?
05. Mignon (1995 Digital Remaster): Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur naive (Act 3)
06. Carmen (2000 Digital Remaster): Couplets: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre … Toréador
07. Les Contes D’Hoffmann, ‘(The) Tales Of Hoffmann’, Prologue: Les Oiseaux Dans La Charmille (Doll’s Song)
08. The Damnation of Faust, Part III, Scene 12: Maintenant, chantons … Devant la maison de celui qui t’adore
09. Louise (1994 Digital Remaster), ACT 3 Scene 1: Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée (Louise)
10. Der Rosenkavalier (2001 Digital Remaster), Act I: Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene schlechte Kerl (Marschallin)
11. Lohengrin, ACT 1: Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa’s Dream)
12. Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth’s Greeting)
13. Die Walküre (1994 Digital Remaster), ACT 3, Scene 3: Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan’s Farewell) (Wotan)
14. Die Walküre, Zweiter Aufzug/Act 2/Deuxieme Acte, Erste Szene/Scene 1/Première Scène: Heiaha! Heiaha! Hojotoho! (Brünnhilde/Fricka/Wotan)

Disc 5:
01. Le Nozze di Figaro, ACT 1: Non più andrai
02. Don Giovanni (2002 Digital Remaster), Act I, Scene Three, Recitative & Duet: Duet: Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni/Zerlina)
03. Die Zauberflöte, Zweiter Aufzug, Nr.21 Finale: Pa-Pa-Pa … (Papageno/Papagena)
04. Così fan tutte K588, Act One, Scene Two: Terzettino: Soave sia il vento (Fiordiligi/Dorabella/Don Alfonso)
05. Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 2, Scene 1: Mira, o Norma (Norma/Adalgisa)
06. Lucia di Lammermoor, ‘(The) Bride of Lammermoor’: Il dolce suono
07. Don Pasquale (1996 Digital Remaster), Atto Terzo Sesta Scena: Com’ È Gentil La Notte A Mezzo (Ernesto/Coro)
08. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1997 Digital Remaster): Una voce poco fa
09. La Traviata, Act I: Brindisi: Libiamo ne’ lieti calici
10. Rigoletto, Act 1, Scene 2: Gualtier Maldè …Caro nome
11. Aida (1989 Digital Remaster), Act I, Scene 1: Ritorna vincitor! (Aida)
12. Otello, Act IV, Scene 2: Ave Maria, piena di grazia (Desdemona)
13. Turandot (1988 Digital Remaster), Act III, Scene 1: Nessun Dorma (Calaf, Women’s voices)
14. La Bohème (1991 Digital Remaster), Act I: Che gelida manina (Rodolfo)
15. La Wally: Ebben?…Ne andrò lontana

Disc 6:
01. Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Act 1: Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire (Freunde, vernehmet die Geschichte)
02. La Muette de Portici: Duo: Mieux vaut mourir … Amour sacré de la patrie
03. Roméo et Juliette, ‘Romeo and Juliet’: Ah! Je veux vivre dans le rêve
04. Le Roi d’Ys: ‘Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir…..Vainement, ma bien aimée’ (Act 3)
05. Manon: Suis-je gentille ainsi? … Je marche sur tous les chemins
06. Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Act IV: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus)
07. Carmen, Act 2 (2003 Digital Remaster): La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
08. Les Pêcheurs de Perles,: C’est toi….Au fond du temple saint
09. Werther (1997 Digital Remaster), Troisieme Acte/Act Three/Dritter Akt: Ces Lettres ! Ces Lettres ! (Charlotte)
10. Lakmé (2002 Digital Remaster): Duetto: Viens, Mallika (Lakmé/Mallika)
11. Ah! je suis seule enfin…Dis-moi que je suis belle (Thaïs, Act II) (1995 Digital Remaster)
12. Faust (1986 Digital Remaster), Act 5: Alerte, alerte, ou vous êtes perdus … Anges purs! (Méphistophélès/Marguerite/Faust)
13. Boris Godunov (2002 Digital Remaster), Scene Two: Proshcháy, moy syn, umiráyu! (Boris)
14. Oberon: Schreckensschwur
15. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1999 Digital Remaster), Act Three, Scene Four: Die selige Morgentraum-Deutweise….Selig, wie die Sonne (Sachs/Eva/Walther/David/Magdalene)
16. Siegfried: Was am besten er kann…Nothung! Nothung!

Bravo!

What can one say but “Bravo!” to EMI’s 6-CD box set “100 BEST OPERA CLASSICS.” The title says it all.

This is the perfect collection for both the committed opera follower or the mildly interested or newbie. Or for anyone who wants to know what the fuss over opera is all about. This music is guaranteed to tell you — to delight and inform at the same time.

All the major classics are here –“Voi che sapete” from Mozart’s FIGARO, “Un bel di vedremo” from Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY, “Vesti la giubba” from Leoncavallo’s PAGLIACCI … and that is listing only three of the 20 tracks on disc one. Plenty more where that comes from, and all of it worthwhile. You get a fine sampling of great moments from Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Gluck, Beethoven, Bizet … the list goes on. I would bet you could not name a classic opera that is not represented with its best known aria. I’ll bet you’ll find a few selections on these six discs that surprise even you.

In any case, I’m glad I purchased my collection. So what if I already own full productions of many of these pieces. Like a lot of the finer things in life, one can never get enough opera.

Buy this. Enjoy this. You will be the better for it.