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A Century of Singers

SKU: 01342

Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 461 680-2 Medium: CD No. Discs: 2

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A Century of Singers - The Greatest Singers of the Twentieth Century

The definitive 2-CD set of the greatest opera singers of the twentieth century, containing all the music from a 4-part series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National programme compiled by John Cargher, whose programme Singers of Renown has been running on ABC Radio for over thirty years with a large and highly-committed following.

Artists:

Roberto Alagna (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Jussi Bjoerling (tenor), Alessandro Bonci (tenor), Montserrat Caballe (soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Feodor Chaliapine (bass), Boris Christoff (baritone), Jose Cura (tenor), Placido Domingo (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Renee Fleming (soprano), Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Ben Heppner (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Kipnis (bass), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (tenor), Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Frida Leider (soprano), Giuseppe de Luca (baritone), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), John McCormack (tenor), Nellie Melba (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Toti Dal Monte (soprano), Iva Pacetti (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Ezio Pinza (bass), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), Titta Ruffo (baritone), Tito Schipa (tenor), Friedrich Schorr (baritone), Ernestine Schumann-Heink (contralto), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Renata Scotto (soprano), Giuseppe di Stephano (tenor), Conchita Supervia (contralto), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Ferrucio Tagliavini (tenor), Richard Tauber (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano).

Composers:

Bellini, Boito, Charpentier, Cilea, Donizetti, Giordano, Gounod, Handel, Korngold, Leoncavallo, Mozart, Offenbach, Ponchielli, Puccini, Rossini, Richard Strauss, Thomas, Verdi, Wagner.

Tracks:

CD 1: 1901 � 1950
ENRICO CARUSO, tenor 1 George Frideric Handel: Xerxes � Ombra mai fu
Unnamed orchestra
Recorded 1920
NELLIE MELBA, soprano
2 Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata � Sempre libera
Orchestra conducted by Walter B Rogers
Recorded 1910
FEODOR CHALIAPINE, bass
3 Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele � Ave Signor
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Carlo Sabajno
Recorded 1912
JOHN McCORMACK, tenor
4 Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del regimento � Per viver vicino
Unnamed orchestra
Recorded 1910
TITTA RUFFO, baritone
5 Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet � O vin, dissipe la tristesse (Brindisi)
Orchestra and chorus conducted by Carlo Sabajno
Recorded 1907
ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK, contralto
6 Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia � Il segreto per esser felici (sung in German)
Unnamed orchestra
Recorded 1906
ALESSANDRO BONCI, tenor
7 Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller � Quando le sere al placido
Unnamed pianist
Recorded 1906
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI, soprano
8 Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa
Orchestra conducted by J. Pasternak
Recorded 1917
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA, baritone
9 Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto � Cortigiani, vil razza
Metropolitan Opera [Orchestra and] Chorus conducted by G. Setti
Recorded 1929
ROSA PONSELLE, soprano & GIOVANNI MARTINELLI, tenor
10 Giuseppe Verdi: Aida � O terra addio
With Elsie Baker & Chorus]
Recorded 1926
CONCHITA SUPERVIA, contralto
11 Gioachino Rossini: Cenerentola � Non piu mesta
Orchestra conducted by A. Albergoni
Recorded 1927
TOTI DAL MONTE, soprano & TITO SCHIPA, tenor
12 Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale � Tornami a dir
Orchestra conducted by Cordone
Recorded 1933
GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI, tenor
13 Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani � A te, o cara
Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
Recorded 1928
BENIAMINO GIGLI, tenor & IVA PACETTI, soprano
14 Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: No, pagliaccio non son
Orchestra & Chorus La Scala, Milan, conducted by Franco Ghione
Recorded 1934
RICHARD TAUBER, tenor & LOTTE LEHMANN, soprano
15 Erich Korngold: Die tote Stadt � Gluck, das mir verblieb
Recorded 1924
FRIDA LEIDER, soprano & FRIEDRICH SCHORR, baritone
16 Richard Wagner: Die Walkure � Ho-jo-to-ho
Unnamed orchestra
Recorded 1928
LAURITZ MELCHIOR, tenor
17 Richard Wagner: Die Walkure � Wintersturme wichen
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
Recorded 1931
ALEXANDER KIPNIS, bass
18 Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier � Herr Kavalier
With Else Ruzizcka, mezzo-soprano
Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Erich Orthmann
Recorded 1931
KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD, soprano
19 Charles Gounod: Repentir (sung in English)
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Recorded 1957
EZIO PINZA, bass
20 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni � Finch�han del vino
Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
Recorded 1930
JUSSI BJORLING, tenor
21 Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem � Ingemisco
Orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius
Recorded 1938

CD 2: 1951 � 2000
FERRUCIO TAGLIAVINI, tenor
1 Francesco Cilea: L�Arlesiana � E la solita storia
E.I.A.R Orchestra of Turin conducted by Ugo Tansini
Recorded 1942
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF, soprano
2 Giusepe Verdi: La Traviata � e strano! � Ah! For� e lui (sung in English)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Recorded 1948
RENATA TEBALDI, soprano & MARIO DEL MONACO, tenor
3 Giacomo Puccini: Il Tabarro � Ho sognato una cassetta
Orchestra & Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded 1962
MARIA CALLAS, soprano
4 Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata � Addio del passato
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI conducted by Gabrieli Santini
Recorded 1952
LEONTYNE PRICE, soprano & GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO, tenor
5 Giacomo Puccini: Tosca � Ah, quegli occhi
Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Recorded 1962
CHRISTA LUDWIG, contralto
6 Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera � Re dell�abisso
National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti
Recorded 1983
TITO GOBBI, baritone
7 Giuseppe Verdi: Otello � Era la notte
Unnamed orchestra
Recorded 1948
JOAN SUTHERLAND, soprano
8 Giuseppe Verdi: I masnadieri � Carlo vive
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge
Recorded 1961
BORIS CHRISTOFF, baritone
9 Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele � Son lo spirito
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Nicolai Malko
Recorded 1949
CARLO BERGONZI, tenor & MARILYN HORNE, mezzo-soprano
10 Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda � Deh, non turbare
Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded 1967
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, tenor
11 Gaetano Donizetti: L�elisir d�amore � Quanto e bella
Orchestra Sinfonica, Rome conducted by Nino Bonavolonta
Recorded 1967
SHIRLEY VERRETT, mezzo-soprano & MONTSERRAT CABALLe, soprano [not in notes]
12 Vincenzo Bellini: Norma � Mira, o Norma
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Anton Guadagno
Recorded 1969
SAMUEL RAMEY, bass
13 Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d�Hoffman � Scintille, diamant London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Julius Rudel
Recorded 1991
ROBERTO ALAGNA, tenor & ANGELA GHEORGHIU, soprano
14 Gaetano Donizetti: L�elisir d�amore � Lallarala la la la
Lyon National Opera Orchestra conducted by Evelino Pido
Recorded 1996
JOSE CURA, tenor
15 Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut � Ah! non avvicinate
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan conducted by Riccardo Muti
Recorded 1998
RENEE FLEMING, soprano
16 Gustave Charpentier: Louise � Depuis le jour
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate
Recorded 1997
BEN HEPPNER, tenor
17 Richard Wagner: Lohengrin � In fernem Land
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Recorded 1994
BRYN TERFEL, bass-baritone
18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflote � Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine
Recorded 1995
PLaCIDO DOMINGO, tenor & RENATA SCOTTO, soprano
19 Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier � Vicino a te
National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine
Recorded 1976

Medium:

No. of Discs:

SKU #:

01342

Label:

ABC Classics

Catalog #:

461 680-2

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