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1. 25 Classical Favorites (2004)
performed by Alexander Pervomaysky (violin), Dubravka Tomsic (piano), Ernst Mühlbacher (horn), Frank Morelli (bassoon), Guiomar Novaës (piano), Humbert Lucarelli (oboe), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Jack Wellbaum (piccolo), New York Philomusica Winds, Susan Jolles (harp)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Strauss II, Johannes Brahms, John Philip Sousa, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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2. Puccini: La Bohčme (1987)
performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Gernot Pietsch (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Hans-Dieter Appelt (vocals), Hans-Dietrich Pohl (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
There is no lack of stellar, gripping versions of La bohčme on disc, and by most reckonings, this one stands toward the front of the pack. Having a ... More
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3. 40 Most Beautiful Arias (2006)
performed by Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anton Scharinger (baritone), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Eva Urbanova (soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Purcell, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet
As an introduction to opera that really covers the basics, Warner's 40 Most Beautiful Arias is a terrific package to give to beginners, though ... More
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4. The #1 Opera Album (2000)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (vocals), Gino Quilico (vocals), Gregory Cross (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Jane Berbié (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano
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5. Drama Queens (2012)
performed by Il Complesso Barocco, Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Alan Curtis (conductor)
composed by Antonio Cesti, Claudio Monteverdi, Franz Joseph Haydn, Geminiano Giacomelli, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Porta, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Johann Adolf Hasse, Reinhard Keiser
Following the success of her 2011 album, Diva Divo, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato presents an exciting collection of virtuosic arias in her 2012 ... More
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6. Wagner: The "Ring" Without Words (1988)
performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner
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7. The Three Tenors in Concert (1990)
performed by José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), The Three Tenors (tenor), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
composed by Agustín Lara, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Francesco Cilča, Franz Lehár, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Lalo Schifrin, Pablo Sorozábal, Salvatore Cardillo, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo De Crescenzo
The Three Tenors in Concert, recorded live in Rome in 1990, holds the distinction in the Guinness Book of World Records (in 2010) of being the best ... More
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8. The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Danielle Millet (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Edita Gruberová (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ernest Blanc (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
EMI's The Most Famous Opera Duets is a decent collection of excerpts that delivers on enough of its promise to be forgiven its superlative title. A ... More
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9. Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (2005)
performed by Alberto Bartoli (percussion), Antonella Pepe (soprano), Eric Garrett (baritone), Fabio Sartoni (drums), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Kameron Brown (double bass), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marco Tamburini (trumpet), Michele Centonze (guitar)
composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio, Domenico Modugno, E.A. Mario, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Lucio Dalla, Michele Centonze, Paolo Tosti
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10. Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces (2001)
performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, András Schiff (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Frances Kelly (harp)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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11. Wagner (2013)
performed by Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Markus Brück (bass baritone), Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin (choir, chorus), Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner
German tenor Jonas Kaufmann is among the more versatile of today's singers, with a recorded catalog that stretches from later Italian opera to French ... More
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12. 50 Classics for Relaxation (2009)
performed by Christian Steiner (piano), Earl Wild (piano), Jose-Luis Garcia (Asensio) (violin), Keith Harvey (cello), Larry Dalton (piano), National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble, Patrice Fontanarosa (violin), Prague Virtuosi, Skaila Kanga (harp)
composed by American Traditional, Anonymous, Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Edward MacDowell, Engelbert Humperdinck, English Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert
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13. Essential Guitar (2002)
performed by Alexandre Lagoya (guitar), Andrés Segovia (guitar), Celin Romero (guitar), Eduardo Fernandez (guitar), Göran Söllscher (guitar), Ida Presti (guitar), John Williams (guitar), Julian Bream (guitar), Los Romeros (guitar), Nicola Hall (guitar)
composed by Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, Alessandro Marcello, Anonymous, Antonio Vivaldi, Celedonio Romero, Domenico Scarlatti, Enriqué Granados, Federico Moreno Torroba, Francisco Tárrega, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Albéniz, Isaías Sávio, Jean-Delphin Alard, Leo Brouwer
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14. Pavarotti's Greatest Hits (1980)
performed by Eric Garrett (vocals), Gian Carlo Laccardi (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Ernesto de Curtis, Franz Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Denza, Richard Strauss, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini
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15. Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi and Puccini Arias [Great Perforances] (1990)
performed by Frederica Von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Gillian Knight (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Lillian Watson (soprano), Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano), Siegmund Nimsgern (baritone)
composed by Engelbert Humperdinck, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Maurice Duruflé, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
![Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi and Puccini Arias [Great Perforances]](http://www0.alibris-static.com/cover/m14409khxfx_t.jpg)
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16. Puccini: Turandot (1984)
performed by Joan Sutherland (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Montserrat Caballé (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Pier Francesco Poli (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Sabin Markov (vocals), Tom Krause (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
Decca's 1972 recording of Turandot features an all-star cast led by Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti. Turandot doesn't seem like the most ... More
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17. Renée Fleming (2000)
performed by Renée Fleming (soprano), London Voices (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras (conductor)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilea, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini
The voice of Renée Fleming is one of the most beautiful in opera. Her wide range of roles, from Handel's Alcina to her appearance in Previn's A ... More
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18. The Very Best of Maria Callas [Angel] (2002)
performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra, Maria Callas (soprano), ORTF National Orchestra, Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Amilcare Ponchielli, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilča, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
![The Very Best of Maria Callas [Angel]](http://www1.alibris-static.com/cover/l80856j2cmh_t.jpg)
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19. The Most Famous Opera Arias (1994)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Anna Moffo (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Ghena Dimitrova (vocals), Lucia Popp (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Yelena Obraztsova (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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20. Obsessions (Wagner & Strauss: Arias and Scenes) (2004)
performed by Deborah Voigt (soprano), Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner
Obsessions is Deborah Voigt's long-overdue solo recording debut. Blazing her way through excerpts from the dramatic roles of Wagner and Strauss, she ... More
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21. Verdi: Aida (1989)
performed by Arnold van Mill (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Cornell MacNeil (vocals), Eugenia Ratti (vocals), Fernando Corena (vocals), Giulietta Simionato (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Renata Tebaldi (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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22. Verdi: La Traviata
performed by Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Bryan Secombe (vocals), Frank Lopardo (tenor), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Leah-Marian Jones (vocals), Leo Nucci (baritone), Mark Beesley (vocals), Neil Griffiths (vocals), Richard van Allan (vocals), Robin Leggate (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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23. Bizet: Carmen [Highlights/13 Tracks] (1998)
performed by Jane Berbié (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Kiri Te Kanawa (vocals), Michel Roux (vocals), Norma Burrowes (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Tatiana Troyanos (vocals), Haberdashers Aske School Boys' Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Georges Bizet
![Bizet: Carmen [Highlights/13 Tracks]](http://www1.alibris-static.com/cover/l49722a6y62_t.jpg)
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24. Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi (1993)
performed by Cornell MacNeil (baritone), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Arrigo Boito, Francesco Cilea, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Umberto Giordano
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25. Bel Canto (2009)
performed by Adrian Sâmpetrean (vocals), Ekaterina Siurina (vocals), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals), Matthew Polenzani (vocals), Bologna Community Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), I Filarmonici del teatro comunale di Bologna
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini
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