2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
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Compact discs "Opendisc. Visit www.emiclassicsclub.com and use CD1 as a key to the EMI Classics Club where you can unlock bonus material, exclusive pre-release listening sessions and more."--Container Various performers Sung in various languages
Contents:
CD1. Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì vedremo / Puccini (Angela Gheorghiu) Serse. Crude furie / Handel (Joyce DiDonato) Concerto no. 3 in F [major] 'Autumn'. Allegro / Vivaldi (Nigel Kennedy) Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51. Sei Lob und Preis - Alleluja! / J.S. Bach (Natalie Dessay) Ohimè, ch'io cado / Monteverdi (Philippe Jaroussky) Il curioso indiscreto, II, 6. No, che non sei capace, K 419 / Mozart (Diana Damrau) Keyboard concerto in F minor, BWV 1056. Adagio / J.S. Bach (David Fray) Messa da Requiem. Ingemisco / Verdi (Luciano Pavarotti) Cello concerto in B minor, RV 424. Allegro non molto / Vivaldi (Han-Na Chang) Les Paladins. Triste séjour / Rameau (Véronique Gens) Ave Maria / Caccini (Libera) Palladio. Allegretto / Jenkins (Karl Jenkins) Flute sonata in E flat [major], BWV 1031. Siciliana / J.S. Bach (Emmanuel Pahud) Monsieur Beaucaire. Rossignol / Messager (Kate Royal) Oblivion / Piazzolla, arr. Lenehan (Julian Lloyd Webber) Faramondo. Rival ti sono / Handel (Max Emanuel Cencic) Schön Rosmarin / Kreisler (Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich) Ständchen / Schubert (Ian Bostridge) Trumpet concerto in E flat [major]. Finale: Allegro / Haydn (Alison Balsom) Sinfonia concertante in E flat [major], K 364. Presto / Mozart (Renaud Capuçon, Antoine Tamestit) CD2. L'Egisto. D'Hipparco e di Climene... Lasso io vivo / Cavalli (Rolando Villazón) Orphée et Eurydice. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice / Gluck (Maria Callas) Aida. Se quell guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida / Verdi (Placido Domingo) Cavalleria rusticana. Attesa / Mascagni (Sarah Brightman) La belle Hélène. Au Mont Ida / Offenbach (Roberto Alagna) À Chloris / Hahn (Philippe Jaroussky) Waltz in G flat [major], op. 70, no. 1 / Chopin (Ingrid Fliter) La sonnambula. Vedi, o madre, è afflitto e mesto / Bellini (Natalie Dessay, Francesco Meli) Piano sonata no. 31 in A flat [major], op. 110. Allegro molto / Beethoven (Piotr Anderszewski) Fuga y misterio / Piazzolla (Artemis Quartet, Jacques Ammon) Prince Igor. Polovtsian dances (excerpt) / Borodin (Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker) Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Variation no. 18 / Rachmaninov, arr. Capuçon & Montero (Gautier Capuçon, Gabriela Montero) Piano concerto no. 4 in G [major], op. 58. Andante con moto (excerpt) / Beethoven (Evgeny Kissin) Messiah. For unto us a child is born / Handel (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) Caprice viennois / Kreisler (Fritz Kreisler) Pictures at an exhibition. Promenade ; Gnomus / Mussorgsky (Leif Ove Andsnes) Mass in B minor, BWV 232. Qui sedes / J.S. Bach (David Daniels) Arabesque no. 1 / Debussy (Simon Trpčeski) Memory takes my hand. North / Armstrong (Craig Armstrong) Madama Butterfly. Vogliatemi bene / Puccini (Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann)