Richard Strauss, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, George Szell, London Symphony Orchestra
3:50
Ciléa: Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 1 Scene 3: "Ecco, respiro appena - lo son l'umile ancella" (Adriana)
Francesco Cilea, Kiri Te Kanawa, Myung-Whun Chung, London Symphony Orchestra
3:21
Palestrina: Act III - "Wie lange sie bleiben"
Otmar Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin State Opera Chorus, Carola Nossek, Helmut Oertel, Peter Schreier
8:56
Puccini: La rondine, Act 1: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" (Magda, Yvette, Bianca, Prunier, Lisette, Suzy, Rambaldo, Périchaud, Gobin, Crébillon)
Giacomo Puccini, Angela Gheorghiu, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
2:22
Messa di Gloria, Op.posth., Credo: Credo in unum Deum
Giacomo Puccini, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
2:50
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoë, Act 2: "Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore" (Edwige)
Jacques Offenbach, Natalie Dessay, Michel Plasson, Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse
3:57
War Requiem, Op. 66: xii. Dies Irae - Dies irae
Benjamin Britten, Gianandrea Noseda, Sabina Cvilak, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
3:00
Stabat Mater, Op. 58: IV. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum (Largo)
Antonín Dvořák, Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Florian Boesch
7:37
Aniara: Act II Scene 4: Jag anar dödens skugga …
Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Lena Hoel, Viveca Anderberg, Erik Saeden, Jerker Arvidson, Bjorn Haugan, Stefan Parkman, Mikael Samuelson, Thomas Sunnegardh, Radio Chorus, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stig Westerberg
3:05
Puccini: La rondine, Act 2: "Paulette! I nostri amici son gia partiti" (Ruggero, Magda)
Giacomo Puccini, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra
2:20
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder: No. 3, Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein
Gustav Mahler, Dame Janet Baker, Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli
5:20
Puccini: La rondine, Act 1: "Come fate a sopportarla?" (Prunier, Magda, Bianca, Yvette, Suzy)
Giacomo Puccini, Angela Gheorghiu, Monica Bacelli, Patrizia Biccirè, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
1:17
Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 2: "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Olympia, Chorus)
Jacques Offenbach, Gianna d' Angelo/Choeurs René Duclos/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/André Cluytens, Gianna D'Angelo, Walter Ruhlmann, André Cluytens, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire
5:05
Khachaturian: Spartacus (Highlights from the Ballet): Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Aram Khachaturian, London Symphony Orchestra
9:54
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111, Pt. 4: "D'amour l'ardente flamme" (Marguerite)
Hector Berlioz, John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg
8:01
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 3: No. 17, Entrance of the Guests and Waltz
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra
8:09
Le Prophete, Acte I: No. 1 bis (A), Cavatine "Voici l'heure où sans alarmes" - Live
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Sir Mark Elder, London Symphony Orchestra, Mané Galoyan
3:16
Orphée aux enfers, ACT 1, Premier tableau: la campagne aux environs d'Athènes: La femme dont le coeur (Eurydice)
Jacques Offenbach, Natalie Dessay, Marc Minkowski, Sébastien Rouland, Choeur & Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon
2:24
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III: No. 15, Scene. March - Allegro giusto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra
2:29
Puccini: Il tabarro: Introduzione (Orchestra)
Giacomo Puccini, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
2:19
Rossini: Stabat Mater: IX. Quando corpus morietur
Gioachino Rossini, Riccardo Muti, Agnes Baltsa, Catherine Malfitano, Gwynne Howell, Robert Gambill, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, Part II: Ballet des syphes (Dance of the Spirits)
Hector Berlioz, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Ádám Fischer
2:22
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat minor, Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
Horacio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
3:24
Enigma Variations: Variation V. R.P.A - Moderato
Edward Elgar, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra
2:09
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3 Scene 6: "Spargi d'amaro pianto" (Lucia, Raimondo, Enrico, Chorus)
Gaetano Donizetti, Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Rolando Panerai, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Noberto Mola, RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Herbert von Karajan
4:06
Semiramide: Overture
Gioachino Rossini, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
12:30
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: "Your counsel all is urged in vain...But death, alas"
Henry Purcell, Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
La fille du régiment / Act 1: Le camarade est amoureux!
Gaetano Donizetti, Eric Garrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
5:06
Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 1: "Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach" (La légende de Kleinzach)
Jacques Offenbach, Plácido Domingo, Robin Leggate, Choeurs de Radio France, Orchestre National De France, Seiji Ozawa
4:55
Les Troyens / Act 4: No.37 Duo: "Nuit d'ivresse et d'extase"
Hector Berlioz, Françoise Pollet, Gary Lakes, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
9:03
Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: "Deh non volerli vittime" (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi)
Vincenzo Bellini, Cecilia Bartoli, John Osborn, Michele Pertusi, International Chamber Vocalists, Orchestra La Scintilla, Giovanni Antonini
5:02
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: Im Treibhaus
Richard Wagner, Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
7:03
Tristia, Op. 18: III. Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet
Hector Berlioz, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Gareth Morrell
7:54
Te Deum, WAB. 45: I. Te Deum laudamus
Anton Bruckner, Maria Stader, Sieglinde Wagner, Ernst Haefliger, Peter Lagger, Wolfgang Meyer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
Henry Purcell, Patrick Power, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
1:41
Carmina Burana / I. Primo vere: "Ecce gratum"
Carl Orff, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum
2:39
Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: 4. Im Abendrot
Richard Strauss, Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur
9:53
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: No.5 Cavatina: "Una voce poco fa" - "Io sono docile"
Gioachino Rossini, Teresa Berganza, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Silvio Varviso
5:49
Four Songs, Op. 2: 2. The Nightingale and the Rose
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Greta Bradman, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Luke Dollman
2:57
L'elisir d'amore, Act I: "Benedette queste carte!"
Gaetano Donizetti, Kathleen Battle, Dawn Upshaw, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, David Stivender, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
4:41
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7: 3. Sur les lagunes
Hector Berlioz, Kiri Te Kanawa, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
5:56
Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: Aria: "Che farò senza Euridice?"
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Marilyn Horne, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti
5:37
Daphne, Op. 82, TrV 272: "Ich komme, ich komme"
Richard Strauss, Renée Fleming, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
11:21
Faust, CG 4: "Salut! demeure chaste et pure"
Charles Gounod, Benjamin Bernheim, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume
4:33
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act I: "Ma signor..." "Zitto tu!"
Gioachino Rossini, Stefania Malagu, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Hermann Prey, Paolo Montarsolo, Luigi Roni, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado