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 Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs
Release Date: 04/11/1995 
Label:  Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog #: 68095   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Giuseppe VerdiFriedrich von FlotowSigmund RombergPietro MascagniGeorges Bizet
Carl OrffJules MassenetTraditionalGustav Mahler
Johann Strauss Jr.Gaetano DonizettiHector BerliozWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes BrahmsBedrich SmetanaCarl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Carlo BergonziMontserrat CaballéKarl RidderbuschJerry HadleyPlacido Domingo
Robert MerrillJune AndersonAlfredo KrausRichard Lewis
Benno KuscheHilde GuedenRudolf SchockShirley Verrett
Donald GrammAlan TitusKenneth BowenPaul Crook
Frank LittleSherrill MilnesWalter BerryRené Kollo
Peter SeiffertKurt Rydl
Conductor:  Georges PrêtreHeinz WallbergPaul GemignaniZubin MehtaNello Santi
Herbert von KarajanLeonard SlatkinPinchas SteinbergSir Georg Solti
Robert ShawFritz ReinerRobert StolzJonel Perlea
Charles MunchRafael KubelikJames LevineRichard Westenburg
Werner Schmidt-BölkeJaroslav KrombholcMarek Janowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera OrchestraRCA Italian Opera ChorusMunich Radio Symphony OrchestraMunich Radio Chorus
Harvard Glee Club membersAmerican Theatre OrchestraNew Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera ChorusJohn Alldis ChoirVienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraSt. Louis Symphony OrchestraSt. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bavarian State Opera ChorusRobert Shaw ChoraleChicago Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony OrchestraHarvard Glee Club
Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraMusica Sacra
Berlin Symphony OrchestraBerlin RIAS ChorusNational Philharmonic Orchestra
Bavarian Radio ChorusBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 7 Mins. 

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1.  La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:  Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra,  RCA Italian Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
2.  Martha: Lasst mich euch fragen "Porter's Song" by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:  Karl Ridderbusch (Bass)
Conductor:  Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Munich Radio Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Language: German 
3.  Student Prince: Drink, Drink, Drink by Sigmund Romberg
Performer:  Jerry Hadley (Tenor)
Conductor:  Paul Gemignani
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Harvard Glee Club members,  American Theatre Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Language: English 
4.  Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne "Anvil Chorus" by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra,  Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
5.  Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva il vino spumeggiante "Brindisi" by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  John Alldis Choir,  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection begins with "Intanto, amici..." 
6.  Carmen: Votre toast je peu vous le rendre "Toreador Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
Length: 5 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874). 
7.  Carmina burana: no 14, In taberna quando sumus by Carl Orff
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra,  St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
8.  Chérubin: Vous parlez de pèril by Jules Massenet
Performer:  June Anderson (Soprano)
Conductor:  Pinchas Steinberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Bavarian State Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: This selection includes "La manola." 
9.  Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Alfredo Kraus (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
10.  What shall we do with the drunken sailor? by Traditional
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Robert Shaw Chorale
Written: England 
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. 
11.  Das Lied von der Erde: Der Trunkene im Frühling by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Richard Lewis (Tenor)
Conductor:  Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1908-1909; Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: German 
12.  Wiener Blut: Stoss An! by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:  Benno Kusche (Bass), Hilde Gueden (Soprano), Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
Conductor:  Robert Stolz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1899; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: German 
13.  Lucrezia Borgia: Il segreto per esser felice "Brindisi" by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Alfredo Kraus (Tenor), Shirley Verrett (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Jonel Perlea
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra,  RCA Italian Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1833; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
14.  La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Certain rat "Song of the rat" by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Donald Gramm (Bass)
Conductor:  Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra,  Harvard Glee Club
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845-1846; France 
Length: 1 Minutes 30 Secs. 
15.  Don Giovanni, K 527: Finch' han dal vino [Brindisi] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Alan Titus (Baritone)
Conductor:  Rafael Kubelik
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ 
Length: 1 Minutes 24 Secs. 
16.  La forza del destino: Holà, holà, holà by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  John Alldis Choir,  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
Length: 1 Minutes 19 Secs. 
17.  Tafellied, Op. 93b by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Kenneth Bowen (Piano)
Conductor:  Richard Westenburg
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Musica Sacra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1884; Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs. 
18.  Eine Nacht in Venedig: Solch' ein Wirtshaus lob' ich mir by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:  Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
Conductor:  Werner Schmidt-Bölke
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Symphony Orchestra,  Berlin RIAS Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Language: German 
19.  Otello: Inaffia l'ugola! (Iago's Drinking Song) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Paul Crook (Tenor), Frank Little (Tenor), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. 
20.  Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93: Beer's no doubt a gift by Bedrich Smetana
Performer:  Walter Berry (Bass Baritone), René Kollo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Jaroslav Krombholc
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Chorus,  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863/1870; Czech Republic 
Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Language: German 
21.  Die Fledermaus: Champagner hat's verschuldet by Johann Strauss Jr.
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria 
Notes: This selection begins with "O Fledermaus..." 
22.  Der Freischütz, J 277: Hier im ird'schen Jammertal by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Peter Seiffert (Tenor), Kurt Rydl (Bass)
Conductor:  Marek Janowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1817-1821; Dresden, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs. 
Language: German 
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