This CD is reissued by ArkivMusic.
Works on This Recording
1.
Moniebah by Abdullah Ibrahim
Performer:
Abdullah Ibrahim (Piano)
Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
2.
La forza del destino: Madre, pietosa Vergine by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan,
Italian Radio Chorus Milan
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1986
Venue: La Scala Theater, Milan, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Son giunta!"
3.
Il pirata: Tu sciagurato! by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano),
Bernabé Marti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1970
Venue: Rome, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
La traviata: Dell' invito trascorsa è già l'ora by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Bruno Grella (Baritone),
Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass),
Stefania Malagú (Mezzo Soprano),
Walter Gullino (Tenor),
Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra,
Bavarian State Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
5.
Il pirata: Oh! sole! ti vela by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano),
Flora Raffanelli (Soprano)
Conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome,
Italian Radio Chorus Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1970
Venue: Rome, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 594: Juravit Dominus by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Gulbenkian Foundation Chamber Orchestra Lisbon,
Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus Lisbon
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: Latin
7.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21: 2nd movement, Larghetto by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Eugene Indjic (Piano)
Conductor:
Kazimierz Kord
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829-1830; Poland
Length: 9 Minutes 13 Secs.
8.
In nomine lucis 1 by Giacinto Scelsi
Performer:
Erik Lundkvist (Organ)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1974; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 34 Secs.
9.
Mindif by Abdullah Ibrahim
Performer:
Belden Bullock (Double Bass),
George Gray (Drums),
Abdullah Ibrahim (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
European Community Youth Orchestra
Length: 6 Minutes 36 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Daniel Schnyder.
10.
Don Carlos: Tu, che la vanitá conoscesti del mondo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Karita Mattila (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre de Paris
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1884; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/1996
Venue: Live Châtelet Theatre, Paris, France
Length: 5 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
Version: 1883
11.
Norma: Dormono entrambi by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
Conductor:
Friedrich Haider
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "I figli uccido! Teneri figli."
12.
I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Bass),
Edita Gruberova (Soprano),
Ettore Kim (Baritone)
Conductor:
Fabio Luisi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "O rendetemi la speme."
13.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Stanislav Benacka (Bass),
Giorgio Lamberti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Alexander Rahbari
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1990
Venue: Slovak Radio Concert Hall, Bratislava
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Mario Cavaradossi? A voi," and is presented in excerpted form.
14.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1954
Venue: Town Hall, Watford, England
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
15.
Madama Butterfly: Spira sul mar [Entrance of Butterfly] by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Callas (Soprano),
Mario Borriello (Baritone)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/1955
Venue: La Scala Theater, Milan, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Ancora un passo or via."
16.
La traviata: Ah! Dite alla giovine by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone),
Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
Sound Samples
Moniebah (Abdullah Ibrahim)
La forza del destino, ACT 2: Madre, pietosa Vergine (Donna Leonora)
Il Pirata (1992 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 2: Tu sciagurato!
La Traviata, Act I: Dell'invito tracorsa è già l'ora (Coro/Violetta/Flora/Marchesa/Gastone/Alfredo)
Il Pirata (1992 Digital Remaster), ACT 2, Scene 3: Oh, Sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure
Dixit Dominus in D RV594: 5. Juravit Dominus - Tu es sacerdos
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21: II. Larghetto
La Traviata, Act II, Scene I: Ah! dite alla giovine (Violetta/Germont)
Don Carlos, ACT 1: Toi qui sus le néant des grandeurs
Norma: I figli ucciso! Teneri Figli!
I Puritani: O rendetemi la speme
Tosca: Le château Saint-Ange (Le geôlier)
Gianni Schicchi (2002 Digital Remaster): O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)
Madama Butterfly (1987 Digital Remaster), Atto Primo: Quanto cielo!...Ancora un passo o via
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