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Nicolai Ghiaurov - Opera Gala


Release Date: 04/08/2010 
Label:  London/Decca Opera Gala Series Catalog #: 421872   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Charles GounodGiacomo MeyerbeerGeorges BizetVincenzo Bellini,   ... 
Performer:  Nicolai GhiaurovOlivera Miljakovic
Conductor:  Edward DownesRichard BonyngeLamberto GardelliHerbert von Karajan,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony OrchestraLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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This CD is reissued by ArkivMusic.

Works on This Recording

1. Faust: Le veau d'or est toujours debout by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
Language: French 
2. Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie "Serenade" by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
Language: French 
3. Les Huguenots: Piff paff! Pour les couvants c'est fini by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836; Germany 
Language: Italian 
4. La jolie fille de Perth: Quand la flamme de l'amour by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; France 
5. I puritani: Cinta di fiori by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
6. Macbeth: Come dal ciel precipita by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
Language: Italian 
7. Don Carlos: Ella giammai m'amò...Dormirò sol sul manto mio regal by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1884; Italy 
8. La Bohème: Vecchia zimarra by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
9. Mefistofele: Son lo spirito che nega by Arrigo Boito
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Silvio Varviso
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Italy 
10. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Prince Gremin's aria by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1878; Russia 
Language: Russian 
11. Prince Igor: Galitzky's aria by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
12. Boris Godunov: I have attained the highest power "Boris' Monologue" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
13. Boris Godunov: Farewell, my son, I am dying "Death of Boris" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass), Olivera Miljakovic (Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 

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