Caballe, Montserrat – soprano / The Very Best of / Arias and Songs 

CD  1

1 Verdi: Aida, Act I – Ritorna Vincitor  6:17

2 Verdi: Aida Act II – Qui Radames Verrà… O Patria Mia  6:56

3 Verdi: La Forza Del Destino, Act IV – Pace, Pace Mio Dio  5:35

4 Verdi: Macbeth, Act IV – Una Macchia È Qui Tutt’ora  6:27

5. Verdi: Don Carlo Act V – Tu che le vanità (from )  11:02

6. Verdi: Otello, Act IV – Ave Maria  4:22

7. Boito: Mefistofele: L’altra notte in fondo al mare (Act III)  6:24

8. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Santuzza / Mamma Lucia)  4:00

9. Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Act II: Ils s’éloignent enfin….Sombre forêt  8:13

10. Turina: Las Fuentecitas del Parque, Op. 37 No. 3 (from Canto a Sevilla)  3:55

Montsalvatge: 5 Canciones negras  12:08

11.  Cuba dentro de un piano (R.Alberti)  4:18

12.  Chevère (N.Guillén)  1:59

13. Punto de Habanera (N.Lujan)  1:55

14. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (I.P. Valdes)  2:47

15. Canto negro (N.Guillén)  1:09

CD  2

1. Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Act II: In quelle trine morbide (Manon)  2:18

2-3. Puccini: La Bohème  Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì  5:15 Donde lieta uscì (Mimì’s Farewell)  3:24

4. Puccini: Tosca  Vissi d’arte  3:34

5. Puccini: Madama Butterfly  Un bel di vedremo  5:24

6. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Tu? tu? piccolo iddio  2:35

7. Puccini: Turandot Signore, ascolta!  2:29

8. Puccini: Turandot, Act II, Scene 2: In questa reggia  7:11

9. Puccini: Turandot: Tu che di gel sei cincta  2:28

10. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi O mio babbino caro  2:44

11. Puccini: La Rondine Chi il bel sogno di Doretta  3:05

12. Bellini: I Puritani, Act I, Scena terza: Son vergin vezzosa (Elvira / Enrichetta / Arturo / Giorgio / Coro)  5:21

13-14. Bellini: I Puritani, Act II  O rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce sua soave mi chiamava …  10:27 Tornò il riso sul suo aspetto  6:27

Bellini: Il Pirata  11:45

15. Oh! s’io potessi dissipar le nubi..  4:13

16. Col sorriso d’innocenza  3:28

17. Qual suono ferale echeggia  4:04

CD  1

1-4, 6 Baritone – Sir Thomas Allen, Mezzo-soprano – Elizabeth Bainbridge, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor – Anton Guadagno. Recorded: 1971-06-11 Recording Venue: 8-11 June 1971, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

5. Conductor – Carlo Maria Giulini Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Recorded: 1970-08-01, Recording Venue: August 1970: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

7. Julius Rudel, London Symphony Orchestra, Recorded: 1973-07-25 Recording Venue: 16-25 July 1973 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road & Kingsway Hall, London

8. Astrid Varnay, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Recorded: 1979-08-07 Recording Venue: 2-7 August 1979, Watford Town Hall, and St Augustine’s, Kilburn (off-stage chorus with organ) London

9. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli, Recorded: 1972-09-07 Recording Venue: 11 July – 1 August & 7 September 1972. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios London.

10-15. Alexis Weissenberg – piano, Recorded: 1979-07-01 Recording Venue: May – July 1979 / Salle Wagram, Paris

CD 2

1. New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bruno Bartoletti Recorded: 1971-12-29 Recording Venue: 6-9, 11-15 July & 2, 29 December 1971 / Brent Town Hall, London & No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

2-7, 9, 11. Sir Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra, Recorded: 1970-04-10 Recording Venue: 8 & 10 April 1970 / Kingsway Hall, London

8. Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Alain Lombard, Choeurs De L’Opera Du Rhin, José Carreras, Recorded: 1977-08-31 Recording Venue: 22-31 August 1977 / Palais de Musique, Strasbourg

10. Sir Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra, Recorded: 2002-12-31

12-14. Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Alfredo Kraus, Julia Hamari, Agostino Ferrin, Ambrosian Singers Recorded: 1979-07-04 Recording Venue: 18, 21-24, 29-30 June & 1, 4 July 1979. Kingsway Hall, London

15-17. Flora Rafanelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Coro e Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma, Recorded: 1970-07-31 Recording Venue: 14-31 July 1970. RAI Studios, Rome

TT 76:21 + 75:24

2 cd WARNER Classics, 2003

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