100 Best Adagio Voices - Works of Vivaldi, Offenbach, Delibes, Bizet, Handel & ors - 6CDs

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CD1

Vocalise, Op. 43 No. 4  <<  >>  Natalie Dessay, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Michael Schønwandt

Agnus Dei, Op. 11  <<  >>  Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill

Pavane, Op. 50  <<  >>  Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim

Giustino: ‘Vedro con mio diletto’ (Anastasio)  <<  >>  Antonio Vivaldi

Così fan tutte K588, Atto I, scena 2: Terzettino: ‘Soave sia il vento’ (Fiordiligi/Dorabella/Don Alfonso)  <<  >>  London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Saul, Act 1: ‘O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless’  <<  >>  Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

Le nozze di Figaro: Atto II: ‘Porgi, amor’  <<  >>  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le Siège de Corinthe (L'assedio di Corinto): « Juste Ciel ! Ah, ta clémence est ma seule espérance »  <<  >>  Lyon National Opera Chorus, Katia Ricciarelli, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Gabriele Ferro

La Wally: ‘Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana’  <<  >>  Barbara Hendricks, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

La forza del destino: Atto II. ‘La vergine degli angeli’  <<  >>  Ambrosian Singers, Montserrat Caballé, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Anton Guadagno

Lakmé : Acte I. « Dôme épais » (Flower Duet)  <<  >>  Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra‐Comique, Alain Lombard

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV. « Belle Nuit, ô nuit d'amour »  <<  >>  Jacques Offenbach

Les Pêcheurs de perles : « À cette voix quel trouble … Je crois entendre encore » (Nadir)  <<  >>  Rolando Villazón, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson

Gianni Schicchi: ‘O mio babbino caro’  <<  >>  Montserrat Caballé, London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Rusalka: Act I. Song to the Moon  <<  >>  Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Soltész

Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Humming Chorus  <<  >>  Giacomo Puccini

The Tsar's Bride: Lyubasha's Aria: ‘You Wil Pay’  <<  >>  Galina Vishnevskaya, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Мстислав Ростропович



CD2

Norma: Casta diva  <<  >>  Vincenzo Bellini

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, Oratorio in Two Parts HWV 46 A (1707), Part Two: Aria: ‘Lascia la spina’ (Piacere)  <<  >>  Ann Hallenberg, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Dido and Aeneas, Act 3, Scene 2: When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido)  <<  >>  Susan Graham, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Serse: Aria: Ombra mai fu  <<  >>  Stephanie Blythe, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson

Interrotte speranze  <<  >>  Topi Lehtipuu, Rolando Villazón, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Hippolyte et Aricie, Acte III, scène 1 : Air de Phèdre: Cruelle mère des amours  <<  >>  Véronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Il delirio amoroso: Aria: Lascia omai le brune vele  <<  >>  Natalie Dessay, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

La sonnambula, atto II, scena 2: Ah! Non credea mirarti (Amina)  <<  >>  Natalie Dessay, Orchestre National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Otello, atto quarto, seconda scena: Ave Maria, piena di grazia … (Desdemona)  <<  >>  Gwyneth Jones, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Gustaf Wasa, act 1, scene 8: Aria: Från tronen uti bojor sänkt (Christina)  <<  >>  Lena Nordin, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Philip Brunelle

La Légende de Sainte Cécile, Op. 22, Acte 2: Cantique de Sainte Cécile: ‘Que d'étoiles dans vos cheveux’  <<  >>  Isabelle Vernet, Paul Boufil, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Jean‐Jacques Kantorow

Hamlet, Acte IV: Le voilà, je crois l'entendre  <<  >>  Natalie Dessay, Les Éléments, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Turandot, Act 1: Signore, ascolta! (Liù)  <<  >>  Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard

Peer Gynt (Incidental Music): No. 19 Solveigs Sang (Solveig)  <<  >>  Camilla Tilling, Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester, Paavo Järvi

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht  <<  >>  Ann Murray, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1  <<  >>  Gundula Janowitz, Academy of London, Richard Stamp

Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1  <<  >>  Gundula Janowitz, Academy of London, Richard Stamp

Pulcinella, Ballet: 2. Serenata: Mentre I'erbetta pasce l'agnella (tenor)  <<  >>  Martyn Hill, Sinfonia of London, Richard Hickox

CD3

Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' Bwv147, Part Two: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring  <<  >>  Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks

St Matthew Passion BWV 244: Aria: Erbarme dich  <<  >>  David Daniels, The English Concert, Harry Bicket

Dixit Dominus: De torrente in via bibet  <<  >>  Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Stabat mater pour soprano, contralto, cordes et basse continue: Stabat Mater dolorosa  <<  >>  Véronique Gens, Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale

Ave Verum Corpus K618  <<  >>  Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill

Messiah, Part One: Comfort Ye My People (Tenor)  <<  >>  Joseph Cornwell, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott

Vesperae solennes de confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum  <<  >>  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Barbara Hendricks, Justin Sillman, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Magnificat in D Major, BWV243: Et misericordia  <<  >>  Philippe Jaroussky, Toby Spence, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Mass in C Minor K.427 (Revision Louis Langrée): Kyrie  <<  >>  Natalie Dessay, Le Concert d’Astrée, Louis Langrée

Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Agnus Dei: Coro - Dona nobis pacem  <<  >>  Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz

Requiem in D Minor K.626, Sequenz: Lacrimosa  <<  >>  Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz

Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra (1855), Requiem aeternam: Recordare  <<  >>  Coro Gulbenkian, Mira Kalin, Aquiles Machado, Elisabete Matos, Luis Rodrigues, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Michel Corboz

Requiem to the Memory of Luiz Vaz de Camos, Op. 23, Agnus Dei: Requiem aeternam  <<  >>  Coro Gulbenkian, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Michel Corboz

Psalm 42, for Chorus, Soprano and Orchestra, Op. 42: 1. Chorus: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser  <<  >>  London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

Missa Solemnis in B Flat Minor, Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei  <<  >>  Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl Anton Rickenbacher

Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu  <<  >>  Gabriel Fauré

Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum  <<  >>  Magali Dami, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz

Requiem, Op. 9: In paradisum  <<  >>  Dame Janet Baker, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Roberts, John Butt, Timothy Hugh, Philip Ledger



CD4

Miserere (Excerpts) (Taverner Consort Choir & Players feat. conductor Andrew Parrott)  <<  >>  Taverner Consort Choir, Taverner Consort Players, Andrew Parrott

Funeral Sentences for the Death of Queen Mary II: Man That Is Born of Woman Z27 (Taverner Consort Choir & Players, Taverner Consort Choir and Taverner Players feat. conductor Andrew Parrott)  <<  >>  Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott

Selva Morale E Spirituale, Venetia 1640: Hymnus: Salve Regina A 3 (Taverner Consort Choir & Players, Taverner Consort Choir and Taverner Players feat. conductor Andrew Parrott)  <<  >>  Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott

Messa Da Requiem : Libera Me - Requiem (Orchestre Capitole Toulouse, Orféon Donostiarra and Julia Varady feat. conductor Michel Plasson)  <<  >>  Giuseppe Verdi

Gloria in G Major for Soprano Solo, Mixed Chorus & Orchestra: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Soprano) (Brigitte Fournier, Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Lisbon and Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus, Lisbon feat. conductor Michel Corboz)  <<  >>  Coro Gulbenkian, Brigitte Fournier, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Michel Corboz

Ave Verum (For Female Chorus & Organ), Op. 65 No. 1 (Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne and Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne feat. conductor Michel Corboz)  <<  >>  Gabriel Fauré

Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël: O Magnum Mysterium (The Sixteen feat. conductor Harry Christophers)  <<  >>  The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37: 6. Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin Mother Of God) (Swedish Radio Choir feat. conductor Tonu Kaljuste)  <<  >>  Radiokören, Tõnu Kaljuste

Magnificat (1989) (Choir of King's College, Cambridge feat. conductor Stephen Cleobury)  <<  >>  Arvo Pärt

Thunder Entered Her: The Lament of the Mother of God (Winchester Cathedral Choir and Solveig Kringelborn feat. conductor David Hill)  <<  >>  John Tavener

Maitia Nun Ziran (Choir Ama-lur feat. conductor Beñat Achiary)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Loch Lomond [Scotland] (Arr. Jonathan Rathbone) (The Swingle Singers)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Kondakion De l'Office De La Nativité (Byzantine Melkite Tradition): Al-yawma-l-Batûl (Ensemble de la Paix feat. conductor Soeur Marie Keyrouz)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Veni Creator Spiritus (Downside Abbey Monks and Choirboys feat. conductor Dom Dustan O'Keeffe)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Lord, I Can't Turn Back (Derek Lee Ragin and Moses Hogan Singers feat. conductor Moses George Hogan)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Salve Regina (Downside Abbey Monks and Choirboys feat. conductor Dom Dustan O'Keeffe)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Away in a Manger (Derek Lee Ragin and Moses Hogan Singers feat. conductor Moses George Hogan)  <<  >>  [unknown]

Berçeuse de Grainne Pour Diarmait (After Motet 'Nisi Dominus') (Breda Mayock and La Orfanelle della Pieta)  <<  >>  Hughes de Courson et Youenn Le Berre

CD5

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) (Mady Mesplé and Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris feat. conductor Paul Capolongo)  <<  >>  Heitor Villa‐Lobos

Music for a While (David Daniels [countertenor] and Craig Ogden)  <<  >>  Henry Purcell

Madrigals, Book 8 (Madrigali Guerrieri Et Amorosi...Libro Ottavo), Madrigali Guerrieri, Hor Che'l C'Hor Ch'El Ciel E La Terra, E'l Vento Tace' (Consort of Musicke feat. conductor Anthony Rooley)  <<  >>  Claudio Monteverdi

Du Bist Die Ruh' D776 (Arleen Augér and Lambert Orkis)  <<  >>  Franz Schubert

Vier Gesange, Op. 17: Es Tont Ein Voller Harfenklang (London Symphony Chorus and City of London Sinfonia feat. conductor Richard Hickox)  <<  >>  London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Mich Zieht Es Nach Dem Dörfchen Hin, Op. 55 No. 3 (Accentus Chamber Choir feat. conductor Laurence Equilbey)  <<  >>  Accentus, Laurence Equilbey

Funf Lieder, Op. 104: III. Letztes Glück (Kalbeck) (Accentus Chamber Choir feat. conductor Laurence Equilbey)  <<  >>  Accentus, Laurence Equilbey

Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern D714 (Capella Bavariae feat. conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch)  <<  >>  Franz Schubert

Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7: 2. Le Spectre de La Rose (Janet Baker and City of London Sinfonia feat. conductor Richard Hickox)  <<  >>  Hector Berlioz

2 Songs, Op. 4 (J.L. Runeberg): Flickan Knyter i Johannenatten  <<  >>  Wilhelm Stenhammar

Chanson Perpétuelle, Op. 37 (Kammer Ensemble de Paris and Felicity Lott feat. conductor Armin Jordan)  <<  >>  Ernest Chausson

Carmina Burana: In Trutina (Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Janice Watson and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)  <<  >>  Carl Orff

Les Illuminations, Op. 18: IIIa. Phrase (Richard Hickox feat. conductor David Hill)  <<  >>  Benjamin Britten

Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12: VI. By a Fountainside (Ben Jonson) (Martyn Hill and City of London Sinfonia feat. conductor Geoffrey Parsons and Thomas Allen)  <<  >>  Roger Quilter



CD6

Concerto Pour Soprano Colorature & Orchestre En Fa Mineur/in F Minor/f-Moll, Op. 82 : I Andante (Berlin Symphony Orchestra and Natalie Dessay feat. conductor Michael Schønwandt)  <<  >>  Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр

L' Air (Banville) (Claude Lavoix and Rachel Yakar)  <<  >>  Reynaldo Hahn

Shéhérazade: III. L'indifférent (Arleen Augér and Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor Libor Pesek)  <<  >>  Maurice Ravel

Après Un Rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (Romaine Bussine) (Véronique Gens and Roger Vignoles)  <<  >>  Gabriel Fauré

Trois Chansons A Capella (Charles D'Orléans): Dieu Qu'il La Fait Bon Regarder! (Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse feat. conductor Jean Sourisse)  <<  >>  Claude Debussy

Cantique De Jean Racine, Op. 11 (version with Organ) (Winchester Cathedral Choir feat. conductor David Hill)  <<  >>  Gabriel Fauré

2 Duos, Op. 11: 1. La Nuit (Theodore de Banville) (Emmanuel Strosser and Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse feat. conductor Jean Sourisse)  <<  >>  Ernest Chausson

2 Duos, Op. 11: 2. Le Réveil (Honore de Balzac) (Emmanuel Strosser and Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse feat. conductor Jean Sourisse)  <<  >>  Ernest Chausson

Trois Chansons A Capella: Trois Beaux Oiseaux Du Paradis (Delphine Collot, Brigitte Vinson, Jean-Louis Bouillat, Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse and Gérard Wieclaw feat. conductor Jean Sourisse)  <<  >>  Maurice Ravel

2 Choeurs Pour 4 Voix Mixtes A Capella, Op. 68: No. 1 Calme Des Nuits (Anon) (Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse feat. conductor Jean Sourisse)  <<  >>  Camille Saint‐Saëns

Chants D'Auvergne: Baïlèro (Series 1, No. 2) (Arleen Augér and English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier)  <<  >>  Joseph Canteloube

Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera (Berlin Symphony Orchestra and Natalie Dessay feat. conductor Michael Schønwandt)  <<  >>  Maurice Ravel

L'invitation Au Voyage (François LeRoux and Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor John Nelson)  <<  >>  Henri Duparc

Quatre Poèmes Hindous: Lahore - Heinrich Heine (Kammer Ensemble de Paris and Felicity Lott feat. conductor Armin Jordan)  <<  >>  Maurice Delage

Les Chansons De Bilitis: XII. La Pluie Au Matin (The Nash Ensemble and Delphine Seyrig)  <<  >>  Claude Debussy