Essential Puccini

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Turandot: Act III: "Nessun dorma!"
  2:57
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Tosca: Act II: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
  4:36
• 3
  Manon Lescaut: Act I: "Donna non vidi mai"
  2:35
• 4
  Madama Butterfly: Act I: "Vogliatemi bene – Vieni, vieni!" (Love Duet)
  7:50
• 5
  La Fanciulla del West: Act I: "Minnie, dalla mia casa son partito"
  2:07
• 6
  Madama Butterfly: Act II: "Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio"
  5:43
• 7
  Gianni Schicchi: "Firenze è come un albero fiorito"
  2:28
• 8
  Suor Angelica: "Senza mamma, o bimbo"
  4:40
• 9
  Manon Lescaut: Act I: "Tra voi belle, brune e bionde"
  1:44
• 10
  Turandot: Act II: "In questa reggia – O Principi"
  6:36
• 11
  La bohème: Act IV: "In un coupe? – O Mimi, tu piu non torni"
  4:43
• 12
  Tosca: Act III: "E lucevan le stelle"
  3:07
• 13
  La Rondine: Act I: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" (Doretta's Dream Song)
  3:21
• 14
  Madama Butterfly: Act II: "Coro a bocca chiusa" ("Humming Chorus")
  2:59
• 15
  Tosca: Act I: "Recondita armonia"
  2:46
• 16
  Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro"
  2:38
• 17
  Tosca: Act I: "Tre sbirri... Una carozza... Presto" (Te Deum)
  4:59
• 18
  La bohème: Act I: "O soave fanciulla" (Love Duet)
  4:15
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  La bohème: Act I: "Che gelida manina"
  4:39
• 2
  La bohème: Act I: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"
  5:16
• 3
  Madama Butterfly: Act I: "Dovunque al mondo"
  3:29
• 4
  Madama Butterfly: Act II: "Un bel dì vedremo"
  4:34
• 5
  La Fanciulla del West: Act III: "Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano"
  2:26
• 6
  La bohème: Act II: "Quando men vo" (Musetta's Waltz)
  2:46
• 7
  Manon Lescaut: Act III: Intermezzo
  5:22
• 8
  Turandot: Act I: "Non piangere Liù"
  2:46
• 9
  Turandot: Act III: "Tu che di gel sei cinta"
  2:28
• 10
  La Fanciulla del West: Act II: "Non mi difenderò...Or son sei mesi"
  4:01
• 11
  Fanciulla del West: Act I: "Laggiù nel Soledad"
  2:32
• 12
  Manon Lescaut: Act II: "Oh, sarò la più bella!...Tu, tu, amore tu"
  8:35
• 13
  Manon Lescaut: Act II: "In quelle trine morbide"
  2:13
• 14
  Manon Lescaut: Act III: "Ah! Non v'avvicinate!... No! no! Pazzo son!"
  3:23
• 15
  Manon Lescaut: Act IV: "Sola, perduta, abbandonata"
  4:55
• 16
  Madama Butterfly: Act III: "Addio, fiorito asil"
  2:04
• 17
  Turandot: Act I: "Signore, ascolta!"
  2:41
• 18
  La bohème: Act III: "Dunque è propio finita!"
  6:10

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Madama Butterfly

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La bohème

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Turandot

Turandot 1993

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly 1988

Release credits

• Alberto Erede
  conductor [1.9, 2.5]
• Alfredo Mariotti
  baritone vocals [15]
• Berliner Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [1.11, 1.18, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.18]
• Bruno Bartoletti
  conductor [7-8]
• Carlo Bergonzi
  tenor vocals [3]
• Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
  choir vocals [14]
• Chorus of the Welsh National Opera
  choir vocals [17]
• Chris Hazell
  producer [13, 15]
• Christa Ludwig
  mezzo-soprano vocals [6]
• Christopher Raeburn
  producer [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 2.4, 2.13, 2.15]
• Colin Moorfoot
  engineer [1.18, 2.1, 2.18]
• Cornell MacNeil
  baritone vocals [11]
• Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin
  performing orchestra [7]
• Elizabeth Harwood
  soprano vocals [6, 18]
• Franco Capuana
  conductor [10-11]
• Franco Corelli
  tenor vocals [12, 15]
• Franco Patanè
  conductor [8]
• Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  conductor [3]
• Giuseppe Di Stefano
  tenor vocals [8]
• Gordon Parry
  engineer [2.1, 2.18, 1.18], recording [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 2.4]
• Herbert von Karajan
  conductor [1.4, 1.6, 1.11, 1.14, 1.18, 2.1-4, 2.6, 2.16, 2.18]
• Jack Law
  recording [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 2.4]
• James Lock
  engineer [2.1, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 1.18], recording [2.4, 2.7, 1.4, 1.6, 1.14]
• James Mallinson
  producer [2.1, 2.7, 2.18, 1.18]
• Joan Sutherland
  soprano vocals [10]
• John Alldis
  chorus master [1, 10]
• José Carreras
  tenor vocals [12]
• Jussi Björling
  tenor vocals [1.9, 2.5]
• Kiri Te Kanawa
  soprano vocals [1.2, 2.12-13, 2.15]
• Kurt Herbert Adler
  conductor [13, 16]
• Leo Nucci
  baritone vocals [2, 17]
• Leona Mitchell
  soprano vocals [13, 16]
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.9, 2.17, 1.1, 1.5, 1.10]
• Lorin Maazel
  conductor [12, 15]
• Luciano Pavarotti
  tenor vocals [2.1-3, 2.6, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 1.1, 1.4, 1.10-11, 1.18]
• Mario Del Monaco
  tenor vocals [10-11]
• Michael Woolcock
  assistant [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 2.4]
• Michel Sénéchal
  tenor vocals [6]
• Mirella Freni
  soprano vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.18, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.18]
• Montserrat Caballé
  soprano vocals [9, 17]
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.14, 1.2, 1.13, 1.16-17]
• Neil Howlett
  baritone vocals [14]
• Norbert Balatsch
  chorus master [14]
• Oliviero de Fabritiis
  conductor [14]
• Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  performing orchestra [1.7-9, 2.5]
• Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
  performing orchestra [12-13, 15]
• Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  performing orchestra [2.8, 2.10-11, 1.3, 1.12, 1.15]
• Piero de Palma
  tenor vocals [17]
• Ray Minshull
  producer [1.18, 2.1, 2.18]
• Renata Tebaldi
  soprano vocals [10-11]
• Riccardo Chailly
  conductor [7, 12-13, 15]
• Robert Kerns
  baritone vocals [3, 16]
• Roberto Alagna
  tenor vocals [7]
• Rolando Panerai
  baritone vocals [2.6, 2.18, 1.11, 1.18]
• Sherrill Milnes
  baritone vocals [5]
• Silvio Varviso
  conductor [5]
• Simon Eadon
  engineer [13, 15]
• Sir Georg Solti
  conductor [2, 17]
• The John Alldis Choir
  choir vocals [2.9, 1.1, 1.10]
• Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
  choir vocals [1]
• Wiener Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 2.3-4, 2.16]
• Zubin Mehta
  conductor [1.1, 1.10, 2.9, 2.17]
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  The Essential Puccini

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  Essential Puccini

  2x CD
  2004