2x CD

Essential Puccini

Compilation by Giacomo Puccini

Released 12 January 2004

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Turandot: “Nessun dorma”
2:59
5.0 ★
2
Tosca: “Vissi d’arte”
4:38
3
Manon Lescaut: “Donna non vidi mai”
2:37
4
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene” (Love Duet)
7:50
5
La fanciulla del West: “Minnie, dalla mia casa”
2:08
6
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Scuoti quella fronda” (Flower Duet)
5:45
7
Gianni Schicchi: “Firenze è come un albero fiorito”
2:30
8
Suor Angelica: “Senza mamma”
4:41
9
Manon Lescaut: “Tra voi, belle”
1:45
10
Turandot: “In questa reggia”
6:38
11
La Bohème: “O Mimì, tu più non torni”
4:44
12
Tosca: “E lucevan le stelle”
3:09
13
La rondine: “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”
3:22
14
Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
3:00
15
Tosca: “Recondita armonia”
2:48
16
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
2:39
17
Tosca: “Tre sbirri” (Te Deum)
5:00
18
La bohème: “O soave fanciulla”
4:14
CD 2
1
La bohème: “Che gelida manina”
4:39
2
La bohème: “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì”
5:17
3
Madama Butterfly: “Dovunque al mondo”
3:31
4
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”
4:35
5
La fanciulla del West: “Ch’ella mi creda libero”
2:27
6
La bohème: Musetta’s Waltz
2:47
7
Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo
5:23
8
Turandot: “Non piangere Liù”
2:47
9
Turandot: Atto III. “Tu, che di gel sei cinta”
2:30
10
La fanciulla del West: “Non mi defendero”
4:03
11
La fanciulla del West: “Laggiù nel Soledad”
2:33
12
Manon Lescaut: “Oh, sarò la più bella!”
8:36
13
Manon Lescaut: “In quelle trine morbide”
2:15
14
Manon Lescaut: “Ah! Non v’avvicinate!”
3:25
15
Manon Lescaut: Atto III. “Sola, perduta, abbandonata”
4:58
16
Madama Butterfly: “Addio, fiorito asil ”
2:06
17
Turandot: “Signore, ascolta!”
2:43
18
La bohème: “Dunque è propio finita!”
6:10

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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 [2.4, 2.13, 2.15, 1.4, 1.6, 1.14]
Colin Moorfoot
engineer [2.1, 2.18, 1.18]
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 [2.4, 1.4, 1.6, 1.14]
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 [2.4, 1.4, 1.6, 1.14]
James Lock
engineer [2.1, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 1.18], recording [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 2.4, 2.7]
James Mallinson
producer [1.18, 2.1, 2.7, 2.18]
Joan Sutherland
soprano vocals [10]
John Alldis
chorus master [1, 10]
José Carreras
tenor vocals [12]
Jussi Björling
tenor vocals [2.5, 1.9]
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 [1.1, 1.5, 1.10, 2.9, 2.17]
Lorin Maazel
conductor [12, 15]
Luciano Pavarotti
tenor vocals [1.1, 1.4, 1.10-11, 1.18, 2.1-3, 2.6, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18]
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 [1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.18, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.18]
Montserrat Caballé
soprano vocals [9, 17]
National Philharmonic Orchestra
performing orchestra [1.2, 1.13, 1.16-17, 2.14]
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 [1.3, 1.12, 1.15, 2.8, 2.10-11]
Piero de Palma
tenor vocals [17]
Ray Minshull
producer [2.1, 2.18, 1.18]
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 [1.11, 1.18, 2.6, 2.18]
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 [1.1, 1.10, 2.9]
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
choir vocals [1]
Wiener Philharmoniker
performing orchestra [2.3-4, 2.16, 1.4, 1.6, 1.14]
Zubin Mehta
conductor [1.1, 1.10, 2.9, 2.17]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
T
The Essential Puccini
2x Digital Media
12 January 2004
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Essential Puccini
2x CD
2004