100 BEST TENOR ARIAS

 

CD 1 - Handel & Mozart Arias

HANDEL:

1 Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (Messiah)

John Aler tenor, Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis (P) 1987 Angel Records

 

2 Ombra mai fu (Serse)

Fritz Wunderlich tenor, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Hans Müller-Kray (P) 1963/1990* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

3 Where’er you walk (Semele)

John Mark Ainsley tenor, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1997 / Live recording

 

4 Love sounds th’alarm (Acis and Galatea)

Ian Bostridge tenor, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket (P) 2007

 

5 Vani sono i lamenti...Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)

Placido Domingo tenor, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn (P) 1990

 

MOZART:

6 Fuor del mar (Idomeneo)

Placido Domingo tenor

Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn (P) 1991

 

7 Hier soll ich dich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)

Leopold Simoneau tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1957/1990*

 

8 Konstanze! Konstanze!...O wie ängstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)

Fritz Wunderlich tenor, Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar (P) 1960/1990*

 

9 Frisch zum Kampfe! (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)

Placido Domingo tenor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn (P) 1991

 

10 Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)

Leopold Simoneau tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1957/1990*

 

11 Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni)

Luigi Alva tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini (P) 1961/2002*

 

12 Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni)

Luigi Alva tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini (P) 1961/2002*

 

13 Un’ aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)

14 In qual fiero contrasto…Tradito, schernito (Così fan tutte)

Alfredo Kraus tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl Böhm (P) 1963/2000*

 

15 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte)

Fritz Wunderlich tenor, Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar (P) 1960/1986*

 

16 Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (La clemenza di Tito)

Placido Domingo tenor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Eugene Kohn (P) 1991

 

CD 2 - Verdi Arias

 

VERDI:

1 O figli, o figli miei!...Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth)

José Carreras tenor, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1976/1985*

 

2 Oh, tutto di navicelle...Ella in poter del barbero...Cara patria (Attila)

Placido Domingo tenor, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn (P) 1990

 

3 Oh! fede negar potessi ...Quando le sere (Luisa Miller)

Franco Corelli tenor, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris (P) 2003/2003*

 

4 Questa o quella (Rigoletto)

5 Ella mi fu rapita! . . . Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)

6 La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

Alfredo Kraus tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel (P) 1979/1996*

 

7 Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore)

8 Di quella pira (Il trovatore)

Franco Corelli tenor, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Thomas Schippers (P) 1965/1990*

 

9 Lunge da lei...De’ miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso (La traviata)

Rolando Villazón tenor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti , (P) 2004 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

10 Di’ tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patané (P) 1968/1990*

 

11 Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m’è forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera)

Placido Domingo tenor, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1975/1997*

 

12 La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli (La forza del destino)

Carlo Bergonzi tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli (P) 1970/1993*

 

13 Io l’ho perduta...Io la vidi (Don Carlo)

José Carreras tenor, Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1979/1986*

 

14 Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida)

Placido Domingo tenor, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1974/2001*

 

15 Ingemisco (Requiem)

Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti (P) 1987, Recorded live in co-operation with E.A. Teatro alla Scala di Milano

 

16 Niun mi tema (Otello)

Placido Domingo tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker (P) 1989 / Live recording

 

CD 3 - Puccini And The Verismo School

 

PUCCINI:

1 Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)

Charles Craig tenor, Orchestra / Michael Collins (P) 1959 DRM 1998 Testament

 

2 Che gelida manina (La bohème)

Roberto Alagna tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1996

 

3 Recondita armonia (Tosca)

Placido Domingo tenor, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugene Kohn (P) 1990

 

4 E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

Franco Corelli tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris (P) 1962/1997*

 

5 Addio, fiorito asil (Madama Butterfly)

Jussi Björling tenor, Mario Sereni baritone, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1960/1990*

 

6 Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Gianni Schicchi)

Roberto Alagna tenor, London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999

 

7 Una parola sola...Or son sei mesi (La fanciulla del West)

8 Ch’ella mi creda libero (La fanciulla del West)

Giuseppe di Stefano tenor, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Antonino Votto, (P) 1989/1990* (7) & 1959/1990* (8) MONO

 

9 Nessun dorma (Turandot)

José Carreras tenor, Rhine Opera Chorus ∙ Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra , Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990*

 

GIORDANO:

10 Colpito...Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier)

11 Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato (Andrea Chénier)

12 Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier)

Franco Corelli tenor, Antonietta Stella soprano (11), Mario Sereni & Paolo Pedani baritones (11), Giuseppi Modesti bass (11), Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1964/1994*

 

13 Amor ti vieta (Fedora)

Beniamino Gigli tenor, Orchestra / Umberto Berretoni (P) 1994* MONO

 

CILEA:

14 È la solita storia (L’Arlesiana)

Rolando Villazón tenor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Marcello Viotti , (P) 2004 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

MASCAGNI:

15 Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria rusticana)

16 Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana)

Adriana Lazzarini mezzo-soprano (15), Corinna Vozza mezzo-soprano (16), Franco Corelli tenor, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Gabriele Santini (P) 1963/1991*

 

17 O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz)

Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Gianandrea Gavazzeni , (P) 1969/2000*

 

LEONCAVALLO:

18 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)

José Carreras tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987*

 

CD 4 - Italian And Spanish Arias

 

VIVALDI:

1 All’armi, o guerrieri! (Il giustino)

Leonardo de Lisi tenor, Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis (P) 2002 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

BELLINI:

2 A te, o cara (I puritani)

Franco Corelli tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris (P) 1962/2003*

 

3 Meco all’altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende (Norma)

Franco Corelli & Piero de Palma tenors, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin (P) 1961/1997*

 

ROSSINI:

4 Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Luigi Alva tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vittorio Gui (P) 1963/2002*

 

5 Cujus animam (Stabat Mater)

Robert Gambill tenor, Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Riccardo Muti (P) 1982

 

6 Domine Deus (Petite Messe solennelle) arr. Mingardo

Franco Corelli tenor, Orchestra / Raffaele Mingardo (P) 1964/1996*

 

DONIZETTI:

7 Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil (La favorita)

Franco Corelli tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris (P) 1962/1997*

 

8 Com’è gentil (Don Pasquale)

Alfredo Kraus tenor, Ambrosian Opera Chorus , London Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Caldwell (P) 1978/1996*

 

9 Quanto è bella (L’elisir d’amore)

10 Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma , Francesco Molinari Pradelli (P) 1967/1988*

 

11 Tombe degli avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor)

12 Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Lucia di Lammermoor)

Alfredo Kraus tenor, Robert Lloyd bass (12), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (12), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno (P) 1984

 

BOITO:

13 Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)

Peter Seiffert tenor, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Heinz Wallberg , (P) 1992 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

PONCHIELLI:

14 Cielo e mar (La Gioconda)

Franco Corelli tenor, Philharmonia Orchestra / Franco Ferraris (P) 1962/1997*

 

GUERRERO:

15 Mi aldea (Los gavilanes)

Placido Domingo tenor, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Manuel Moreno-Buendía (P) 1988

 

SOROZÁBAL:

16 No puede ser (La taberna del puerto)

Rolando Villazón tenor, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid / Placido Domingo, (P) 2007 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

CD 5 - French Arias

 

MEYERBEER:

1 Pays merveilleux...O paradis (L’Africaine)

José Carreras tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte (P) 1985

 

DONIZETTI:

2 Ah ! mes amis, quel jour de fête...Pour mon âme (La Fille du régiment)

Rockwell Blake tenor, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier (P) 1994 EMI Music France

 

HALÉVY:

3 Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive)

José Carreras tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte (P) 1985

 

ROSSINI:

4 Asile héréditaire (Guillaume Tell)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli (P) 1973/1988*

 

5 Que les destins prospères (Le Comte Ory)

Rockwell Blake tenor, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Patrick Fournillier , (P) 1994 EMI Music France

 

ADAM:

6 Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire (Le Postillon de Lonjumeau)

John Aler tenor

Chorale Jean Laforge

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo / Thomas Fulton (P) 1986

 

MASSENET:

7 Je suis seul...Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon)

Alfredo Kraus tenor, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse , Michel Plasson (P) 1979/1987* EMI France

 

8 Ah ! tout est bien fini !...Ȏ souverain, ô juge, ô père (Le Cid)

José Carreras tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jacques Delacôte (P) 1985

 

9 Traduire...Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)

Roberto Alagna tenor, London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999

 

GOUNOD:

10 L’amour ! L’amour...Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo et Juliette)

Roberto Alagna tenor, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson (P) 1998

 

11 Quel trouble inconnu...Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Patané (P) 1969/1989*

 

LALO:

12 Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien aimée (Le Roi d’Ys)

Beniamino Gigli tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , Rainaldo Zamboni (P) 1998* MONO

 

THOMAS:

13 Adieu, Mignon, courage (Mignon)

14 Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Français / Georges Prêtre, (P) 1962/1995* EMI Music France

 

BIZET:

15 La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen)

Jon Vickers tenor, Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra , Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1970/1990*

 

16 Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles)

Alain Vanzo tenor, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris , Georges Prêtre (P) 1978/1997*

 

OFFENBACH:

17 Va, pour Kleinzach (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)

Nicolai Gedda & Andre Mallabrera tenors

Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire , André Cluytens (P) 1965/2003*

 

18 Au Mont Ida (La Belle Hélène)

Roberto Alagna tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Armstrong (P) 1996

 

CD 6 - Russian And German Arias

 

TCHAIKOVSKY:

1 Chto nasha zhizhn? Igra! (The Queen of Spades)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch , (P) 1970/1995* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

2 Kuda, kuda (Eugene Onegin)

Rolando Villazón tenor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Michel Plasson , (P) 2006 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

BEETHOVEN:

3 Gott! Welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio)

Jon Vickers tenor, Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1971/1988*

 

FLOTOW:

4 Ach, so fromm (Martha)

Fritz Wunderlich tenor, Berliner Symphoniker / Berislav Klobucar (P) 1960/1986* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

WEBER:

5 Nein, länger reag’ ich nicht...Durch die Wälder (Der Freischütz)

Rudolf Schock tenor, Berliner Philharmoniker / Joseph Keilberth , (P) 1958/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

LORTZING:

6 Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder (Undine)

Peter Schreier tenor, Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Robert Heger (P) 1967/1997* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

GOLDMARK:

7 Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender, (P) 1967/2000* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

LEHÁR:

8 Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns)

Fritz Wunderlich tenor, Orchestra / Carl Michalski , (P) 1964/1986* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

9 Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt (Paganini)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester / Willy Boskovsky , (P) 1977/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

JOHANN STRAUSS II:

10 Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr’ (Der Zigeunerbaron)

Peter Seiffert tenor, Wiener Opernball-Orchester (Mitgleider der Wiener Volksoper) , Peter Falk (P) 1992 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

WAGNER:

11 Dir töne Lob! (Tannhäuser)

Klaus König tenor, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink (P) 1985

 

12 In fernem Land (Lohengrin)

Nicolai Gedda tenor, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München / Heinrich Bender, (P) 1967/2000* EMI Electrola GmbH

 

13 Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)

Rudolf Schock tenor, Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg / Wilhelm Schüchter, (P) 1953/1990* MONO

 

14 Morgenlicht leuchtend im rosigem Schein (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)

Ben Heppner tenor, Bernd Weikl baritone, Kurt Moll bass, Cheryl Studer soprano, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1994

 

15 Winterstürme, wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walküre)

Peter Seiffert tenor, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin , Heinz Wallberg (P) 1992 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

16 Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung! (Siegfried)

Siegfried Jerusalem & Peter Haage tenors, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink (P) 1991

 

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