40 Most Beautiful Arias (international version)
Various Artists, Kent Nagano, William Christie, Zubin Mehta, Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
April 29, 2008
Popularity
25%
Number of Tracks
40
Label
Warner Classics
Copyright
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd
UPC
825646960583
| # | Track | Artist | Key | Camelot | BPM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Puccini: Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (Calaf) | Giacomo Puccini, Plácido Domingo, Nello Santi, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 1 | | Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Act 1: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta) | Giacomo Puccini, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maurizio Barbacini, Das Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Munich Radio Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 2 | | Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chorus) | Georges Bizet, Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National De France | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 2 | | Catalani: La Wally, Act 1: "Ebben, ne andrò lontana" (Wally) | Alfredo Catalani, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maurizio Barbacini, Das Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Munich Radio Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 3 | | Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffman, Act 4: Barcarolle - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Giulietta, Niklausse) | Jacques Offenbach, Jennifer Larmore, Hei-Kyung Hong, Jesús López-Cobos, Munich Radio Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 3 | | Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino) | Gaetano Donizetti, Marcello Viotti, English Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Alagna | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 4 | | Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José) | Georges Bizet, Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National De France | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 4 | | Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 3, Scene 1: "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" (Micaëla) | Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Angela Gheorghiu, Bavarian State Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 5 | | Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint" (Nadir, Zurga) | Georges Bizet, Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 5 | | Puccini: Turandot, Act 1: "Signore ascolta!" (Liù) | Giacomo Puccini, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 6 | | Verdi: La traviata, Act 1: "Un dì felice" (Alfredo, Violetta, Gastone) | Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Rizzi, Edita Gruberova, London Symphony Orchestra, Neil Shicoff | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 6 | | Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse) | George Frideric Handel, Jennifer Larmore, Jesús López-Cobos, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 7 | | Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: Flower Duet - "Dôme épais le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika) | Léo Delibes, Jennifer Larmore, Hei-Kyung Hong, Jesús López-Cobos, Munich Radio Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 7 | | Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido) | Henry Purcell, William Christie, Véronique Gens, Les Arts Florissants | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 8 | | Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Act 2: "Porgi amor qualche ristoro" (La Contessa) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Daniel Barenboim, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lella Cuberli | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 8 | | Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2: "Voi, che sapete che cosa è amor" (Cherubino) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Daniel Barenboim, Cecilia Bartoli, Berliner Philharmoniker | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 9 | | Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il sento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alain Lombard, Frederica von Stade, Jules Bastin, Kiri Te Kanawa, Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 9 | | Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Dalla sua pace" (Don Ottavio) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 10 | | Bellini: Norma : Act 1 "Casta diva" [Norma] | Vincenzo Bellini, Maria Callas, Arturo Basile, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI de Torino | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 10 | | Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II, Scene 3: Air. "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila, Samson) | Camille Saint-Saëns, Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, Olga Borodina, London Symphony Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 11 | | Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: Aria. "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena) | George Frideric Handel, Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 11 | | Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Pourquoi me réveiller" | Jules Massenet, Kent Nagano, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 12 | | Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (Duca) | Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Richard Leech | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 12 | | Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Act 3: "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orphée) | Christoph Willibald Gluck, Susan Graham, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 13 | | Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1: "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" (Pamina, Papageno) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 13 | | Dvorák: Rusalka, B. 203, Op. 114, Act 1: 'Song to the Moon' (Rusalka) | Antonín Dvořák, Eva Urbanova, Ondrej Lenárd, Prague Symphony Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 14 | | Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Butterfly) | Giacomo Puccini, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maurizio Barbacini, Das Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Munich Radio Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 14 | | Verdi: Aïda, Act 1: "Celeste Aïda" (Radames) | Giuseppe Verdi, Plácido Domingo, Nello Santi, Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 15 | | Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Act 1: "Donna non vidi mai" (Des Grieux) | Giacomo Puccini, José Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra, Plácido Domingo | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 15 | | Puccini: La rondine, Act 1: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" (Magda) | Giacomo Puccini, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 16 | | Giordano: Fedora, Act 2: "Amor ti vieta di non amar" (Loris) | Umberto Giordano, Plácido Domingo, Nello Santi, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 16 | | Verdi : La traviata : Act 1 "Libiamo, ne'lieti calici" [Violetta, Alfredo, Choir] | Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Rizzi, London Symphony Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 17 | | Lehár: Die lustige Witwe, Act 2: Vilja-Lied (Hanna) | Franz Lehár, Karita Mattila, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yutaka Sado | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 17 | | Puccini: Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca) | Giacomo Puccini, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 18 | | Puccini: Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi) | Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Plácido Domingo | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 18 | | Puccini: La bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo) | Giacomo Puccini, James Conlon, José Carreras, Orchestre National De France | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 19 | | Puccini: La bohème, Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" (Mimì, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Colline, Marcello) | Giacomo Puccini, Barbara Hendricks, Francesco Ellero D'Artegna, Gino Quilico, James Conlon, José Carreras, Orchestre National De France, Richard Cowan | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 19 | | Verdi: Otello, Act 4: "Ave Maria" (Desdemona) | Giuseppe Verdi, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maurizio Barbacini, Das Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Munich Radio Orchestra | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 20 | | Puccini: La bohème, Act 1: "O soave fanciulla" (Rodolfo, Mimì) | Giacomo Puccini, James Conlon, Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Orchestre National De France | A♭ Major | 4B | 181 |
| 20 | | Rossini : La Cenerentola : Act 2 "Non più mesta accanto al fuoco" [Cenerentola, Clorinda, Tisbe, Dandini, Magnifico, Chorus] | Gioachino Rossini, Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | E Major | 12B | 127 |