Great Sopranos, Contraltos & Mezzos – The Essential..

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Disc 1
1. Casta Diva… Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna (‘Norma’) – Maria Callas (8.57)
2. Pur Dicesti (‘Arminio’) – Adelina Patti (3.45)
3. In Quali Eccessi… Mi Tradi, Quell’Alma Ingrata (‘Don Giovanni’) – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (6.44)
4. L’Amero, Saro Costante (‘Il Re Pastore’) – Elisabeth Schumann (261.00)
5. Abscheulicher!… Komm, Hoffnung (‘Fidelio’) – Kirsten Flagstad (7.08)
6. Una Voce Poco Fa… Io Son Docile (‘Il Barbiere Di Siviglia’) – Amelita Galli-Curci (4.23)
7. Ah! Non Giunge (‘La Sonnambula’) – Luisa Tertazzini (3.00)
8. Surta E La Notte… Ernani! Ernani Involami… Tutto Sprezzo Che D’Ernani (‘Ernani’) – Rosa Ponselle (4.41)
9. O Dieu! Que De Bijoux!… Ah! Je Ris (‘Faust’) – Victoria De Los Angeles (4.44)
10. Ave Maria (‘Otello’) – Elisabeth Rethberg (4.05)
11. La mamma morta (Andrea Chenier) – Vlaudiz Muzio (4.24)
12. Depuis La Jour (‘Louise’) – Dame Nellie Melba (4.49)
13. In Questa Reggia… O Principi, Che A Lunghe Carovane (‘Turandot’) – Eva Turner (5.35)
14. O Rendetemi La Speme… Qui La Voce… Vien, Diletto (‘I Puritani’) – Maria Callas (7.07)
Disc 2
1. What Is Life? (‘Orpheus And Eurydice’) – Kathleen Ferrier (4.23)
2. Faites-Lui Mes Aveux (‘Faust’) – Conchita Supervia (3.03)
3. Softly Awakes My Heart (‘Samson And Delilah’) – Marian Anderson (4.49)
4. A Fairy Went A-Marketing – Dame Clara Butt (1.34)
5. O Pretres De Baal (‘Le Prophete’) – Sigrid Onegin (4.29)
6. Sapphische Ode – Maria Olszewska (2.46)
7. Hore Mit Sinn, Was Ich Dir Sage! (‘Gotterdammerung’) – Ernestine Schumann-Heink (4.49)
8. Printemps Qui Commence (‘Samson Et Dalila’) – Louise Kirkby-Lunn (4.40)
9. Der Musensohn – Kathleen Ferrier (2.14)
10. Sgombra E La Sacra Selva (‘Norma’) – Irene Minghini-Cattaneo (4.14)
11. Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio (‘Le Nozze Di Figaro’) – Conchita Supervia (2.46)
12. Three Fishers Went Sailing – Dame Clara Butt (3.29)
13. Il Segreto Per Esser Felici (‘Lucrezia Borgia’) – Sigrid Onegin (3.08)
14. Alto Rhapsody – Marian Anderson (13.00)
15. An Die Musik – Kathleen Ferrier (3.06)
16. L’Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (‘Carmen’) – Conchita Supervia (4.10)
17. When All Was Young (‘Faust’) – Louise Kirkby-Lunn (3.16)
18. Der Lenz – Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1.36)
19. Land of Hope and Glory – Dame Clara Butt (4.03)
20. Blow the Wind Southerly – Kathleen Ferrier (2.24)