The #1 Opera Album | 
 enlarge | Artists: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Leo Delibes, Georges Bizet, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Gioachino Rossini, Alfredo Catalani, Jacques Offenbach, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Bonynge, Herbert Von Karajan, Alberto Erede, Lamberto Gardelli, Giuseppe Patane, John Mauceri, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, Gyorgy Fischer, Riccardo Chailly, Istvan Kertesz, Leone Magiera, Evelino Pido, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Renee Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti, Jussi Bjorling, Renata Tebaldi
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 3743
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 467632
UPC: 028946763223
EAN: 0028946763223
ASIN: B000059RXO
Release Date: February 27, 2001
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Prelude | | • | Brindisi | | • | Che gelida manina | | • | Flower Duet | | • | Amor ti vieta | | • | Habanera | | • | Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves | | • | Dove sono | | • | La donna e mobile | | • | Bridal Chorus | | • | O mio babbino caro | | • | Largo al factotum | | • | Ebben?...Ne andro lontana | | • | Humming Chorus | | • | Flower Song | | • | Barcarolle | | • | E lucevan le stelle | | • | Un bel di | | • | Au fond du temple saint |
Disc 2
| • | The Ride Of The Valkyries | | • | Voi che sapete | | • | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba | | • | O soave fanciulla | | • | Anvil Chorus | | • | Donna non vidi mai | | • | La ci darem la mano | | • | Soldiers' Chorus | | • | Una furtiva lagrima | | • | Signore, ascolta! | | • | Champagne Aria | | • | Soave sia il vento | | • | Di quella pira | | • | Vissi d'arte | | • | Toreador song | | • | Love Duet | | • | Intermezzo | | • | O silver moon | | • | Si, mi chiamano Mimi | | • | Nessun dorma |
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The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera Album. But that's no surprise, since Universal has some of the finest interpreters in its catalogue to draw from. This two-CD set (at the price of one), for example, brings together the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Renee Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, and many more. Yet the other key to a successful compilation is canny anthologizing, and here again, you have a nice selection to give you a smattering of opera's heavyweights from the Italian, German, and French repertory (there's even a step outside the standard framework with an aria from Dvorak's lovely Rusalka). Ranging from 1959 to 1997, the choices from back catalogue will doubtless be the entry ticket for many into this grandest of the arts. --Sarah Chin
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 My favorite CD - really the best! September 15, 2008
I heard this CD on a PBS pledge drive (it was a premium) and found myself loving every cut on it! I was in my car and just wanted to keep on driving and listening. This is by far my most-played CD - I've had to make it a weekend only listen to prevent getting burned out on it. HIGHLY recommend it. Even if you are unfamiliar with some of the pieces, you will quickly learn to love them. . . . I must end this review - I'm off to listen to the "flower duet" for the 100th time. . .
Beautiful music... February 18, 2008
I'm new to opera, but this CD has really beautiful music. I use it in my CD clock radio (Timex, that I purchased here also) to go to sleep to.
The #1 Opera Album December 21, 2007
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21 Dec, 2007
The movements in this collection move Me as much as My very bowel. Hence, it might work for your too. Try it, you'll like it if you want to be moved to your very "soul".
 The Glory of Opera October 27, 2007
Am just discoving the glory of opera. Not all opera, but the arias that make your heart soar. My husband turned away from opera because he was "overdosed" at an early age and it really spoiled his pleasure for life. He's gone now, and I'm discovering what I've missed. This is a wonderful CD and well worth having.
great collection August 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and wonderful collection.
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