Popular Arias and Choruses

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Disc One
2▼CD: Disc Two
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1Rigoletto: Atto II. “La donna e mobile” [Woman is Fickle]
tenor vocals:
Nikolai Nikolov (operatic tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:15
2Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Love Duet
soprano vocals:
Raina Kabaivanska (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Nazzareno Antinori (tenor)
partial recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I (Madame Butterfly: Act I)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly (complete standard version)
Giacomo Puccini12:45
3Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Humming Chorus
choir vocals:
Sofia National Opera Chorus
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:05
4Aida: Atto I. “Celeste Aida”
vocals:
Nikolai Nikolov (operatic tenor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:32
5Otello: Atto II. “Creda in un Deo crudele”
baritone vocals:
Stoyan Popov (operatic baritone)
recording of:
Otello: Atto II. “Credo in un Dio crudel” (Iago)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi5:14
6La traviata: Atto III. “Addio del passato” [Farewell to bright visions]
soprano vocals:
Anna Tomowa‐Sintow (soprano)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto III (La traviata: Act III)
Giuseppe Verdi7:54
7Carmen: Atto II. Toreador's Song
bass vocals:
Nicola Ghiuselev (operatic bass)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet4:55
8La Wally: “Ebben? Ne andrò lontano” (Wally's Aria)
soprano vocals:
Julia Venisheva (soprano)
recording of:
La Wally: Atto I. “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” (Wally)
composer:
Alfredo Catalani (composer)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1892)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
part of:
La Wally: Atto I
Alfredo Catalani3:44
9“Cosi dunque tradisci“ K432
bass vocals:
Boris Christoff (Bulgarian bass)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera
conductor:
Ettore Gracis (conductor)
recording of:
Recitative and Aria for Bass & Orchestra in F minor, K. 421a/432 (fragment): "Così dunque tradisci… Aspri rimorsi atroci"
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, third edition, 1937, K³) (number: K. 421a), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 432), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 432) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 421a)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:59
10Aida: Atto II. Grand March
orchestra:
Sofia National Opera Orchestra
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Marcia trionfale (orchestra) (Triumphal march, Triumphmarsch)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Akt II
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi12:31