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1. The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Danielle Millet (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Edita Gruberová (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ernest Blanc (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
EMI's The Most Famous Opera Duets is a decent collection of excerpts that delivers on enough of its promise to be forgiven its superlative title. A ... More
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2. An Evening with Alfredo Kraus, Vol. 1 (1999)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Cherubini, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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3. Las Mejores Arias (1997)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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4. La Divina (1992)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ebe Ticozzi (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Amilcare Ponchielli, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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5. El arte de Alfredo Kraus Vol. 2
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Edelmiro Arnaltes (piano)
composed by Edvard Grieg, Enrico Toselli, Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Johannes Brahms, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Strauss
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6. Recital
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Edelmiro Arnaltes (piano)
composed by Franz Liszt, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Ottorino Respighi, Pietro Mascagni
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7. The Most Famous Opera Arias (1994)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Anna Moffo (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Ghena Dimitrova (vocals), Lucia Popp (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Yelena Obraztsova (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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8. Operas Greatest Moments (1992)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Ben Heppner (tenor), David Syrus (harpsichord), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Eva Marton (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Julia Varady (soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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9. Aria: A Passion for Opera (1994)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Danielle Millet (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Franco Corelli (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Mady Mesplé (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Léo Delibes, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini
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10. Zarzuelas [Box Set] (2007)
performed by Alberto Rios (vocals), Alfonso Echeverria (vocals), Alfredo Garcia Huerga (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ana Maria Amengual (vocals), Carlos Alvarez (vocals), Emilio Sanchez (vocals), Enrique Baquerizo (vocals), Isabel Monar (vocals)
composed by Amadeo Vives, Emilio Arrieta, Tomás Bretón
Zarzuela is the Spanish equivalent of operetta; although on the surface it sounds operatic, it may contain spoken dialogue inserts as well. The six ... More
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11. Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Giuseppe Taddei (vocals), Hanny Steffek (vocals), Walter Berry (vocals), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra, Karl Böhm (conductor)
composed by Unspecified, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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12. The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé (2003)
performed by Agostino Ferrin (bass), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Flora Rafanelli (mezzo-soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Matteo Manuguerra (baritone)
composed by Arrigo Boito, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Joaquín Turina, Pietro Mascagni, Vincenzo Bellini, Xavier Montsalvatge
This EMI collection, The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé, could indeed be considered a "very best" of what Caballé has left in terms of a recorded ... More
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13. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (1989)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Andrea Mineo (vocals), Camillo Sforza (vocals), Ezio Flagello (vocals), Fernando Iacopucci (vocals), Ferruccio Mazzoli (vocals), Franco Ricciardi (vocals), Franco Romano (vocals), Franco Ruta (vocals), Giuseppe Baratti (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti
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14. 50 Best Opera Classics
performed by Alain Vanzo (tenor), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anita Soldh (soprano), Anja Silja (soprano), Bavarian State Opera Orchestra (accordion), Beverly Sills (soprano), Boris Christoff (bass), Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Hector Berlioz, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Umberto Giordano
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15. The Very Best of Alfredo Kraus (2005)
performed by Agostino Ferrin (bass), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Beverly Sills (vocals), Beverly Sills (soprano), Catherine Malfitano (soprano), Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Frederic Vassar (baritone), Jean-Noël Bèguelin (bass)
composed by Charles Gounod, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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16. Essential Puccini
performed by Adelina Scarabelli (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Andrea Mongelli (baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Charles Craig (tenor), Daniela Dessì (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
EMI's two-disc set, Essential Puccini, offers a generous selection of arias, duets, and ensembles from nine of his operas. The various tracks, mostly ... More
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17. Bellini: I Puritani [Highlights] (2012)
performed by Agostino Ferrin (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Dennis O'Neill (vocals), Julia Hamari (vocals), Matteo Manuguerra (vocals), Montserrat Caballé (vocals), Stefan Elenkov (vocals), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra
composed by Unspecified, Vincenzo Bellini
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18. Alfredo Kraus Classical Collection, Vol. 3 (1992)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Gaetano Donizetti, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Vincenzo Bellini
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19. Icon: Montserrat Caballé (2009)
performed by Agostino Ferrin (bass), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Bernabe Marti (tenor), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Flora Rafanelli (soprano), Giuseppe Baratti (tenor)
composed by Arrigo Boito, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Joaquín Turina, Pietro Mascagni, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini, Xavier Montsalvatge
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20. Gala para un Volcan
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra
composed by Edouard Lalo, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Jose-Maria Tarridas, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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21. Verdi: Rigoletto (2005)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Corinna Vozza (mezzo-soprano), David Ward (bass), Enzo Titta (bass), Ezio Flagello (bass), Mario Rinaudo (bass), Piero de Palma (tenor), Robert Kerns (baritone)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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22. Il Mito dell'Opera: Virginia Zeani
performed by Agostino Lazzari (vocals), Aldo Protti (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Andrea Mongelli (vocals), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (vocals), Virginia Zeani (soprano)
composed by Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini
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23. Bizet: The Pearl-Fishers (2000)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Carlo Cava (vocals), Giuseppe Taddei (vocals), Pina Malgarini (vocals), Armando La Rosa Parodi (conductor)
composed by Georges Bizet
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24. The Essential 3 Tenors (1994)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Giacomo Aragall (vocals), José Carreras (tenor), Juan Pons (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (vocals), Pedro Lavirgen (vocals), Pilar Lorengar (vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Teresa Berganza (vocals)
composed by Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pablo Sorozabal, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo
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25. Lucia Di Lammermoor/I Capuleti E I Montecchi (1994)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Beverly Sills (soprano), Cologne Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini
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