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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. Carlo Bergonzi in concerto
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano)
composed by Arrigo Boito, Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Edouard Lalo, Ernesto de Curtis, Francesco Cilea, Frédéric Chopin, Giuseppe Pietri, Giuseppe Verdi, Paolo Tosti, Pietro Adolfo Tirindelli, Renato Cairone
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3. Carlo Bergonzi sings Verdi & Puccini Arias
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), RAI Chorus, Milan (choir, chorus)
composed by Francesco Cilea, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Umberto Giordano
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4. Bergonzi: Weihnachten
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Angerer (conductor)
composed by Alessandro Stradella, Carl Thiel, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Franz Gruber, Franz Schubert, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Irving Berlin, Johannes Brahms
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5. Montserrat Caballé: Ultimate Collection (1999)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus), RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilèa, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini
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6. The Ultimate Puccini Collection (1998)
performed by Alfredo Mariotti (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Cesare Siepi (vocals), Ettore Bastianini (vocals), Fernando Corena (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Gianna D'Angelo (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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7. The #1 Opera Album II (2007)
performed by Anita Cerquetti (soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Franz Lehár, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner
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8. Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1988)
performed by Angelo Mercuriali (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Enzo Sordello (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Lidia Nerozzi (vocals), Michele Cazzato (vocals), Oscar Nanni (vocals), Paolo Washington (vocals), Renata Tebaldi (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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9. Vissi d'arte: The Magnificent Voice of Montserrat Caballé (2003)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (vocals), Alexander Oliver (vocals), Bonaldo Giaiotti (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Giuseppe Morresi (vocals), Ingvar Wixell (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Richard Strauss, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
With the 70th birthday of arch-diva Montserrat Caballé at hand, major classical record companies are falling over one another in releasing ... More
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10. Tosti: Selected Songs
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Rome Chamber Orchestra, Edoardo Müller (conductor)
composed by Paolo Tosti
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12. Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1988)
performed by Angelo Mercuriali (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Enzo Sordello (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Lidia Nerozzi (vocals), Michele Cazzato (vocals), Oscar Nanni (vocals), Paolo Washington (vocals), Renata Tebaldi (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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13. La Stupenda: The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland (2001)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Christian du Plessis (vocals), Ezio Flagello (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Jane Berbié (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Gibbs (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Margreta Elkins (vocals)
composed by Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Rowley Bishop, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Michael William Balfe, Noël Coward, Reinhold Glière
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14. Verdi: I Masnadieri (1993)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Norman Jones (cello), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Ambrosian Singers (choir, chorus), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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15. Puccini Gold (2007)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Anna Netrebko (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), Jonas Kaufmann (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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16. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
performed by Adolf Dallapozza (vocals), Beverly Sills (soprano), Bruno Hoffmann (harmonica), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Justino Diaz (vocals), Keith Erwen (vocals), Osian Ellis (harp), Patricia Kern (vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (vocals), William Bennett (flute)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti
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17. Nessun Dorma: 20 Great Tenor Arias (1998)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Franco Corelli (tenor), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Hannelore Bode (vocals), José Carreras (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor), Kurt Moll (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Mario del Monaco (tenor)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano
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18. Giuseppe Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (1967)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Ezio Flagello (vocals), Fernando Iacopucci (vocals), Ferruccio Mazzoli (vocals), Leontyne Price (vocals), Mario Basiola, Jr. (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Renata Cortiglioni Children's Chorus, Reri Grist (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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19. Verdi: La Traviata (1967)
performed by Camillo Sforza (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dorothy Krebill (mezzo-soprano), Fernando Iacopucci (tenor), Flavio Tasin (baritone), Franco Ruta (bass), Gene Boucher (baritone), Harold Enns (bass), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nancy Stokes (soprano)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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20. Puccini: La Bohème (2002)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Cesare Siepi (vocals), Ettore Bastianini (vocals), Fernando Corena (vocals), Giorgio Onesti (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Renato Cesari (vocals), Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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21. Verdi: Il Trovatore (1998)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Gabriella Tucci (vocals), Giulietta Simionato (vocals), Ivo Vinco (vocals), Mirella Fiorentini (vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), La Scala Theater Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
This live recording of Il Trovatore was made on a tour by La Scala in Moscow in 1964, and it has the kind of old-fashioned, blood-red passion that ... More
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22. Verdi: Rigoletto
performed by Alfredo Giacomotti (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Catarina Alda (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Giuseppe Morresi (vocals), Ivo Vinco (vocals), Lorenzo Testi (vocals), Mirella Fiorentini (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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23. Verdi: Aida (1989)
performed by Arnold van Mill (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Cornell MacNeil (vocals), Eugenia Ratti (vocals), Fernando Corena (vocals), Giulietta Simionato (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Renata Tebaldi (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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24. La Bohème: The Dream Cast [Highlights] (2002)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Dennis O'Neill (vocals), Elisabetta Scano (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Ettore Bastianini (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
La bohème has always batted cleanup in the repertory, and never more so than at the beginning of the twenty-first century: crossover star Andrea ... More
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25. 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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