Complete Decca Operas: The Operas 1971-1988

~ Release by Joan Sutherland (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Verdi: Rigoletto (1)
2CD: Verdi: Rigoletto (2)
3CD: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (1)
4CD: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (2)
5CD: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1)
6CD: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (2)
7CD: Puccini: Turandot (1)
8CD: Puccini: Turandot (2)
9CD: Bellini: I puritani (1)
10CD: Bellini: I puritani (2)
11CD: Bellini: I puritani (3)
12CD: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (1)
13CD: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (2)
14CD: Massenet: Esclarmonde (1)
15CD: Massenet: Esclarmonde (2)
16CD: Leoni:L'Oracolo / The Prayer And The Sword
17CD: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (1)
18CD: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (2)
19CD: Verdi: Il Trovatore (1)
20CD: Verdi: Il Trovatore (2)
21CD: Lehár: The Merry Widow: Highlights
22CD: Puccini: Suor Angelica
23CD: Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore (1)
24CD: Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore (2)
25CD: Verdi: La traviata (1)
26CD: Verdi: La traviata (2)
27CD: Bellini: La Sonnambula (1)
28CD: Bellini: La Sonnambula (2)
29CD: Gay: The Beggar's Opera (1)
30CD: Gay: The Beggar's Opera (2)
31CD: Verdi: I masnadieri (1)
32CD: Verdi: I masnadieri (2)
33CD: Thomas: Hamlet (1)
34CD: Thomas: Hamlet (2)
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1Hamlet : Acte III. Entracte et monologue « J’ai pu frapper le misérable » (Hamlet)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte III. Entracte et monologue « J'ai pu frapper le misérable » (Hamlet)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte III
Ambroise Thomas5:33
2Hamlet : Acte III. « Mais qui donc ose me suivre ? » (Hamlet, le roi)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
bass vocals [Claudius]:
James Morris (operatic bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte III. « Mais qui donc ose me suivre ? » (Hamlet, le roi)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte III
Ambroise Thomas1:25
3Hamlet : Acte III. « Je t’implore, ô mon frère ! » (Le roi, Hamlet, Polonius)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
bass vocals [Claudius]:
James Morris (operatic bass-baritone)
bass vocals [Polonius]:
Arwel Huw Morgan (Welsh bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte III. « Je t'implore, ô mon frère ! » (Le roi, Hamlet, Polonius)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte III
Ambroise Thomas4:41
4Hamlet : Acte III. « Le voilà ! Je veux lire enfin dans sa pensée » (La reine, Ophélie, Hamlet)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Gertrude]:
Barbara Conrad (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Ophélie]:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte III. « Le voilà ! Je veux lire enfin dans sa pensée » (La reine, Ophélie, Hamlet)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte III
Ambroise Thomas8:54
5Hamlet : Acte III. Duo : « Hamlet, ma douleur est immense » (La reine, Hamlet)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Gertrude]:
Barbara Conrad (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte III. Duo « Hamlet, ma douleur est immense » (La reine, Hamlet)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte III
Ambroise Thomas7:23
6Hamlet : Acte III. Duo : « Pardonne, hélàs ! Ta voix m’accable ! » (La reine, Hamlet)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Gertrude]:
Barbara Conrad (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte III. Duo « Pardonne, hélàs ! Ta voix m'accable ! » (La reine, Hamlet)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte III
Ambroise Thomas6:14
7Hamlet : Acte IV. Entracte
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. Entracte
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte IV.
Ambroise Thomas1:52
8Hamlet : Acte IV. Danse villageoise « Voici la riante saison » (Chœur)Ambroise Thomas2:59
9Hamlet : Acte IV. La Fête du printemps, musique de ballet : Pas des chasseurs – Pantomine
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
partial recording of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. La Fête du printemps. Musique de ballet (ballet-divertissement from Hamlet Act IV)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte IV.
Ambroise Thomas2:59
10Hamlet : Acte IV. La Fête du printemps, musique de ballet : Valse‐mazurka
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
partial recording of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. La Fête du printemps. Musique de ballet (ballet-divertissement from Hamlet Act IV)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte IV.
Ambroise Thomas1:46
11Hamlet : Acte IV. La Fête du printemps, musique de ballet : Scène du bouquet – Finale
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
partial recording of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. La Fête du printemps. Musique de ballet (ballet-divertissement from Hamlet Act IV)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte IV.
Ambroise Thomas6:51
12Hamlet : Acte IV. « À vos jeux mes amis, permettez moi » (Ophélie)
soprano vocals [Ophélie]:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte IV. Scène et air d’Ophélie « À vos jeux mes amis » (Ophélie)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier (, in 1868) and Michel Carré (librettist) (, in 1868)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte IV.
Ambroise Thomas12:39
13Hamlet : Acte IV. Scène et air d’Ophélie « Le voilà ! Je crois l’entendre » (Ophélie, chœur)Ambroise Thomas3:59
14Hamlet : Acte V. « Dame ou prince, homme ou femme » (Les deux fossoyeurs, Hamlet)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
bass vocals [Second fossoyeur]:
Joseph Rouleau (operatic bass)
tenor vocals [Premier fossoyeur]:
Peyo Garazzi (operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte V. « Dame ou prince, homme ou femme » (Les deux fossoyeurs, Hamlet)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte V
Ambroise Thomas5:53
15Hamlet : Acte V. « La fatigue alourdit mes pas… » (Hamlet)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte V. « La fatigue alourdit mes pas... » (Hamlet)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte V
Ambroise Thomas3:21
16Hamlet : Acte V. « Mais qui marche dans l’ombre ? » (Hamlet, Laërte)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
tenor vocals [Laërte]:
Gösta Winbergh (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte V. « Mais qui marche dans l'ombre ? » (Hamlet, Laërte)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte V
Ambroise Thomas2:19
17Hamlet : Acte V. Marche funèbre « Écoute ! Quel est ce bruit de pas ? » (Hamlet, Laërte, le roi, la reine, Marcellus, Horatio, Polonius, le spectre)
baritone vocals [Hamlet]:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
bass vocals [Claudius]:
James Morris (operatic bass-baritone)
bass vocals [Horatio]:
Philip Gelling
bass vocals [Le spectre]:
John Tomlinson (English operatic bass)
bass vocals [Polonius]:
Arwel Huw Morgan (Welsh bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Welsh National Opera
mezzo-soprano vocals [Gertrude]:
Barbara Conrad (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals [Laërte]:
Gösta Winbergh (tenor)
tenor vocals [Marcellus]:
Keith Lewis (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte V. « Ophélie ! Hamlet ! » (Hamlet, le roi, la reine, Marcellus, Horatio, Polonius, le spectre)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte V
recording of:
Hamlet : Acte V. Marche funèbre « Écoute ! Quel est ce bruit de pas ? » (Hamlet, Laërte, chœur)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Hamlet : Acte V
Ambroise Thomas6:28
35CD: Bellini: Norma (1)
36CD: Bellini: Norma (2)
37CD: Bellini: Norma (3)
38CD: Handel: Rodelinda (1)
39CD: Handel: Rodelinda (2)
40CD: Donizetti: Anna Bolena (1)
41CD: Donizetti: Anna Bolena (2)
42CD: Donizetti: Anna Bolena (3)
43CD: Verdi: Ernani (1)
44CD: Verdi: Ernani (2)
45CD: Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (1)
46CD: Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (2)