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The Collectors Edition
50CDs

3878942

CONTENTS



CD 1
Symphony No.l in E flat major, K16
Symphony No.4 in D major, K19
Symphony in F major, K19a (Anh.223)
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, K22
Symphony No.7a in G major, K45a (Ann.221) ‘Lambach’
Symphony ‘No.43’ in F major, K76 (42a)


CD 2
Symphony No.31 in D major, K297 (300a) ‘Paris’
Symphony No.27 in G major, K199 (161b)
Symphony No.25 in G minor, K183 (173b)


CD 3
Symphony No.26 in E flat major, K184 (161a)
Symphony No.29 in A major, K201 (186a)
Symphony No.30 in D major, K202 (186b)
Symphony No.28 in C major, K200 (189k)

CD 4
Symphony No.32 in G major, K318
Symphony No.35 in D major, K385 ‘Haffner’
Symphony No.39 in E flat major, K543

CD 5
Symphony No.34 in C major, K338
Symphony No.33 in B flat major, K319

CD 6
Symphony No.36 in C major, K425 ‘Linz’
Symphony No.38 in D major, K405 ‘Prague’

CD 7
Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No.41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’
English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate


CD 8
Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat major, K271
Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K503
Concert Rondo for piano & orchestra No.1 in D major, K382

CD 9
Piano Concerto No.11 in F major, K413 (387a)
Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K414 (386a)
Piano Concerto No.13 in C major, K415 (387b)

CD 10
Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat major, K449
Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major, K450
Piano Concerto No.16 in D major, K451


CD 11
Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K453
Piano Concerto No.26 in D major, K537 ‘Coronation’

CD 12
Piano Concerto No.18 in B flat major, K456
Piano Concerto No.19 in F major, K459

CD 13
Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466
Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491

CD 14
Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K467
Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major, K595

CD 15
Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major, K482
Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K488
English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim piano & director


CD 16
Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat major, K207
Violin Concerto No.2 in D major, K211
Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K216
Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major, K373

CD 17
Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K218
Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K219 ‘Turkish’
Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat major, K269/261a
Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, K373
Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K261
Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh violin & director


CD 18
Horn Concerto No.1 in D major, K412
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat major, K417
Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat major, K447
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat major, K495
Rondo in E flat major, K371
Radovan Vlatkovic - horn, English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate


CD 19
Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Gordon Hunt - oboe, Andrew Marriner clarinet, Chilingirian Quartet
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
Andrew Marriner - clarinet, London Mozart Players /Jane Glover

CD 20
Flute Concerto in G major, K313
Jonathan Snowden - flute, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299
Gordon Hunt oboe · Jonathan Snowden flute · Caryl Thomas harp
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton

CD 21
Serenade No.13 in G major, K535 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191
Divertimento in D major, K136
Divertimento in B flat major, K137
Divertimento in F major, K138
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi - bassoon, London Mozart Players/ Jane Glover

CD 22
Serenade No.7 in D major, K250 ‘Haffner’
Serenata notturna in D major, K239
Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin

CD 23
Serenade No.10 in B flat major, K361 (370a) ‘Gran Partita’
Serenade No.11 in E flat major, K375

CD 24
Serenade No.12 in C minor, K388 (384a)
Divertimento No.8 in F major, K213
Divertimento No.9 in B flat major, K240
Divertimento No.12 in E flat major, K252 (240a)
Divertimento No.14 in B flat major, K270
Consortium Classicum


CD 25
String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K421
String Quartet No.16 in E flat major, K428
String Quartet No.17 in B flat major, K458 ‘The Hunt’
Heutling Quartet

CD 26
String Quartet No.18 in A major, K464
String Quartet No.19 in C major, K465 ‘The Dissonance’
String Quartet No.22 in B flat major, K589
Heutling Quartet

CD 27
String Quintet No.3 in C major, K515
String Quintet No.4 in G minor, K516


CD 28
String Quintet No.1 in B flat major, K174
String Quintet No.5 in D major, K593
String Quintet No.6 in E flat major, K614
Heinz-Otto Graf - viola, Heutling Quartet


CD 29
Violin Sonata in D major, K306
Violin Sonata in B flat major, K378
Andante & Allegretto in C major, K404
Violin Sonata in B flat major, K372
Oleg Kagaan - violin, Sviatoslav Richter - piano

CD 30
Piano Sonata in D major, K311 (284c)
Piano Sonata in C major, K330 (300h)
Piano Sonata in A major, K331 (300i)
Piano Sonata in F major, K332 (300k)

CD 31
Piano Sonata in B flat major, K333 (315c)
Fantasia in C minor, K475
Piano Sonata in C minor, K457

CD 32
Piano Sonata in F major, K533
Piano Sonata in C major, K545
Piano Sonata in B flat major, K570
Piano Sonata in D major, K576

CD 33
Variations on a Dutch Theme by C.E. Graaf, K24
Variations on ‘Willem van Nassau, K25
Variations on ‘Mio caro Adone’ from La fiera di Venezia by Salieri, K180 (173c)
Variations on a Minuet by J.C. Fischer, K179 (189a)
Variations on the Romance ‘Je suis Lindor’ by A.L. Baudron
from Beaumarchais’s Le barbier de Séville, K354 (299a)

CD 34
Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, maman’, K265 (300e)
Variations on ‘La belle françoise’, K353 (300f)
Variations on the Air ‘Lison dormait’ from Julie by N. Dezède, K264 (315d)
Variations on the March ‘Dieu d’amour’ from
Les marriages samnites by Grétry, K352 (374c)
Variations on the ‘Salve, tu Domine’ from
I filosofi immaginari by Paisiello, K398 (416e)

CD 35
Variations on ‘Les homes pieusement’ from
La rencontre imprévue by Gluck, K455
Variations on an Original Theme, K500
Variations on an Original Theme, K54 (547b)
Variations on a Minuet by J.P. Duport, K573
Variations on ‘Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding’ by B. Schack
from Schikaneder’s Der dumme Gärtner, K613
Daniel Barenboim piano


CD 36
1 Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K596 (Christian Ouerbeck
2 An die Hoffnung, K390 (340c) (J. T. Hermes)
3 Der Zauberer, K472 (Christian Weiße)
4 Die kleine Spinnerin, K531 (unknown)
5 Die Verschweigung, K518 (Christian Weiße)
6 Das Lied der Trennung, K519 (E.K. Klamer-Schmidt)
7 Die Zufriedenheit, K473 (Christian Weiße)
8 Als Luise die Briefe, K520 (Gabriele von Baumberg)
9 An die Einsamkeit, K391 (340b) (J. T. Hermes)
10 Das Veilchen, K476 (Goethe)
11 Abendempfindung, K523 (unknown)
12 An Chloe, K524 (J.G. Jacobi)
13 Cantata: Die ihr des unermeßlichen Weltalls, K619 (F.H. Ziegenhagen)
14 Canzonetta: Ridente la calma, K152 (unknown)
15 Dans un bois solitaire, K308 (Antoine Houdart de la Motte)
16 Oiseaux si tous les ans, K307 (284d) (Antoine Ferrand)
17 Un moto di gioia, K579 (attrib. Da Ponte)
Barbara Hendricks soprano, Maria João Pires piano

18 Komm, liebe Zither, K351 (367b) (unknown)
Barbara Hendricks soprano, Goran Söllscher guitar

19 Ch’io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene, K505 (Varesco)
Barbara Hendricks - soprano, Maria João Pires - piano
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Mika Eichenholtz


CD 37
Mass in C minor, K427
Ileana Cotrubas & Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sopranos
Werner Krenn tenor · Hans Sotin bass
John Alldis Choir John Alldis chorus master
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Raymond Leppard

Vesperae de Dominica, K321 (highlights)
Lynne Dawson soprano · David James alto
Rogers Covey-Crump tenor · Paul Hillier bass
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge · Stephen Layton organ
Cambridge Classical Players /Stephen Cleobury

CD 38
Mass No.14 in C major, K317 ‘Coronation’
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K339
Edda Moser soprano · Julia Hamari mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda tenor · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
Bavarian Radio Chorus Josef Schmidhuber chorus master
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eugen Jochum


CD 39
Requiem in D minor, K626
Edith Mathis soprano · Grace Bumbry alto
George Shirley tenor · Marius Rintzler bass
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1968/1988*

Ave verum corpus, K618
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (158a)
Barbara Hendricks soprano
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner


CD 40
Die Entführung aus dem Serail. K384
Singspiel in three acts
Libretto by Gottleib Stephanie, after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
Sung in German

Konstanze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anneliese Rothenberger soprano
Blonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucia Popp soprano
Belmonte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicolai Gedda tenor
Pedrillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Gerhard Unger tenor
Osmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gottlob Frick bass
Selim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leopold Rudolf spoken role

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker
Josef Krips
1 Overture
ACT I
2 Hier soil ich..Aber wie soll ich in den Palast kommen? (Belmonte)
3 Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden...Verwünscht seist du...(Osmin, Belmonte)
4 Das scheint auch so ein Schurke (Osmin, Pedrillo)
5 Solche hergelaufne Laffen (Osmin)
6 Was bist du für ein grausamer Kerl!(Pedrillo, Osmin)
7 Geh nur, verwünschter Aufpasser (Pedrillo, Belmonte)
8 Konstanze, dich wieder zu sehen, dich! (Belmonte)
9 Hen, geschwind zur Seite!...Singt dem großen Bassa Lieder (Pedrillo, Chorus)
10 Immer noch traurig, geliebte Konstanze? (Selim, Konstanze)
11 Ach ich liebte, war so glücklich (Konstanze)
12 Ihr Schmerz, ihre Tränen (Selim, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Osmin)

CD 41
ACT II
1 Gift und Dolch...Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln (Osmin, Blonde)
2 Zärtlichkeit? Schmeicheln? (Osmin, Blonde)
3 Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir.. Ach, wie traurig... (Osmin, Blonde)
4 Welcher Kummer herrscht...Traurigkeit (Konstanze)
5 Mein bestes Fräulein...(Blonde, Konstanze, Selim)
6 Martern aller Arten (Konstanze)
7 Woher hat sie auf einmal den Mut? (Selim, Blonde, Pedrillo)
8 Welche Wonne, welche Lust (Blonde)
9 Ach, wenn es doch schon...Frisch zum Kampfe! (Pedrillo)
10 Na, hier geht’s ja lustig zu! (Osmin, Pedrillo)
11 Vivat, Bacchus! (Osmin, Pedrillo)
12 Das ist wahr - Wein...(Osmin, Pedrillo, Belmonte)
13 Ach, Belmonte, ach mein Leben! (Konstanze, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Blonde)

ACT III
14 Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen (Belmonte)
15 Pedrillo! Ist alles fertig? (Belmonte, Pedrillo)
16 Im Mohrenland gefangen war ein Mädchen (Pedrillo, Belmonte, Osmin, Blonde
17 Oh, wie will ich triumphieren (Osmin)
18 Was gibt’s Osmin? (Selim, Osmin, Konstanze, Belmonte)
19 Welch ein Geschick! (Belmonte, Konstanze)
20 Nun, zitterst du, erwartest du dein Urteil? (Selim, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Osmin)
Source CDM 7 63265 2 (CD 2 in 0777 7 63263 2 0)


CD 42
Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Comic opera in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais
Sung in Italian

Count Almaviva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
Countess Almaviva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Harper soprano
Susanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Blegen soprano
Figaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sir Geraint Evans baritone
Cherubino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teresa Berganza mezzo-soprano
Marcellina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birgit Finillä mezzo-soprano
Don Basilio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Fryatt tenor
Don Curzio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Robertson tenor
Bartolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William McCue bass
Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm Donnelly baritone
Barbarina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Gayle soprano
Two Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Ritchie & Patricia O’Neill sopranos

John Alldis Choir John Alldis director
Richard Amner harpsichord
English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

1 Overture

ACT I
2 Cinque . . . dieci . . . venti (Figaro, Susanna)
3 Se a caso Madama (Figaro, Susanna)
4 Bravo, signor padrone . . . Se vuol ballare (Figaro)
5 La vendetta, oh, la vendetta (Bartolo)
6 Via, resti servita (Susanna, Marcellina)
7 Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (Cherubino)
8 Oh cielo! Cosa sento! (Susanna, Count, Basilio)
9 Non più andrai (Figaro)

ACT II
10 Porgi, amor (Countess)
11 Vieni, cara Susanna (Countess, Susanna, Figaro, Cherubino)
12 Voi, che sapete (Cherubino)
13 Bravo! Che bella voce! (Countess, Susanna, Cherubino)
14 Venite, inginocchiatevi (Susanna)
15 Quante buffonerie! (Countess, Susanna, Cherubino, Count)
16 Susanna, or via sortite (Count, Countess, Susanna)
17 Dunque voi non aprite? (Count, Countess)
18 Aprite, presto, aprite (Susanna, Cherubino)
19 Oh guarda il demonietto (Susanna, Count, Countess)
20 Esci ormai, garzon malnato (Count, Countess)
21 Susanna! Susanna! (Count, Countess, Susanna)
22 Signori, di fuori! (Figaro, Count, Susanna, Countess)
23 Ah! Signor, signor! (Antonio, Count, Susanna, Countess, Figaro)
24 Voi signor, che giusto siete (Marcellina, Basilio, Bartolo, Susanna, Countess, Figaro, Count)

CD 43
ACT III
1 Che imbarazzo è mai questo! (Count, Countess, Susanna)
2 Crudel! Perché finora farmi languir così? (Count, Susanna)
3 E perché fosti meco (Count, Susanna, Figaro)
4 Hai già vinta la causa! . . . Vedrò, mentr’io sospiro (Count)
5 È decisa la lite (Don Curzio, Marcellina, Figaro, Count, Bartolo)
6 Riconosci in quest’amplesso (Marcellina, Figaro, Bartolo, Don Curzio, Count, Susanna)
7 Eccovi, o caro amico (Marcellina, Bartolo, Susanna, Figaro, Barbarina, Cherubino)
8 E Susanna non vien! . . . Dove sono (Countess)
9 Io vi dico, signor (Antonio, Count, Countess, Susanna)
10 Canzonetta sull’aria … Che soave zeffiretto (Countess, Susanna)
11 Ricevete, o padroncina (Peasant Girls, Barbarina, Countess, Susanna, Antonio, Count, Cherubino, Figaro)
12 Ecco la marcia (Figaro, Susanna, Count, Countess, Two Girls, Peasants)

ACT IV
13 L’ho perduta, me meschina! (Barbarina)
14 Barbarina, cos’ hai? (Figaro, Barbarina, Marcellina)
15 Nel padiglione a manca (Barbarina, Figaro, Basilio, Bartolo)
16 Ha i diavoli nel corpo! . . . In quegli anni (Basilio, Bartolo)
17 Tutto è disposto . . . Aprite un po’ quegli occhi (Figaro)
18 Signora, ella mi disse (Susanna, Marcellina, Countess, Figaro)
19 Giunse alfin il momento (Susanna)
20 Deh vieni, non tardar (Susanna)
21 Perfida! E in quella forma meco mentia? (Figaro, Cherubino, Countess)
22 Pian, pianin, le andrò più presso (Cherubino, Countess, Count, Susanna, Figaro)
23 Partito è alfin l’audace (Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna)
24 Tutto è tranquillo e placido (Figaro, Susanna)
25 Pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro (Figaro, Susanna, Count)
26 Gente, gente, all’armi, all’armi! (All)


CD 44
Don Giovanni, K527
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Sung in Italian

Don Giovanni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Soyer bass
Donna Anna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antigone Sgourda soprano
Don Ottavio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luigi Alva tenor
Commendatore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Lagger bass
Donna Elvira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Harper soprano
Leporello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sir Geraint Evans baritone
Masetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alberto Rinaldi baritone
Zerlina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Donath soprano

Scottish Opera Chorus, Arthur Oldham chorus master, Walter Baracchi - harpsichord
English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

1 Overture
ACT I
Scene 1
2 Notte e giorno faticar (Leporello)
3 Non sperar, se non m’uccidi (Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
4 Lasciala, indegno! (Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
5 Leporello, ove sei? (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
6 Ah! del padre in periglio (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
7 Fuggi, crudele, fuggi! (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
Scene 2

8 Orsù, spicciati presto (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Elvira)
9 Ah, chi mi dice mai (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
10 Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Leporello)

Scene 3
11 Giovinette che fate all’amore (Zerlina, Peasants, Masetto)
12 Ho capito, signor, sì! (Masetto)
13 Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
14 Fermati, scellerato! (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Giovanni)
15 Ah, fuggi il traditor! (Donna Elvira)
16 Non ti fidar, o misera (Don Giovanni, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira)
17 Povera sventurata! (Don Giovanni)
18 Don Ottavio, son morta! (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
19 Or sai chi l’onore (Donna Anna)
20 Finch’han dal vino (Don Giovanni)

Scene 4
21 Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Zerlina)
22 Presto, presto, pria ch’ei venga (Masetto, Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Servants, Peasants)
23 Tra quest’arbori celata (Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Masetto)
24 Bisogna aver coraggio (Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Leporello, Don Giovanni)
25 Protegga il giusto cielo (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Donna Elvira)

Scene 5
26 Riposate, vezzose ragazze (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto, Zerlina)
27 Venite pur avanti (Leporello, Don Giovanni, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Zerlina)
28 Ecco il birbo (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio)
29 Trema, trema, o scellerato! (Donna Anna, Zerlina, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Don Giovanni, Leporello)

CD 45
ACT II
Scene 1
1 Eh via, buffone, non mi seccar! (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
2 Ah taci, ingiusto core! (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Giovanni)
3 Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
4 Metà di voi qua vadano (Don Giovanni)
5 Vedrai, carino (Zerlina)

Scene 2
6 Sola, sola in buio loco (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Zerlina, Masetto)
7 Mille torbidi pensieri (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Zerlina, Masetto)
8 Ah, pietà, signori miei! (Leporello)
9 Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Ottavio)

Scene 3
10 O statua gentilissima (Leporello, Don Giovanni, Statue)

Scene 4
11 Calmatevi, idol mio! (Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)
12 Non mi dir (Donna Anna)

Scene 5
13 Già la mensa è preparata (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
14 L’ultima prova dell’amor mio (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
15 Che grido è questo mai? (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
16 Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Statue, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
17 Da qual tremore insolito (Don Giovanni, Demons, Leporello)
18 Ah, dov’è il perfido? (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Donna Anna, Leporello)
19 Or che tutti, o mio tesoro (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Donna Anna, Leporello)
20 Resti dunque quel birbon (Zerlina, Masetto, Leporello)
21 Questo è il fin (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Donna Anna, Leporello)

Appendix
22 Dalla sua pace (Don Ottavio)
23 In quali eccessi, o Numi (Donna Elvira)
24 Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata (Donna Elvira)

In the Vienna version of Don Giovanni, Don Ottavio’s aria 22 follows Donna Anna’s aria ‘Or sai chi l’onore’ in Act I, Scene 3; Donna Elvira’s recitative and aria 23-24 come at the end of Act II, Scene 2.


CD 46
Così fan tutte, K588
Comic opera in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Sung in Italian

Fiordiligi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Vaness soprano
Dorabella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Delores Ziegler mezzo-soprano
Despina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lillian Watson soprano
Ferrando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Aler tenor
Guglielmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale Duesing baritone
Don Alfonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudio Desderi bass

Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink

1 Overture

ACT I
Scene 1
2 La mia Dorabella capace non è (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
3 Fuor’la spada (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
4 E la fede delle femmine (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
5 Scioccherie di poeti! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
6 Una bella serenata (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)

Scene 2
7 Ah guarda, sorella (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
8 Mi par, che stamattina volentieri farei la pazzarella (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
9 Barbaro fato!...Vorrei dir, e cor non ho (Don Alfonso)
10 Stelle! Per carità, Signor Alfonso (Fiordiligi, Don Alfonso, Dorabella)
11 Sento, o Dio, che questo piede (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
12 Non piangere, idol mio! (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
13 Al fato dan legge queli occhi (Ferrando, Guglielmo)
14 La commedia è graziosa (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
15 Bella vita military (Chorus)
16 Non v’è più tempo…(Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
17 Muoio d’affano!...Di scrivermi ogni giorno (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso)
18 Bella vita military! (Chorus)
19 Dove son? (Dorabella, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi)
20 Soave sia il vento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
21 Non son cattivo comico (Don Alfonso)

Scene 3
22 Che vita maladetta (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
23 Smanie implacabili (Dorabella)
24 Signora Dorabella, Signora Fiordiligi (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
25 In uomini, in soldati (Despina)
26 Chi silenzio? Che aspetto di tristezza (Don Alfonso, Despina)
27 Alla bella Despinetta (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
28 Che sussuro! Che strepito! (Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)
29 L’intatta fede…(Fiordiligi)
30 Come scoglio immoto resta (Fiordiligi)
31 Ah, non partite! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
32 Non siate ritrosi, occhietti vezzosi (Guglielmo)
33 E voi ridete? (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
34 Si può sapere un poco (Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, Ferrando)
35 Un’aura amorosa (Ferrando)

CD 47
Scene 4
1 Ah, che tutto in un momento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don, Alfonso)
2 Ah che del sole il raggio (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina)
3 Eccovi il medico (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
4 Dove son? Che loco è questo? (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Don Alfonso)
5 Dammi un bacio, o mio tesoro (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Don Alfonso)

ACT II
Scene 1
6 Andate là, che siete due bizarre ragazze! (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
7 Una donna a quindici anni (Despina)
8 Sorella, cosa dici? (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
9 Prenderò quell brunettino (Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
10 Ah correte al giardino (Don Alfonso)

Scene 2
11 Secondate, aurette amiche (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Chorus)
12 Cos’è tal mascherata? (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
13 La mano a me date (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)
14 Oh che bella giornata! (Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Dorabella, Guglielmo)
15 Il core vi dono (Guglielmo, Dorabella)
16 Barbara, perché fuggi? (Ferrando, Fiordiligi)
17 Ah, lo veggio, quell’anima bella (Ferrando)
18 Ei parte…senti…ah no! (Fiordiligi)
19 Per pieta, ben mio, perdona (Fiordiligi)

CD 48
1 Amico, abbiamo vinto! (Ferrando, Guglielmo)
2 Donne mie, la fate a tanti a tanti (Guglielmo)
3 In qual fiero contrasto (Ferrando)
4 Tradito, schernito (Ferrando)
5 Bravo, questo è costanza (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Scene 3
6 Ora vedo che siete una donna di garbo (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
7 E amore un ladroncello (Dorabella)
8 Come tutto conguira a sedurre il mil cor! (Fiordiligi, Guglielmo, Despina, Don Alfonso)
9 Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti (Fiordiligi, Ferrando)
10 Ah poveretto me, cosa ho veduto! (Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Ferrando)
11 Tutti accusan le donne (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
12 Vittoria, padroncini! (Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)

Scene 4
13 Fate presto, o cari amici (Despina, Chorus, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo
14 Benedetti I doppi conjugi (Coro, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
15 El nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
16 Miei Signori, tutto è fatto (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)
17 Bella vita militar! (Coro, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
18 Sani e salvi gli amplessi amorosi (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina)
19 Giusto ciel! (Ferrando, Guglielmo)
20 Ah Signor, son rea di morte (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Despina)
21 V’ingannai, ma fu l’inganno (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)
22 Fortunato l’uom che prende (Tutti)


CD 49
Die Zauberflöte, K620
Singspiel in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Sung in German

Sarastro ………………………………………….…………. Kurt Moll bass
Tamino ………………………………………….……... Peter Schreier tenor
Queen of the Night ……………………………..…….. Edda Moser soprano
Pamina …………………………………… Anneliese Rothenberger soprano
Papageno ……………………………………………...Walter Berry baritone
Papagena…………………………………………Olivera Miljakovic soprano
Speaker ……………………………………………………. Theo Adam bass
First Lady …………………………………….. Leonore Kirschstein soprano
Second Lady ………………………………… Ilse Gramatzki mezzo-soprano
Third Lady …………………………………... Brigitte Fassbaender contralto
Monostatos ……………………………………….….. Willi Brokmeier tenor
First Priest ……………………………………….….. Wilfried Badorek tenor
Second Priest …………………………………………… Günter Wewel bass
First Boy …………………………………………….. Walter Gampert treble*
Second Boy …………………………….… Peter Hinterreiter mezzo-soprano*
Third Boy ……………………………………………....... Andreas Stein alto*
First Armed Man ……………………………………. Wilfried Badorek tenor
Second Armed Man …………………………………….. Günter Wewel bass
*Soloists of the Tölz Boys’ Choir

Chor & Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, München / Wolfgang Sawallisch

1 Overture

ACT I
2 Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! (Tamino, Three Ladies)
3 Wo bin ich? (dialogue: Tamino)
4 Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno)
5 He da! Was da? (dialogue: Tamino, Papageno, Three Ladies)
6 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Tamino)
7 Rüste dich mit Mut und Standhaftigkeit (dialogue: Three Ladies, Tamino)
8 O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn (Queen of the Night)
9 Ist’s denn auch Wahrheit, was ich sah? (dialogue: Tamino)
10 Hm! hm! hm! hm! (Papageno, Tamino, Three Ladies)
11 Du feines Täubchen, nur herein! (Monostatos, Pamina, Papageno)
12 Bin ich nicht ein Narr (dialogue: Papageno, Pamina)
13 Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (Pamina, Papageno)
14 Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn (Three Boys, Tamino, Speaker, Chorus)
15 Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton . . . Schnelle Füße (Tamino, Pamina, Papageno, Monostatos, Sarastro, Chorus)

ACT II
16 March of the Priests
17 Ihr in den Weisheitstempel eingeweihten Diener (dialogue: Sarastro, Two Priests, Speaker)
18 O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro, Priests)

CD 50
1 Eine schreckliche Nacht (dialogue: Tamino, Papageno, Two Priests)
2 Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken (Two Priests)
3 He, Lichter her! (dialogue: Papageno, Tamino)
4 Pamina, wo bist du? (Tamino, Papageno)
5 Wie? Wie? Wie? Ihr an diesem Schreckensort? (Three Ladies, Tamino, Papageno, Chorus)
6 Tamino! Dien standhaft männliches Betragen (dialogue: Two Priests, Papageno, Monostatos)
7 Alles fühlt der Lieber Freuden (Monostatos)
8 Zurück! O weh! Die Königen der Nacht (dialogue: Queen of the Night, Monostatos, Pamina)
9 Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night)
10 Morden soll ich? Das kann ich nicht! (dialogue: Pamina, Monostatos, Sarastro)
11 In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Sarastro)
12 Hier seid ihr beide euch allein überlassen (dialogue: Two Priests, Papageno, Tamino, Papagena)
13 Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen (Three Boys)
14 Tamino, wollen wir nicht speisen (dialogue: Papageno, Pamina)
15 Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist entschwunden (Pamina)
16 Siehst du, Tamino, ich kann auch schweigen (dialogue: Papageno)
17 O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne! (Priests)
18 Tamino, dein Betragen war bisher männlich und gelassen (dialogue: Sarastro, Pamina)
19 Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn? (Pamina, Sarastro, Tamino)
20 Tamino! Tamino! Willst du mich denn gänzlich verlassen? (dialogue: Papageno, First Priest)
21 Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)
22 Da bin ich schon, mein Engel (Papagena, Papageno, First Priest)
23 Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden (Three Boys, Pamina)
24 Der, welcher wandert diese Straße (Two Armed Men, Tamino, Pamina)
25 Papagena! Papagena! (Papageno, Three Boys, Papagena)
26 Nur stille . . .Die Strahlen der Sonne (Queen of the Night, Monostatos, Three Ladies, Sarastro, Priests)

 

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