Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Ride Of The Valkyries - San Diego Symphony Orchestra
2. Vesti La Giubba - Jose Perez
3. Intermezzo - London Festival Orchestra
4. Overture - London Festival Orchestra
5. Prelude - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
6. Aragonaise - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
7. Seguedille - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
8. Bohemian Dance - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
9. The Toreador Song - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
10. Polovstian Dances 8 And 17 - Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra
11. Pace, Pace Mio Dio - Leontyne Price
12. Overture - London Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Barcarolle - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
14. Gypsy Chorus - Bavarian Festival Orchestra And Chorus
15. Royal Hunt And Storm - Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
16. O Mio Babbino Caro - Ljiljan Molnar-Talajic

Disc 2:

1. Overture - Utah Symphony Orchestra
2. Questo A Quella - Jose Perez
3. Un Bei Di - Vanda Gerlovic
4. Che Gelida Manina - Jose Perez
5. Overture - Utah Symphony Orchestra
6. Ach, So Fromm - Jose Perez
7. Overture And Prelude - Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra
8. Visi D'arte - Leontyne Price
9. Celeste, Aida - Jose Perez
10. Triumphal March - Jose Perez
11. Ballet Music - Jose Perez
12. The Viennese Musical Clock - Dallas Symphony Orchestra
13. Overture - London Symphony Orchestra
14. We Sail The Ocean - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
15. I'm Called Little Buttercup - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
16. When I Was A Lad - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
17. Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus

Disc 3:

1. La Donna E Mobile - Jose Perez
2. Prelude - Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Servantsd Chorus - Ljubljana Radio Chorus
4. Mon Coer S' Ouvre A Ta Voix - Marijana Radev
5. Waltz - Vienna Folk Opera Orchestra
6. A Wand'ring Minstrel, I - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
7. Three Little Maids - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
8. Here's A How-De-Do - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
9. Beauty In The Bellow - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
10. He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
11. Overture - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
12. Waltz - Houston Symphony Orchestra
13. Peasants' Chorus - Nuremberg Symphony Chorus
14. Overture - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
15. E Strano E Strano - Biserka Cvejic
16. Overture - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London

Disc 4:

1. Overture - Utah Symphony Orchestra
2. Bridal Chorus - Ljubljana Radio Symphony Chorus
3. Overture - London Festival Orchestra
4. Pour, O Pour The Pirate Sherry - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
5. Oh, Better Far To Live And Die - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
6. I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
7. When The Foeman Bares His Steel - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
8. With Cat-Like Tread - Rochester Philharmonic Chorus
9. Summertime - Leontyne Price
10. Overture - London Festival Orchestra
11. Contro Un Cor - Rita Noel
12. Overture - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196404 in Music
• Released on: 1994-06-09
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Painless and Pleasant
It's not that I hate opera, it's rather that I cannot handle and entire opera without nodding off. This 4 disc CD provides highlights from the most famous and recognizable arias, i.e., Pagliacci, Carmen, Rigoletto, Madame Butterfly, La Boheme, The Mikado, and H.M.S. Pinafore -- just to mention a few. I appreciate the ability to enjoy select arias from some of the most beautiful and and exceptional operas in the world, and played by first class orchestras, without having to sit through the entire opera.