Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
3. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Holle Rach kocht in meinem Herze
4. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: O Isis und Osiris
5. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena
6. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Welche, Wonne, welche lust
7. Il rè pastore, opera, K. 208: L'amero, saro costante
8. Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366: Se il padre perdei
9. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento
10. La Clemenza di Tito, opera, K. 621: Ah, perdona al primo affetto
11. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Notte e giorno faticar
12. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Madamina, il catalogo è questo
13. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Ah! fuggi il traditor!
14. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Dalla sua pace (k540a, Vienna Version)
15. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Finch'han dal vino
16. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Deh, vieni alla finestra
17. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Il mio tesoro intanto
18. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata (Vienna Version)
19. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco

Disc 2:

1. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Se vuol ballare, Signor Contino
2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non so più
3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non più andrai
4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete
5. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Che soave zeffiretto
6. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Deh vieni, non tardar
7. Das Kinderspiel ('Wir Kinder, wir schmecken'), song for voice & piano, K. 598
8. Die Alte ('Zu meiner Zeit'), song for voice & piano, K. 517
9. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, 'Great Mass'), K. 427 (K. 417a): Kyrie
10. Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder, aria for soprano & orchestra, K. 146 (K. 317b)
11. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, 'Great Mass'), K. 427 (K. 417a): Gloria
12. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
13. Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
14. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluia
15. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Introitus
16. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Dies Irae
17. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Tuba Mirum
18. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Confutatis
19. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Lacrimosa

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157722 in Music
• Released on: 2002-01-15
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Many worthy versions, at a good price
There are arguments aplenty about whether a listener can really appreciate an opera when its "Greatest Hits" are extracted. That argument applies in spades on a disc such as this, which goes for the big, big guns from some of the most delightful vocal music ever composed.

Nevertheless, there are many fine singers in here. This is no second-string collection of unknowns from Eastern Europe, though one of my favorite Mozart interpreters, Thomas Allen, is missing. And some of the versions included are relatively weak. But as a very reasonably priced introduction to Mozart's vocal music, this is quite listenable. Good tunes, good playing, usually fine singing, and a logical sequence makes this a tasty intro at a tasty price.