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La stupenda! the supreme voice of Joan Sutherland.

Main Author: Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010,
Other Authors: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901., Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891., Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880., Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791., Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848., Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868., Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835., Balfe, M. W. 1808-1870., Bishop, Henry R. 1786-1855., Benatzky, Ralph, 1884-1957., Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759., Glière, Reinhold Morit{u0361}sevich, 1875-1956., Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912., Coward, Noël, 1899-1973., Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979., Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924., Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883., Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950.
Format: CD
Language: Italian
English
French
German
Undetermined
Published: London, England : New York, NY : Decca ; Manufactured and marketed by Universal Classics Group : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, [2001]
Physical Description: 2 audio discs : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects:
Operas -- Excerpts.
Vocalises (High voice) with orchestra.
Musicals -- Excerpts.
Item Description: Decca: 289 470 026-2 (289 470 027-2--289 470 028-2).
Principally opera excerpts.
Joan Sutherland, soprano; with various singers, orchestras, and conductors.
Recorded 1959-1988.
Previously released material.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Raymond McGill (15 p. : ports.) inserted in the container.
Attila. Santo di patria-- Allor che i forti corrono / Verdi (London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (2:50) -- Lakmé. Viens, Mallika-- Dôme épais le jasmin = Flower duet / Delibes (Jane Berbié; Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Bonynge) (6:04) -- Les contes d'Hoffman. Oiseaux dans la charmille = Doll song / Offenbach (L'Orchestre de la Suisse romande; Bonynge) (4:40) -- Die Zauberflöte. O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn-- Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren / Mozart (New Symphony Orchestra of London; Bonynge) (4:49) -- Linda di Chamounix. Ah! tardai troppo-- O luce di quest'anima / Donizetti (Orchestre des concerts du Conservatoire; Nello Santi, conductor) (6:13) -- Semiramide. Serbami ognor sì fido / Rossini (Marilyn Horne; London Symphony Orchestra; Bonynge) (7:57) -- Beatrice di Tenda. Eccomi pronta-- Deh, se un'urna / Bellini (Ambrosian Singers; London Symphony Orchestra; Bonynge) (6:14) -- La fille du régiment. Pour ce contrat fatal-- Ah! salut à la France / Donizetti (Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Bonynge) (4:49) -- La traviata. Un dì felice / Verdi (Carlo Bergonzi; Orchestra del Maggio musicale fiorentino; Sir John Pritchard, conductor) (3:31) -- Bohemian girl. I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls / Balfe (London Symphony Orchestra; Bonynge) (4:34) -- Home sweet home / Bishop (Tina Bonifacio, harp) (4:17) -- Casanova. Nuns' chorus / J. Strauss II ; arranged by Douglas Gamley (Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Bonynge) (3:47) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. O giusto cielo!-- Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce!-- Ardon gl'incensi-- Spargi d'amaro pianto = Mad scene / Donizetti (Chœur de l'Opéra de Paris; Orchestre des concerts du Conservatoire; Santi) (16:10) -- Norma. Sediziose voci-- Casta diva / Bellini (Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor) (8:05) -- Alcina. Tornami a vagheggiar / Handel (London Symphony Orchestra; Bonynge) (4:14) -- Concerto for coloratura soprano, op. 82 / Glière (London Symphony Orchestra; Bonynge) (12:00) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Sulla tomba-- Ah! verrano a te sull'aure / Donizetti (Luciano Pavarotti; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Bonynge) (9:50) -- Rigoletto. Gualtier Maldè-- Caro nome / Verdi (Riccardo Cassinelli, Christian du Plessis, John Gibbs; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Bonynge) (6:46) -- Esclarmonde. Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde!-- Roland! Roland! Roland! / Massenet (Huguette Tourangeau; John Alldis Choir; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bonynge) (6:37) -- Operette. Where are the songs we sung? / Coward ; arranged, Douglas Gamley (orchestra conducted by Bonynge) (3:42) -- Boys from Syracuse. Falling in love with love / Rodgers ; arranged, Douglas Gamley (Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Bonynge) (2:32) -- I puritani. Son vergin vezzosa / Bellini (Margreta Elkins, Pierre Duval, Ezio Flagello; Orchestra del Maggio musicale fiorentino; Bonynge) (4:10) -- Turandot. In questa reggia / Puccini (Pavarotti; John Alldis Choir; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor) (6:40) -- Tristan und Isolde. Mild und leise wie er lächelt : Isolde's Liebestod / Wagner (National Philharmonia Orchestra; Bonynge) (6:21) -- Adriana Lecouvreur. Poveri fiori / Cilèa (Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera; Bonynge) (2:52) -- La sonnambula. Ah! non giunge uman pensiero / Bellini (London Opera Chorus; National Philharmonia Orchestra; Bonynge) (3:15).
Physical Description: 2 audio discs : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in.

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