Gioacchino Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Act 2 - "Una voce poco fa" *
Soundtrack from 1933 film (Sung in Czech)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Act 2 - "Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden"
Wiener Philharmoniker; Arturo Toscanini - rec. July 1937, Salzburg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
1. Act 1 - "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio"
2. Act 2 - "Voi che sapete che cosa è amor"
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Paul Breisach - rec. 17 April 1943, Met, NYC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Don Giovanni, K. 527
1. Act 1 - "Ah, chi mi dice mai" (Sc. V)
Ezio Pinza (baritone), Alexander Kipnis (bass)
2. Act 1 - "Fuggi il traditor" (Sc. X)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Bruno Walter - rec. 7 March 1942
Jacques Offenbach – Les contes d'Hoffmann
1. Act 2 - "Phöbus stolz im Sonnenwagen (Les oiseaux dans la charmille)" *
Soundtrack from 1930 film (sung in German)
2. Act 3 - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" *
3. Act 4 - "Elle a fui, la tourterelle"
RCA Victor Orchestra; Frieder Weissmann - rec. 16 February 1942, NYC
4. Act 4 - "Voyez l'étrange fantasie; C'est un chanson d'amour" *
Raoul Jobin (tenor), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thomas Beecham - rec. 26 February
1944, Met, NYC
Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata
1. Act 1 - "Tra-voi" (excerpt) *
Morton Gould - rec. 1943, NYC
2. Act 1 - "E strano! Ah, fors e lui"
Jan Peerce (tenor), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ettore Panizza - rec. 29 November
1941, Met, NYC
3. Act 3 - "Addio del passato" *
Maurice Abravanel - rec. 25 August 1940
4. Act 3 - "Alfredo! Ach, tu il vedesti! - Parigi, o cara" *
James Melton (tenor), Frank Black - rec. 22 January 1950
Giacomo Puccini – La Bohème
1. Act 1 - "Si, mi chiamano Mimì" *
Alfred Wallenstein - rec. 13 March 1943
2. Act 3 - "Mimi! Speravo di trovarvi qui" *
Martial Singher (baritone), Donald Vorhees - rec. 29 April 1946
Giacomo Puccini – Tosca
Act 2 - "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" *
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Wilfred Pelletier - rec. 10 December 1944, Met, NYC
Bedřich Smetana – The Bartered Bride
Act 3 - "Ach, jaký žal; Ten lásky sen"
Alfred Wallenstein - Rec. 13 April 1942
Bedřich Smetana – The Kiss
Act 1 - Vendulka's Lullaby "A ty, mé robě; Hajej, můj andílku"
RCA Victor Orchestra; Frieder Weissmann - rec. 18 October 1945
Antonín Dvořák – Rusalka
Act 1 - "Mesícku na nebi hlubokém" (Song to the Moon)
Gibner King (piano) - rec. 4 October 1956, NYC, private recording
Продолжительность альбома – 01:19:01
Published: 21st February 2014
* – 1st time on CD