Various Artists - Discover Opera / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Opera's greatest moments, All the opera you'll ever need! The world's most famous arias and choruses from the greatest operas of all time. Album Tracks 1. O Mio Babbino Caro 2. Duo Des Fleurs 3. Nessun Dorma 4. Châ½Ur de L'enclume 5. Ebben? N? Andro Lontana 6. Within the Holy Temple 7. O, Silver Moon 8. Chant Du Torã©Ador 9. Châ½Ur Des Esclaves Juifs 10. Air Du Catalogue 11. One Fine Day 12. Fredonnement 13. Habanera 14. Scã¨Ne de la Lettre 15. Marche Triomphale & Châ½Ur 1. Châ½Ur Nuptial 2. Brindisi 3. Vesti la Giubba 4. Un?Aura Amorosa 5. Châ½Ur Des Pã¨Lerins 6. The Picture Is Bewitchingly Beautiful 7. La Donna E Mobile 8. La Reine de la Nuit 9. Largo Al Factotum 10. Recondita Armonia 11. Qui la Voce Sua Soave 12. Caro Nome 13. Sull?Aria 14. E Lucevan Le Stelle 15. Soave Sia Il Vento 16. Casta Diva 17. Châ½Ur Des Chasseurs

Album Tracks 1. Prelude (Vorspiel), Act 1 - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Marek Janowski 2. Act II, Johohoe! Traft Ihr Das Schiff (Senta's Ballad) - Jessye Norman/John McCarthy/Klaus Tennstedt 3. Ride of the Valkyries (Concert Version) - Mariss Jansons 4. Mild Und Leise Wie Er Lächelt (Isolde) - Nina Stemme/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano/Ian Bostridge 5. Va Pensiero, Sull'ali Dorata - Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti 6. Acte I Io L'ho Perduta Lo la Vidi (Carlo) - Rolando Villazon/Marcello Viotti/Munchner Rundfunkorchester 7. I Vespri Siciliani - Act V - Bolero Mercè, Dilette Amiche (Elena) - Natalie Dessay/Evelino Pido/Concerto Koln 8. Un Ballo in Maschera- Acte I Volta la Terrea Fronte Alle Stelle... Saper Vorreste - Diana Damrau/Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Dan Ettinger 9. Scene 4 The Tower (Governess/Quint) - Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding/Joan Rodgers 10. On the Ground, Sleep Sound (Fairies) - James Bowman/Lillian Watson/Dexter Fletcher/Norman Bailey/Penelope Walker/John Graham-Hall/Henry Herford/Della Jones/Jill Gomez/Donald Maxwell/Roger Bryson/Adrian Thompson/Andrew Gallacher/Robert Horn/Richard Suart/S 11. Look! Through the Port Comes the Moon-Shine Astray! (Billy) - Daniel Harding/London Symphony Orchestra/Nathan Gunn 12. Salve Regina (Les Carmélites) - Jose Van Dam/Catherine Dubosc/Jean-Luc Viala/Rita Gorr/Rachel Yakar/Martine Dupuy/Brigitte Fournier/Michel Senechal/Francois Le Roux/Marie Boyer/Helene Perraguin/Georges Gautier/Yves Bisson/Vincent Le Texier/Eric Freulon/Em 13. Vissi D'arte - Maria Callas/Georges Pretre/Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire 14. Casta Diva - Tulio Serafin 15. Che Gelida Manina (Rodolfo) - Roberto Alagna/Antonio Pappano/Philharmonia Orchestra 16. E Lucevan Le Stell

Nineteenth-century opera arrangements for flute and piano form an extensive body of work that has so far received little attention in the annals of music history. It's neglect by researchers is in stark contrast to the prominence of such arrangements in the performing practice of the period. Through these pieces, opera lovers have access to works that often disappeared from the repertory not long after their premiere and for the most part are not available in modern editions. These works lie forgotten in libraries and archives; the arrangements are testimony to their former popularity. In order to reproduce the flute sound of the time in all it's diversity, Dorothea Seel has chosen three different flutes for this recording a flute by Ignaz Ziegler (c. 1830) with 10 keys, an instrument by H.C. Stumpel (c. 1860) with 11 keys, and a conical ring-key flute (c. 1890). Dorothea Seel specializes in the transverse flute of the 18th and 19th centuries and is active in leading period instrument ensembles. She is the artistic director of the Barocksolisten München. (Munic Baroque Soloists) and has released albums of orchestral music with her ensemble, as well as chamber music in collaboration with Christoph Hammer. Beyond standard repertoire such as the flute sonatas of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, she is dedicated to exploring new musical territory, as her recordings of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's sonatas for flute and pianoforte, arrangements of bel canto opera, as well as the sacred music for large chamber ensemble of Johann Zach demonstrate. Album Tracks 1. Variations Op 83 on InchThe Barber of SevilleInch By Gioachino Rossini 2. Don Giovanni Op. 24 By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3. Fantasy Op. 76 on InchLa TraviataInch By Giuseppe Verdi 4. Lied Vom Abendstern from InchTannhauserInch By Richard Wagner 5. Introduction Und Variations Op. 63 on InchE