Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

by Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly

Overview

Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments collects two discs' worth of opera classics that have been featured in films and commercials, and features performances from such star singers as Bryn Terfel, Joan Sutherland, and Kiri TeKanawa. The collection offers a good sampling of works from many of opera's definitive composers, including Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, Purcell, and Wagner, and includes music from films such as Driving Miss Daisy, Babette's Feast, and The Shawshank Redemption. Highlights include Bellini's Casta Duva, as featured in The Bridges of Madison County, Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman from Life Is Beautiful, and Puccini's Un Bel Di from Madame Butterfly and featured in Fatal Attraction. Delibes' Flower Duet from Lakme and Mozart's Soave Sia il Vento from Cosi Fan Tutte are some of the other standout tracks in this collection, which may have a slightly glib premise but features quality music nevertheless. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	10/08/2002
Label:	Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Distribution
UPC:	0028947171720
Rank:	214166

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Norma, opera~Casta Diva  - Renee Fleming  -  London Philharmonic Choir  -  London Philharmonic Orchestra  - Charles Mackerras
2. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts~Barcarolle  - Claudia Eder  - Edita Gruberova  -  ORTF National Orchestra  - Seiji Ozawa
3. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts~Ebben? ne andr¿¿ lontana  - Kurt Herbert Adler  - Alfredo Catalani  -  National Philharmonic Orchestra  - Maria Chiara Pizzoli
4. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act~Intermezzo  - Herbert von Karajan  -  La Scala Theater Orchestra  - Pietro Mascagni  - Cavalleria Rusticana
5. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492~Letter Duet  - Karl Bohm  -  Chamber Soloists of the German Opera Berlin  - Gundula Janowitz  - Edith Mathis  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  -  Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
6. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30~Che far¿¿ senza Euridice  -  Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra  - Grace Bumbry  - Janos Kulka
7. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor)~Va pensiero  -  Chamber Soloists of the German Opera Berlin  -  Deutschen Opernchor Berlin  - Giuseppe Sinopoli  -  Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra  -  Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
8. L' elisir d'amore, opera~Una furtiva lagrima  - Gaetano Donizetti  - Gabriele Ferro  -  Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino  - Gosta Winbergh
9. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492~Porgi amor  - Karl Bohm  -  Chamber Soloists of the German Opera Berlin  - Gundula Janowitz  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  -  Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
10. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera~Humming chorus  -  Ambrosian Opera Chorus  -  Ambrosian Singers  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Giuseppe Sinopoli
11. Cos¿¿ fan tutte, opera, K. 588~Soave sia il vento  - Ferruccio Furlanetto  - James Levine  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  - Ann Murray  - Kiri Te Kanawa  -  Wiener Philharmoniker
12. La forza del destino, opera~Overture (excerpt)  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Giuseppe Sinopoli
13. Cos¿¿ fan tutte, opera, K. 588~Un'aura amorosa  - James Levine  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  -  Wiener Philharmoniker  - Hans Peter Blochwitz
14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera~Un bel di  - Mirella Freni  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Giuseppe Sinopoli
15. Louise, opera~Depuis le jour  - Montserrat Caballe  -  New Philharmonia Orchestra  - Reynald Giovaninetti
16. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527~L¿¿ ci darem la mano  - Karl Bohm  - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  - Don Giovanni  - Reri Grist  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  -  Prague National Theatre Orchestra
17. Luisa Miller, opera~Quando le sere al placido  - Placido Domingo  - Lorin Maazel  -  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
18. Fidelio, opera, Op. 72~Mir ist so wunderbar  - Ludwig van Beethoven  - Leonard Bernstein  - Adolf Dallapozza  - Gundula Janowitz  - Manfred Jungwirth  - Lucia Popp  -  Wiener Philharmoniker

Disc 2

19. Lakm¿¿, opera~Flower Duet  - Jane Berbie  - Richard Bonynge  - Joan Sutherland  -  Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra
20. Les P¿¿cheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts~Au fond du temple saint (duet)  - Roberto Alagna  - James Levine  -  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra  - Bryn Terfel  -  Metropolitan Orchestra
21. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7~Lascia ch'io pianga  -  Academy of Ancient Music  - George Frederick Handel  - Christopher Hogwood  - Kiri Te Kanawa
22. La Traviata, opera~Prelude  -  Bavarian State Opera Orchestra  - Carlos Kleiber  -  Bavarian State Orchestra
23. Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114)~O Silver moon  -  Czech Philharmonic  - Renee Fleming  - Charles Mackerras  -  Rusalka Choir
24. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626~When I am Laid in Earth  - Charles Mackerras  - Tatiana Troyanos  -  North German Radio Chamber Orchestra
25. Il Trovatore, opera~Miserre  -  Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra  - Placido Domingo  - Carlo Maria Giulini  - Rosalind Plowright  -  Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus
26. Tosca, opera~Vissi d'arte  - Mirella Freni  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Giacomo Puccini  - Giuseppe Sinopoli
27. Notre Dame, opera~Intermezzo  -  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  - Herbert von Karajan
28. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47~Softly awakens my heart (Mon coeur s'oeuvre ¿¿ ta voix)  -  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra  - Grace Bumbry  - Janos Kulka
29. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40~Ombra mai fu (Largo)  - Charles Mackerras  -  Scottish Chamber Orchestra  -  Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings  - Bryn Terfel
30. Tannh¿¿user, opera, WWV 70~Pilgrim's Chorus  -  Bayreuth Festival Choir  -  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra  -  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  - Wilhelm Pitz
31. Zaide, opera, K. 344 (K. 336b)~Ruhe sanft  - Colin Davis  -  London Symphony Orchestra  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  - Kiri Te Kanawa
32. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera~Flower Duet  - Teresa Berganza  - Mirella Freni  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Giuseppe Sinopoli
33. Carmen, opera~[Unspecified] Entr'acte  -  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  - Herbert von Karajan
34. Norma, opera~Mira o Norma  - Richard Bone  - Marilyn Horne  -  London Symphony Orchestra  -  Norma  - Joan Sutherland  - Richard Bonynge
35. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111~H¿¿chsten Heiles Wunder  -  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  -  Deutschen Opernchor Berlin  - Herbert von Karajan  -  Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra  -  Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

Album Credits

Performance Credits

National Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus   Primary Artist
Christopher Hogwood   Primary Artist,Conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Choir/Chorus
Janos Kulka   Primary Artist,Conductor
Ambrosian Singers   Primary Artist
Herbert von Karajan   Primary Artist,Conductor
Kurt Herbert Adler   Primary Artist,Conductor
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings   Primary Artist,Ensemble
James Levine   Primary Artist,Conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Karl Boehm   Primary Artist,Conductor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein   Primary Artist,Conductor
New Philharmonia Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Lorin Maazel   Primary Artist,Conductor
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino   Primary Artist,Ensemble
La Scala Theater Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa   Primary Artist,Conductor
Carlo Maria Giulini   Primary Artist,Conductor
Charles Mackerras   Primary Artist,Conductor
Richard Bonynge   Primary Artist,Conductor
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli   Primary Artist,Conductor
Gabriele Ferro   Primary Artist,Conductor
Colin Davis   Primary Artist,Conductor
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus   Ensemble
Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus   Ensemble
Bayreuth Festival Choir   Ensemble,Choir/Chorus
Edith Mathis   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal),Soprano (Vocal)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus   Ensemble,Choir/Chorus
Prague National Theatre Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Grace Bumbry   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal),Soprano (Vocal)
Academy of Ancient Music   Ensemble,Orchestra
Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra   Ensemble
Bavarian State Orchestra   Ensemble
Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Reynald Giovaninetti   Conductor
ORTF National Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Hans Peter Blochwitz   Tenor (Vocal)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Metropolitan Orchestra   Ensemble
North German Radio Chamber Orchestra   Ensemble
Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra   Ensemble
Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Marilyn Horne   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Gundula Janowitz   Soprano (Vocal)
Maria Chiara Pizzoli   Soprano (Vocal)
Rosalind Plowright   Soprano (Vocal)
Deutschen Opernchor Berlin   Choir/Chorus
Manfred Jungwirth   Bass (Vocal)
Ann Murray   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Carlos Kleiber   Conductor
Chamber Soloists of the German Opera Berlin   Orchestra
Renee Fleming   Soprano (Vocal)
Edita Gruberova   Soprano (Vocal)
Ferruccio Furlanetto   Bass (Vocal)
Mirella Freni   Soprano (Vocal)
Tatiana Troyanos   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Richard Bone   Conductor
Joan Sutherland   Soprano (Vocal)
Kiri Te Kanawa   Soprano (Vocal)
Bryn Terfel   Baritone (Vocal)
Jane Berbie   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra   Orchestra
Claudia Eder   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra   Orchestra
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau   Baritone (Vocal)
Adolf Dallapozza   Tenor (Vocal)
Lucia Popp   Soprano (Vocal)
Teresa Berganza   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Montserrat Caballe   Soprano (Vocal)
Roberto Alagna   Tenor (Vocal)
Placido Domingo   Tenor (Vocal)
Reri Grist   Soprano (Vocal)
Anna Murray   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra   Orchestra
Wilhelm Pitz   Conductor
Goesta Winbergh   Tenor (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Gaetano Donizetti   Composer
Cavalleria Rusticana   Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer
Alfredo Catalani   Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven   Composer
Pietro Mascagni   Composer
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Giacomo Puccini   Composer
Rusalka Choir   Composer
Norma   Composer
Don Giovanni   Composer